As a growing campus, UC Merced is dedicated to our LGBTQ+ Community. We project opening an LGBTQ+ Center in the near future and we need your vision to help us create a center that is holistically affirming of UC Merced’s entire Queer and Trans community, including undergraduate/graduate students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Additionally, it is imperative that the center serve the entire LGBTQ+ population, however it is important to centralize the lived experiences of our most vulnerable populations, trans women of color, in the process of creating the foundation for the center. We invite you to participate in the LGBTQ+ Center Focus Groups to assist with creating the mission, vision, values/pillars, of the center and to identify resources and services provided by the center.
There is limited space in each of these focus groups, therefore we suggest you sign up for a focus group that most closely matched your identity. For those who identify as allies, please sign up for one of the ally focus groups. Your identifying information will only be used to hold a seat for you at the specified focus group and to receive a reminder email. It will not be used while attending the focus group or in any other way than listed above.
Folx are welcome to come to the focus group without signing up, however, we reserve the right to turn folx away if the focus group gets too large. If we see the need to create additional focus groups, we will do so.
Please plan to arrive at least 5 minutes before the focus group begins to ensure the process is not interrupted.
The other focus groups dates, times and registration links are listed below:
LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Focus Group
Monday, Sept 17th 2018 7-8:30pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/UGFocusGroup LGBTQ+ Undergraduate 2 Focus Group
Wednesday, Sept 19th 2018 4-5:30pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/UG2FocusGroup LGBTQ+ Graduate Focus Group
Thursday, Sept 20th 2018 12-1:30pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/GraduateFocusGroup Gender Inclusive Housing Focus Group
Monday, Sept 24th 2018 11-12:30pm
SSM 230
http://tiny.cc/GIHFocusGroup QTPOC Focus Group
Wednesday, Sept 26th 2018 1:30-3pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/QTPOCFocusGroup LGBTQ+ Staff Focus Group
Friday, Sept 28th 2018 2-3:30pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/LGBTQStaffFocusGroup Student Allies Focus Group
Monday, Oct 1st 2018 11-12:30
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/UGAllyFocusGroup Trans/Gender Nonbinary Focus Group
Wednesday, Oct 3rd 2018 4-5:30pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/TGNBFocusGroup Staff/Faculty Allies Focus Group
Friday, Oct 5th 2018 9-10:30am
KL 360
http://tiny.cc/S-FAllyFocusGroup LGBTQ+ Faculty Focus Group
Friday, Oct 12th 2018 2-3:30pm
KL 232
http://tiny.cc/LGBTQFacultyFocusGroup