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Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center
The Rainbow Center
The Rainbow Center (RC) has been serving UConn’s diverse
communities of gender identities, gender expressions and
sexual and romantic orientations since 1998! The RC facilitates
education and training opportunities; offers leadership
development and community engagement; and provides
advocacy and support. Everyone is welcome to get involved.
The RC’s community includes, but is not limited to those who are
aromantic, gender non-conforming, bisexual, asexual, transgender,
cisgender, lesbian, heterosexual, ally, genderqueer, gay,
questioning, intersex, pansexual, and gender fluid. All huskies
are welcome at the Out to Lunch lecture series, Husky Safe
Zone Training, Husky D.O.G. (Diversity of Gender) training,
identity-based weekly discussion groups or any event. We are
seeking volunteers to join the ONE (Our Narrative Educators)
bureau and the F.A.M.I.L.E.E. mentoring program.
Student Union, Room 403 RainbowCtrUConn
rainbowcenter.uconn.edu
UConn Rainbow Center
(PRLACC’s) mission is to improve the status of Latinxs and to
promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the
richness and diversity of Latinxs and Latin American cultures.
PRLACC supports the University’s mission by providing services
and leadership opportunities, fostering connections, and
educating the University and the larger community about
Latinx issues. Their programs seek to enhance and support
student, faculty, and staff recruitment and retention, as well
as enrich the multicultural climate of our community.
Student Union, Room 438
prlacc.uconn.edu
UConn PRLACC @PRLACC
The Women’s Center
The mission of the Women’s Center is to educate, advocate, and
provide support services for the achievement of women’s equity
at the University and within the community at large. More
specifically, we promote an anti-racist feminist perspective which
includes an analysis of the intersectionality between various forms
of oppression; challenges the power structure/status quo that
reinforces inequality based on race and gender simultaneously;
and foregrounds the understanding of how racial discrimination
impacts the analysis of gender discrimination. They strive to
create a community which celebrates women’s diversity, while
actively confronting sexism through activism, and working for
change through collaborations on various issues such as women
in STEM, and programs such as the Violence Against Women
Prevention Program, Elect Her, Eating Disorders Awareness Week,
$tart $mart, and the Men’s Project.
Student Union, Room 421 UConnWomensCtr
womenscenter.uconn.edu
UConn Women’s Center
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