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LGBTQ+ and Abroad

If you've studied abroad and would like to be a panelist for this event, send an email to OIE Assistant Director Elliott Kimball.

When: Tuesday, Oct 27, 2020 at 5:00pm

Meeting Registration: go.uncg.edu/lgbtqandabroad

Questions: contact h_bretz@uncg.edu

The Forgotten Stories of #METOO

Where: Zoom link for all events

When: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Drag Out the Vote: Kaykay Lavelle Interview

When: anytime

Where: Join the OIE’s Ryan McKeel as they interview KayKay Lavelle about the upcoming election. KayKay is a local drag queen and activist who’s been working with Drag Out The Vote!

Voting 101

OLCE Voting Information page: https://olce.uncg.edu/students/voting/

Our site includes information on election dates and deadlines, registering to vote (and how to check if/where you are registered), registering with an on-campus address, how to vote early in-person, as well as FAQs.  

Voter Registration Drive: Thursday, Oct. 8th (tomorrow!!) there will be two outdoor registration stations from 11am-2pm, one outside of Moran Commons (outside the caf) and one on College Ave.  

One-Stop Voting Sites: for those who want to vote in-person early, you can only vote at sites in the county you are registered in.  Find those sites by county here: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/ossite/

TurboVote: https://uncg.turbovote.org/

UNCG is partnered with TurboVote to offer anyone with a UNCG email an easy online tool to walk them through the registration process -- in whatever home state they are registered.

Also -- follow OLCE on Twitter and Instagram for information on events coming out of our office: @olce_uncg

Bayard Rustin was an activist and civil rights movement leader from 1941 until his death in 1987. He was outed as a gay man early in his career, which forced him to become a behind-the-scenes activist. As a member of the AFSC he covertly helped write “Speak Truth to Power…”, a highly influential pacifist essay of the time. Rustin made sure no one knew publicly of his involvement because he thought his sexuality would mar the paper. Similarly, he was a trusted advisor of Martin Luther King Jr. and said himself that he heavily influenced King’s peaceful ideology. "I think it's fair to say that Dr. King's view of non-violent tactics was almost non-existent when the boycott began. In other words, Dr. King was permitting himself and his children and his home to be protected by guns."

Rustin’s orientation would continue to cause him to stay backstage for the labor movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the March on Washington, and many other historic advocacy projects. Late in his life, Rustin was able to be one of the faces for the LGBTQ+ Movement when he testified on behalf of New York State's Gay Rights Bill. Due to his orientation, he is often forgotten as one of America’s civil rights leaders. However, in 2013 President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Trans* Talk

When: Fridays at 7:00pm

Where: via Zoom, email TJ Slocum at vlslocum@uncg.edu for the link.

What: A space for trans* and non-binary UNCG students to interact with one another. You do not need to be out in your classes to attend these meetings.

Survey: On Academic Success and Mental Health

Where: bit.ly/uncgfall2020

Questions: contact lmcomino@uncg.edu or lnkalo@uncg.edu