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Thomas Murphy | Tuesday, April 9, 2019
In order to promote allyship and solidarity with the LGBTQ community, the Gender Relations Center is celebrating its fourth-annual Ally Week this week by hosting a series of events intended to raise awareness for the struggles faced by members of the LGBTQ community and educate students on how to be supportive. Events include service opportunities,
Megan Valley | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The fifth-annual Ally Week began Monday with a new focus on intersectionality, in addition to encouraging engagement from students who want to be allies. Director of the Gender Relations Center (GRC) Christine Caron Gebhardt said the focus on allies was intended to change University culture. “We realized that for our students who are LGBTQ to
Marie Fazio | Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Last weekend, LGBT alumni from Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame walked around campus for the GALA-ND/SMC reunion and were greeted with a show of support that many of them had not experienced when they were students at Notre Dame: Rainbow pride flags hung out of windows across campus, ranging from dorms to Geddes Hall, Nieuwland Hall
Selena Ponio | Monday, April 13, 2015
This week, the Gender Relations Center (GRC), along with co-sponsors Campus Ministry, Multicultural Student Programs and Services and PrismND, is sponsoring Ally Week. Maureen McKenney, the GRC’s assistant director for LGBTQ student concerns, said Ally Week is a weeklong series of events that aim to focus on members of the Notre Dame community and create