{"id":13266,"date":"2020-02-19T20:54:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T04:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/13266\/news\/sjcc-staff-plan-to-create-more-lgbtq-safe-zones-for-students\/"},"modified":"2020-04-18T00:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T07:08:29","slug":"sjcc-staff-plan-to-create-more-lgbtq-safe-zones-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/13266\/news\/sjcc-staff-plan-to-create-more-lgbtq-safe-zones-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"SJCC staff plan to create more LGBTQ safe zones on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many colleges have a GSA club where all students, regardless of orientation and gender, can meet and talk about issues in a safe place.<br \/>\nCarlos Garcia, a business major and the LGBTQ student representative, is starting a Gay Straight Alliance and is working to schedule some events this year.<br \/>\nGarcia is working with staff to achieve that with Juan Garcia, the Program Coordinator of Student Development and Activities.<br \/>\n\u201cMy job is to get a foundation in so we can build up a program from there,\u201d Juan Garcia said. \u201cThere is no program as of now, but we are starting to get everything rolling.\u201d<br \/>\nHe said that he wants to create an LGBTQ center in the future.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want a zone where people know that they can go to when they have a problem,\u201d Juan Garcia said.<\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb sno-animate'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>My job is to get a foundation in so we can build up a program from there.<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; SJCC student Juan Garcia<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #212121;\n    border-top-width: 0px;\n    border-right-width: 0px;\n    border-bottom-width: 0px;\n    border-left-width: 0px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb p.quotespeaker {\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb .quotebar {\n    background: #cccccc;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb .largequote {\n\tcolor: #ffffff;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a34a7c77eccb .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p>For the time being, there is a \u201cvirtual center,\u201d as Blake Balajadia, director of Student Development and Activities, described it.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want people to come in and out of the office and meet with Carlos and meet with Juan &#8212; feel like this a safe space,\u201d Balajadia said.<br \/>\nCarlos Garcia has a desk in the Student Center where students can come talk with him to voice complaints or seek resources.<br \/>\nOne service offered is to accompany students and help them when explaining their preferred name and pronouns to instructors if they differ from the name and gender in the system.<br \/>\nTeresa Paiz, the director of Admissions and Records and the coordinator of the Safe Zone Program, said the goal of Safe Zone is to create safe spaces on campus where students can go if they need information, advocacy or just to talk.<br \/>\n\u201cIf there are students that have any questions or any concerns or they just need someone to talk to and listen, they come to me,\u201d Paiz said. \u201cThis is a safe space. This is a safe zone.\u201d<br \/>\nSafe Zone also provides training to staff to teach them how to better help and be more sensitive to LGBTQ students and LGBTQ issues on campus.<br \/>\nWhile there is not currently an abundance of LGBTQ resources on campus, there are plans in motion to change that.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s all in pieces,\u201d Balajadia said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a formal identity; but hopefully, that\u2019s something we\u2019re turning around this semester.\u201d<br \/>\nTeresa Paiz can be contacted by email at <a href=\"mailto:teresa.paiz@sjcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teresa.paiz@sjcc.edu<\/a> for more information about the Safe Zone Program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13365\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/13266\/news\/sjcc-staff-plan-to-create-more-lgbtq-safe-zones-for-students\/attachment\/rainbowflag\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13365\" src=\"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rainbowflag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rainbowflag.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rainbowflag-475x316.jpg 475w, https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rainbowflag-122x80.jpg 122w, https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rainbowflag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"photocreditinline\">Contributed photo.<\/span><br \/>The rainbow flag is a flag used as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer pride and LGBTQ social movements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many colleges have a GSA club where all students, regardless of orientation and gender, can meet and talk about issues in a safe place. 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