Moving from one general internship to two: Seasonal Interns & Project Interns
Meet the Spring 2018 SZP Intern: Jess Brundige
Jess is from East Tennessee and would love to facilitate a Safe Zone training for Seth MacFarlane
Be Our Spring 2018 Intern: Join The Safe Zone Project Team!
The SZP team is looking to bring on a spring intern!
New Curriculum, Internship Program, & More: Our 4th Birthday Update
Adding a little silver lining to the storm cloud that is 2017.
Why we don’t certify “Safe Zone Trainers” (and don’t plan to).
It would create a problematic power relationship, add to a specific problem we’re trying to solve, and is simply beyond our capacity.
New Curriculum for our 3rd Birthday — version 3.0!
It’s birthday #3 and we’ve got a new 3.0 curriculum to match!
All Star Facilitator Series – Meet Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation
Meet the newest member of the Safe Zone Project toolbox – Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation
LGBTQ+ Terminology – An Evolution Over Time
The world keeps changing and so do the words that we use to describe it.
To 2016…and Beyond!
This year we got to do a lot of awesome things, w/ some awesome people. Here’s to another great year!
SZP Co-Creators launch a Kickstarter! Read more!
We think the SZP is neat. And we want to bring you another awesome free resource website, but we need your help! That’s why we’ve launched our kickstarter today!
2nd Annual Birthday Post! Two Years Old and New Curriculum to Match!
We thought our ready-to-rock curriculum was a solid start. This is even better.
Happy Birthday to Us: Two Big Announcements for You
You’re probably thinking “Oh no! I didn’t get The Safe Zone Project a present.” Awkward. We know. But we were prepared.
11 Invaluable Lessons on the Path to Becoming an All-Star Social Justice Educator
If you’re looking for a few ways to up your facilitation game, look no further.
Mastering the “Yes, And…” Rule
How to redirect a someone in a social justice conversation without shutting them down
How to Read a Group
The importance of responding to the group’s needs, checking in with individual members, and how to pick up what they’re putting down
Compassionate Curiosity
How a style of question asking and digging in for more information can bring your workshop to new heights
Letters to Self: The Importance of Reflective Feedback
The HOWs and WHYs of something that is simply a MUST if you want to continuously improve as a facilitator
Speaking for a Group Identity: A How-Not-To
Responding to the request to speak on behalf of all [blank] people
Finding Your Style: You Gotta Werk at Your Work
The importance of putting your personal spin on any curriculum you facilitate
Facilitation is the Name of the Game
How facilitation and social justice are like peanut butter and educational jelly
You Don’t Have to Know it All: Getting Started and Diving In
Some things you do (not) need to know before you start your journey as an all-star social justice facilitator
Marked vs. Unmarked Identities with Deborah Tannen
Exploring the concept of identity from an important perspective: when it matters more, and when it goes unnoticed
Navigating Triggers with Kathy Obear
There are lots of different moments where we get thrown off our metaphoric game. Let’s prepare for those moments before they happen. Together.
Play with us! Expiring soon!
Being a social justice educator – you often only get one shot to make an impact – help us make the most of those opportunities and get published on this site and save the world with us!
Responding to Buzzfeed: “Everything You Wanted to Know About Transgender People”
A few suggestions for small improvements and additions (but an overall major thumbs up!) to a great Buzzfeed article about trans* people.
We are LIVE! Welcome to the Safe Zone Project!
Meg and Sam help you get acquainted with their brand new labor of love, The Safe Zone Project
This is Meg Bolger, Safe Zone Project Co-Creator
Gender/sexuality workshop connoisseur, the queertastic founder of Pride for All talks about one of her dream projects. This one.
Meet Sam Killermann, Safe Zone Project Co-Creator
Between It’s Pronounced Metrosexual, Gamers Against Bigotry, and A Guide to Gender, Sam has his hand in a lot of pots. Here he explains why he added this one to the stovetop.
Under Construction – Check back Mid-July
We’ll be here sooner than you know it. Stay tuned!