• Offers anti-homophobia/prejudice-reduction/honoring diversity experiential workshops or presentations for students
  
• Offers workshops on Human Rights and anti-oppression (the "isms": Racism, Sexism, Ageism, etcŠ)
  
• Offers training workshops for teachers, administrators and counselors about stopping prejudicial harassment in schools and creating safe and inclusive environments.
  
• Offers support and advocacy for LGBTQ youth.
  
• Encourages reporting of hate motivated harassment and violence.
  
• Encourages breaking the silence and the cycle of oppression.
  

What students are saying about YODA:
I learned from YODA that...

"Prejudice is hurtful...It's in the words we use and things we say, and I can commit to work on myself and try to 'plant the seed of thought' in others!"

"I learned about being an ally and what I can do to stop prejudice."

"I really enjoyed this whole activity and I can honestly say that it's changed my life. So I hope that I can pass this info on to others..."

"I learned to celebrate diversity, to think before I act and to be aware of what I'm saying."

"I can commit to stand up when people are being prejudiced and or respect differences in people."

By actively educating, we can break the cycle of prejudice, intolerance and hate

The SFRCC has taken an important step towards safety, equity and inclusion by recognizing homophobia as a form of sexual violence/harassment. Abuse, harassment, or exclusion from educational activities based on a student's actual or perceived sexual orientation has been prohibited by Title IX. Harassment of a sexual nature creates a hostile environment for ALL students.

Violence and oppression feed on our silence. By talking about all forms of prejudice and oppression, including homophobia, we create spaces where every aspect of student's diversity is honored and valued.

Every time we pretend that prejudice and hate harassment are not problems or not our problems, we support the continuation of violence. We must educate and name the problems in order to stop them.

"...without community there is no liberation." - Audre Lorde

For more information:

Santa Fe Rape Crisis & Trauma Treatment Center
P.O. Box 29541
Santa Fe, NM 87592
(505) 988-1951
(505) 988-1906 Fax

Funding and support by:
The Santa Fe Community Foundation/Lesbian and Gay Funding Partnership
The Gill Foundation
Private Donors
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
McCune Charitable Foundation
Colin Higgins Foundation


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