Pride Center

COVID 19 Message

In the Pride Center, we strive to provide excellent care for students, faculty, and staff. Despite COVID 19, the pride center will still be open! Ready to provide you with socially distanced, and virtual support. A big part of our role on campus is to be present with people. Please do not hesitate to reach out, ask questions, or share concerns. Send emails to pridecenter@uwlax.edu or wvanroosenbeek@uwlax.edu

Please take care of yourself and thank you for your patience!

Welcome to the UWL Pride Center! We are located on the second floor of the Student Union, in The COVE area. Our Center seeks to provide ample educational opportunities and resources for UWL's students, faculty & staff including ally workshops, trainings, clubs, panels, books, documentaries, speakers, & student-led programs on current issues in our community.

Our Mission Statement: The Pride Center shall foster a safe environment for all LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff, educate the campus and community on issues, and advocate for student success and inclusivity.

Purple Background with a rainbow, Pride Center Logo, and three goals the center promises to fulfill. The goals are "1. To empower LGBTQQIAAAP+2S students, faculty, staff, and their family members by providing resources and community outreach. 2. To Provide Education programs on LGBTQQIAAAP+2S issues, homophobia, heterosexism, cissexism, transphobia, gender identity, and gender expression. 3. To offer a safe space for the LGBTQQIAAAP+2S community and their family members."

Meet Our People

Visit our peoples' page here!

Please help us welcome our new Graduate Assistant!!

News and Upcoming Events

Visit our events page here!

Safer Space

The UWL Pride Center aims to foster a safer space in which all individuals are supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Part of this model is using inclusive language and committing to inclusive action. To learn more about our creation of a safer space, please follow this link.

Campus and Community Resources

Counseling & Testing (https://www.uwlax.edu/counseling-testing/): (608) 785.8073
Access Center(https://www.uwlax.edu/access-center/): (608)785.6900
Center for Transformative Justice (https://www.uwlax.edu/campus-climate/): (608) 785.5094
Diversity & Inclusion(https://www.uwlax.edu/diversity-inclusion/): (608) 785.5097
Multicultural Students Services (https://www.uwlax.edu/multicultural-student-services/): (608) 785.8225
Student Support Services(https://www.uwlax.edu/student-support-services/): (608) 785.8535
Veterans Affairs(https://www.uwlax.edu/veteran-services/): (608) 785.8631
The 7 Rivers LGBTQ Connection (https://7riverslgbtq.org/): (608) 784.0452
The Trevor Project (https://thetrevorproject.org): (866) 488.7386
Trans Lifeline (www.translifeline.org): (877) 565.8860
Specfic Communities Resource List (https://www.uwlax.edu/pride-center/resources/category-specific-resources/()

Online Opportunities

Get connected with us in the Pride Center through online means. As the year goes on, we will have even more available online.

Discord Invite ( https://discord.gg/W5QxffR )
Podcast that is done by some folks in the WGS department! Link Our director is in an episode!

Check us out on Social Media

Diversity & Inclusion Statement

UWL is committed to earning the trust and support of our campus community as we work to provide a safe, equitable, and welcoming environment for our students, faculty, and staff. We know that current events can sometimes trigger strong emotions; therefore, it is crucial that we support one another by leveraging our relationships with each other.

At UWL, we lean on each other for care, support, and growth. You may be wondering what we, as a predominantly white campus, can do to support each other regardless of the identities we hold.

Recommit to making our campus as safe and welcoming as we can for historically excluded students. We do this by encouraging our community members to appropriately address campus climate issues in our classrooms, recreation, wellness, research, policies, and procedures.
Participate in opportunities that will expand our knowledge of global citizenship and allow us to share and connect with the lived experiences of one another.
Have honest, forthright conversations with one another about safety, trust, and belonging that are dependent on our identities.
Become an upstander. When you see wrong or an act of injustice or intolerance – take action. One way to take action is to contact someone who can help with the situation. Another way is through the campus hate/bias reporting form.
Come together to uplift and support one another. By striving to create change, have difficult conversations and confront racial injustice, we have the power to overcome any force that seeks to divide us. We hope you’ll join us in that effort.

To our Black and brown faculty, staff, and students, your experiences and feeling are valid. We are here to support you. Please feel free to reach out to the following offices:

Counseling and Testing Center at 608.785.8073
Student Life at studentlife@uwlax.edu
Residence Life at housing@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8075
Student Health Center at 608.785.8558
Office of Multicultural Students Services (OMSS) at omss@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8225
Center for Transformative Justice at transformative@uwlax.edu
Student Support Services at sss@uwlax.edu
Pride Center at pridecenter@uwlax.edu
ACCESS Center at ACCESSCenter@uwlax.edu
Upward Bound at upwardbound@uwlax.edu
Faculty and staff who need support should use the Employee Assistance Program.

For more information regarding UWL’s justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work, please visit the D&I website.

Barbara Stewart, Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion

For accommodations, contact 608.785.8887 | pridecenter@uwlax.edu

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