Pride Center UNIT ACHIEVEMENT: RAISING VISIBILITY During the 2012-13 academic year, the Pride Center hosted the biggest Pride Week to date. The purpose of EWU Pride Week is to raise visibility for the Pride Center and awareness about issues that impact the LGBTQ community. Pride Week included a variety of activities co-sponsored by the Pride Center and the LGBTQA student club, Eagle Pride, including the following: › The first-ever Ally Scavenger Hunt, in which students competed with each other to identify LGBTQ allies across the EWU campus › Collaboration with EWU Libraries and the Student Affairs Inclusive Excellence Committee to sponsor three “Speak Up” training sessions for faculty, staff and students, using skill-building and role-playing to empower individuals to identify and speak up against bigotry and bias › A panel discussion with PFLAG members (Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays) to discuss the history of the organization and the role of families and friends in the coming out process › Eagle Pride’s second annual Masquerade Ball and collaboration with Eagle Entertainment to offer two events: spoken-word artists Katie Wirsing and Chas, who addressed gender, love and sexuality, and a lecture by Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student who gained international recognition when he testified about his two moms to the Iowa House of Representatives during a public forum on marriage equality › A performance by transgender artist and entertainer Harvey Katz (aka Athens Boys Choir), which was followed by a meet-and-greet and private performance for Eagle Pride students
Service Indicators
11-12
12-13
Total number of student visits
1,912
2,217
Student event participation
2,085
1,888
PRIDE Center volunteer hours total
726
854
36 . Eastern Washington University . Student Affairs Annual Report . 2012-2013