The Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity (OSID) and the Trans Awareness Week and Day of Remembrance Planning Committee at UNC Pembroke recently announced events for Transgender Awareness Week and Day of Remembrance.
Transgender Awareness Week raises awareness of the transgender community through advocacy and education. It leads up to Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors and memorializes victims of anti-transgender violence each November 20.
Monday, November 14-20: Clothing Exchange (School of Education, 3rd floor near Room 344)
Exchange clothing that does not align with your gender identity and/or expression for clothing that does. Receiving clothing does not require you to donate clothing.
Monday, November 14: Student forum (Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity, Room 124, from 4 to 5 pm) Zoom
https://uncp.zoom.us/j/93799802335?pwd=MUVjRkZTUVpiMENqSnpwVWx0OGErQT09
Passcode: 508011
UNCP students will come together to explore ways to make UNCP more trans-affirming. This forum is designed to uplift student voices in a way that will directly impact the UNCP campus community.
Tuesday, November 15: Self-care Day ((Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity, Room 124, from 2 to 4 pm)
Join us to learn powerful coping skills. We will explore some breathing techniques, experience a guided body scan, and progressive muscle relaxation techniques. We will also have a discussion space focused on self-care. A raffle will be held for a gift at the end of the event.
Wednesday, November 16: Trans 101 ((Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity, Room 124, from 4 to 5 pm) Zoom: https://uncp.zoom.us/j/97687258987?pwd=MCtGcy9nVDhzaXBsZFJadlVpVGZPQT09&from=addon (Passcode: 034652)
Trans 101 training is an introductory workshop designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to support transgender, gender non-conforming and gender-questioning individuals.
Thursday, November 17: iRest (CAPS Brave Health Center, 2nd floor, Room 215, from 4 to 5 pm). Virtual: https://uncp.webex.com/meet/jordan.roels
iRest (Integrative Restoration) is a research-based transformative practice of deep relaxation and meditation. This guided meditation is generally practiced lying down or sitting comfortably and is a modern adaptation of the ancient meditation practice of Yoga Nidra. iRest can give participants powerful coping strategies to help deal with stress and overwhelm. Join us as we dive into deep relaxation!
Thursday, November 17: Gender Identity Discussion (Virtual: The link is https://uncp.webex.com/meet/abigail.reiter from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Individuals whose gender identity is not cisgender, such as trans or nonbinary, discuss their identities, experiences, use of pronouns and other considerations relating to gender.
Sunday, November 20: Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil (Virtual: The link is
https://uncp.webex.com/meet/whitney.akers, from 6 to 7 p.m.
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Gwendolyn Ann Smith, TDOR founder, said, “TDOR seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost.
“With so many seeking to erase transgender people—sometimes in the most brutal ways possible—it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered and that we continue to fight for justice.” We will meet to hold a space of community care, reflection, and remembrance. We will also discuss ways to resist anti-trans legislation and violence within the current sociopolitical context.”
The week's activities are sponsored by the Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity, the Department of Counseling, the School of Education, Counseling and Psychological Services, Spectrum, UNCP Costume Shop, and Chi Sigma Iota-Phi Sigma Chapter.