Safe Zones serve as a source of support and information, free of judgment and hostility. They display the Safe Zone logo to indicate that they have completed Safe Zone training and have signed a contract expressing their commitment to Safe Zone policies and procedures. Safe Zones are also expected to challenge assumptions and prejudices related to sexual orientation and gender and to address heterosexist comments or behaviors in an educational and informative manner.
Goals of the Safe Zone Program:
- To increase the campus community’s understanding and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning/queer (LGBTIQ) issues
- To provide a greater sense of safety for the LGBTIQ student community
- To offer information to straight allies of LGBTIQ people.
- To act as a resource for information related to combating homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia and other LGBTIQ misinformation and misconceptions
Safe Zones at Rhodes:
- Between 5-7 Safe Zone training sessions facilitated by the Campus Counseling Center take place during each school year
- Safe Zones include faculty and staff members and students who participate in such organizations as Residence Life, the Peer Advocate Center and the Gay-Straight Alliance
- As of the 2019-2020 school year, 160 faculty and staff are Active Safe Zones
- A total of 719 Safe Zones have been trained since the beginning of the program
- In addition to being allies for individual LGBTIQ students, Safe Zone participants attend a series of Brown Bag Lunch sessions throughout the school year to foster discussion around issues such as being transgender in college, coming out to friends, family and parents, and dealing with homophobia and heterosexism on campus
LGBTIQ Resources
- OutMemphis
- The Trevor Project
- GLSEN
- Human Rights Campaign
- Tennessee Equality Project
- The Sylvia Rivera Law Project
- PFLAG
Do you have questions about the Rhodes Safe Zone program? Contact Pam Detrie for more information!
Active Faculty and Staff Safe Zone List
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Alan Jaslow |
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Amy Benson |
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Amy Jasperson |
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Amy Risley |
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Anjeanette Johnson-Tiamiyu |
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Aixa Marchand |
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Bayly Wheeler |
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Becky Klatzkin |
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Bernadette McNary-Zak |
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Brian Ray |
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Brooke Schedneck |
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Carolyn Jaslow |
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Catherine Sundt |
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Charles Hughes |
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Chien-Kai Chen |
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Chris Wetzel |
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Courtenay Harter |
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Clara Pascual-Argente |
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Dan Blustein |
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Darlene Loprete |
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Daryl Stephens |
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David Kabelik |
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David Mason |
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David McCarthy |
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Elizabeth Bridges |
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Elizabeth Thomas |
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Eric Gottlieb |
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Erin Dology |
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Erin Harmon |
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Esen Kirdis |
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Evan Williams |
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Evelyn Perry |
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Geoff Maddox |
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Gregory Vieira |
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Jeanne Lopiparo |
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Jeff Jackson |
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John Bass |
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Jon Russ |
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Jonathan Fitzgerald |
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Jonathan Judaken |
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Joseph Kelly |
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Judith Haas |
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Kathleen Doyle |
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Karl Erickson |
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Katie White |
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Kelly Dougherty |
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Kelly Weeks |
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Kendra Hotz |
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Kevin Collier |
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Kimberly Brien |
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Kimberly Kasper |
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Larryn Peterson |
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Laura Taylor |
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Lori Garner |
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Lorie Yearwood |
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Luther Ivory |
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Marcus D. Pohlmann |
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Marsha Walton |
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Mary Miller |
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Matt Weeks |
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Michael Collins |
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Michael Drompp |
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Michael LaRosa |
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Miriam Clinton |
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Natalie Person |
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P. Eric Henager |
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Phillip Kirlin |
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Rachel Dunwell |
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Rebecca Finlayson |
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Rebecca Tuvel |
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Renee Johnson |
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Rhiannon Graybill |
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Rosie Meindl |
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Sarah Boyle |
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Sarah Gray |
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Sarah Rollens |
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Scott Newstok |
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Shaolu Yu |
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Steve Haynes |
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Susan Kus |
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Susan Satterfield |
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Tim Huebner |
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Tom Bremer |
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Tyler Lefevor |
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Vanessa Rogers |
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Victor Coonin |
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Wonneken Wanske |
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Xose Pereira Boan |
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Zachary Casey |
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Ali Hamilton |
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Alicia Golston |
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Amanda Ford |
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Amy Moen |
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Antoinette Ferrell |
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April Brasfield |
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Aretha Milligan |
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Arlinda Fair |
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Beatrix Weil |
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Bill Short |
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Brian Braskich |
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Brittney Jackson |
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Chelsea Cordes |
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Danielle Donze |
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DeAnna Adams |
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Destini Jones |
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Dominick Sarappa |
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Elisha Vego |
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Erin Hillis |
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Felicia Knox |
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Haley Alsaffar |
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Jamia Stokes |
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Jessi Wilson |
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Ira Lawson |
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Iris Mercado |
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Isabel Wittman |
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Jana Files |
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Jeff Cleanthes |
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Jenn Tinnell |
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Jenna Goodloe Wade |
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Jessica Kelso |
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Jessie Jones |
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Jim Ryan |
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Jo Gibbons |
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Joel Parsons |
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Judy Pierce |
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Kandra Kolehmainen |
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Kenan Padgett |
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Kerry Connors |
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Kim Bennett |
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Kimberlee Small |
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Kristen Hunt |
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Laura Kelly |
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Leigh Powell |
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Liz Moak |
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Lydia Spencer |
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Mac Trammell |
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Megan Starling |
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Melissa Butler |
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Melissa Campbell |
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Melody H. Richey |
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Michael Milligan |
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Mike Clary |
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Nicki Soule |
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Olivia Fowler |
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Olivia Gacka |
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Pam Detrie |
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Piyush Kumar |
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Rodney Rogan |
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Sandi George Tracy |
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Scott Garner |
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Shantih Smythe |
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Sherry Sasson |
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Stephanie Cage |
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Stephanie Chockley |
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Taylor Morris |
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Terry Boone, Jr. |
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Tiffany Ford |
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Tracy Patterson |
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Tyler Cempre |
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Wendy Trenthem |
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