LGBTQ Promising Practices: Names and Pronouns (Panel Discussion and Guided Dialogue)

A Special Session of the U of M Diversity Community of Practice (DCoP) for U of M staff, faculty, and administrators.

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The Gender Equity and Access Policy is now being implemented across the University of Minnesota system. Numerous departments, colleges, and units have been integrating daily practices that promote inclusion regarding asking and honoring specified names and gender pronouns. This panel discussion will feature representatives from several domains of campus life and will speak to the current and emerging practices for their respective college, department, or unit at the Twin Cities campus.

Guided Discussion Facilitators:

finn schneider, OLPD

Kelly Collins, OLPD

Panelists:

Angi Porter, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Jay Wilson, Disability Resource Center and Transgender Advisory and Action Team

Ilene Dawn Alexander, Center for Education Innovation

Beth Eliott-Thul, Boynton-GSC Committee Chair

Lee Penn, Chemistry Department

Katie Levin, Writing Center