Safe Zone training comforts and empowers
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Summary
- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the Safe Zone LGBTQ training program at Hopkins.
- The News-Letter reported that the program aims to train students, staff and faculty as allies, and that more than 600 people had completed it in two years.
- The paper reported that Director Demere Woolway said the programme helps participants make their workplaces and campuses more inclusive, and that anyone at Hopkins can attend a three-hour session.
- The article adds that sessions usually have six to 30 participants and cover LGBTQ terminology, responding to harmful language and ways to support the community.
- The reporter writes that senior Amy Sun took the training through a special Student Government Association program and said its interactive exercises were more useful than an online experience.
- The paper reported that LGBTQ Life intern Christianne Bharath said Safe Zone training helps students feel more comfortable with trained professors, while the office reviews participant feedback to improve the program.