Safe Zone
Safe Zone
Program Update
Thank you for your interest in Safe Zone training. Our Safe Zone training program is currently being revamped and sessions for this fall are paused. Please know that we will follow up with everyone who has signed up and you’ll receive an email with the updated schedule for future Safe Zone training sessions. If you have other questions, please email us again at sa-OMA@usf.edu.
The Safe Zone Training Program is the University of South Florida's institutionally recognized Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Trans+, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) diversity training program offered through the Office of Multicultural Affairs. The Safe Zone Training Program aims to educate participants on advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community by promoting understanding, support, and inclusivity through interactive conversations and activities.
The Safe Zone Training Program is a four-part training program that educates the USF community on LGBTQ+ identities, policies, and ways to be supportive allies and advocates across campus. Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to complete all four parts of the Safe Zone Training Program to create more inclusive environments across the University for the LGBTQ+ community. Trainings should be taken in order, starting with Education Part One and ending with Advocacy. Each section is 2 hours/120 minutes long.
If you have taken the original Safe Zone Training in its 3-hour form in the last 3 years, please register for Safe Zone: Education Part Two.
For more information, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at SA-OMA@usf.edu.
Part One
Safe Zone: Education Part One is focused on the education the USF community on fundamental
terms, identities, and experiences related to the LGBTQ+ community and is the first
of the 4-part series.
Part Two
Safe Zone: Education Part Two is focused on the education the USF community on the
USF community on terms, identities, and experiences related to trans+, gender non-conforming,
and other queer identities.
Part Three
Safe Zone: Allyship develops and promotes allyship by teaching models of acceptance,
responses to potential situations, and provide visible support to ensure the success
of the LGBTQ+ community at USF.
Part Four
Safe Zone: Advocacy develops LGBTQ+ advocates by educating participants on the history
of the LGBTQ+ movement, current local, state, and national policies, laws, and trends
affecting the LGBTQ+ community, and how to get involved in effecting positive change.
The Safe Zone Ally Training program is also offered through the St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee campuses.
Please find the Safe Zone appendix here.