Monday, June 18, 2012

LGBT Resource Room

UPDATE:  I'm checking things off as I go along.  Check out the new post and links for progress. :)

The project this week is the LGBT Resource Room, which is actually two rooms in the basement of the Briggs Student Center.  The Resource Room is a new addition to LGBT life on campus. It was added last year.  It's one of the many positive changes in LGBT life to occur since my first year here.  In addition to office space for the Gay-Straight Alliance, the rooms have queer magazines and a collection of queer books (many of which are, let's say, vintage) that we'll hopefully add to this summer.

Here's a list of projects within the Resource Room:
-Rearrange the furniture
-Catalogue the existing library of books (Check out the new Resources Tab at the top)
-Decorate the walls
-Set up a safer sex resource station
-Invest in new book/DVD resources for GSA/Queer Advocacy/Students
-Update/Renew magazine subscriptions
-Create better signs for the Resource Room
-Advertise around campus

Here are some before pictures.  We've started moving furniture so it's not exactly reflective of what the room looked like during the school year, but it'll give you some idea.

This is the front room.  It will be the office space for GSA and will have safer sex resources.  


Here's the back room.  It's got a little nook for the TV and will house the library.  Both rooms will have tables, sofas, and chairs for study space.  

Since it's also Open Rhodes week, this project will probably take two weeks.  I'll upload in-progress and finished photos as it goes along.

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