The 1st Annual SOGI Education Conference was held at Oakland University on Feb 3 2012. Dr. Amorie Kofi Robinson, Ruth Ellis Center Board Member, and Pamela Hilliard Owens, President of PFLAG Family Reunion Detroit Chapter, were co-presenters at the Conference. It was an awesome success. We met some great LGBT advocates and community partners. We are looking forward to next year’s conference!
Conference Report
By the Numbers:
Pre-registered: 135
Onsite registrations: 19
Unregistered participants and volunteers: 53
Total: 207
Media:
Twitter:
The official hashtag for the conference is #sogicon
Between the morning of 2/3 and 2/6:
- Audience: 21 unique Twitter users mentioned either @OUSOGI or #SOGICON
- Hashtag: #SOGICON got 87 mentions in Tweets. (This includes multiple tweets by the same users.)
Coverage by these sources:
1) Respondents were:
ES/MS Teacher: 1
MS Teacher: 5
HS Teacher: 4
College Teacher: 6
Other Teacher: 2
Teacher Total: 13
H.S. Student: 19
College Student: 29
Other Student: 1
Total Students: 49
Counselor: 5
Social Worker: 3
Site Administrator: 2
District Administrator: 1
Community Educators/ Organizers: 13
Health Providers: 5
Other: 10
Total Respondents: 106
69% of registered participants completed an Exit Survey
Workshop/Session Attendance and Feedback
| Session I |
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| A Proactive Community-Driven Model for Urban Detroit Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Attractional, Questioning, Transgender and Ally School Safety |
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5
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Specific Session Feedback via Email
- The first “A Proactive-Community-Driven Model” provided some history and context for LBGT issues and advocates in the Detroit area. Their organization is specifically to support LBGT people of Color. They are offering professional development for schools, with particular trainings constructed for different educator roles–administrators, teachers, and counselors. The tone was informal, and conversational, which led to questions and conversation. Personally, I plan to contact Ms. Owens about providing some PD in my RDG course at Baldwin
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