Do bias-motivated incidents happen at CU-Boulder? What can you do if you, or someone you know, becomes a target?
These are some of the questions to be addressed at a panel discussion, "Hate on Campus: Bias-Motivated Incidents at CU," on Thursday, Oct. 21. The panel is part of events scheduled for CU-Boulder's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month.
The discussion, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Dennis Small Cultural Center in the University Memorial Center, room 305, will have representatives from campus organizations including Student Affairs, Victims Assistance and the CU Police, as well as other community organizations.
The event is sponsored by the GLBT Resource Center, the Bias-Motivated Incidents Task Force and the Building Community Campaign.
Bev Tuel, director of the GLBT Resource Center, said the sponsors hope to reach out to those who care about the type of environment created on the Boulder campus.
"We want to make CU a place that is safe and respectful for all students," Tuel said. "Being the target of a bias-motivated incident, or being of the same group as someone who is targeted, can interfere with studies. Each one of us has a role in preventing these incidents from happening."
There are four more GLBT Awareness Month events, following the hate crimes panel, which are free and open to the public. "Blood and Tears:
Poems for Matthew Shepard," on Monday, Oct. 25 will feature 10 local poets whose poems are included in the book of the same title. The event takes place at 7 p.m. at the Dennis Small Cultural Center.
A roundtable discussion lead by Colorado GLBT activists called "Working It Out: GLBT Politics for the New Millennium" will be on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel.
GLBT Awareness Month ends on Wednesday, Oct. 27 with "Videos for Lunch: 'Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker,' " an Academy Award nominated film on the woman whose research proved homosexuality was not a mental disorder. The film will be shown from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Dennis Small Cultural Center. There also will be a reception and performance by "Interactive Theater Comes Out," dealing with sexual assault in the gay community, at the Koenig Alumni Center from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information on the session or the other events for GLBT Awareness Month contact the GLBT Resource Center at (303) 492-1377.