Murray State had nine students participate at Vanderbilt University’s 4th annual Out in Front: LGBTQI and Ally Leadership Conference on Saturday, February 9.
The mission of Out in Front is to engage students, faculty, and staff from the region in issues relevant to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex community and society at large. This year’s theme was Grow-Organize-Transform: Leadership for Social Change.
Participating from Murray State University were: Rebecca Allen, Samantha Barth, Jo Bennett, Alliance marketing officer, Emily Oliver, Michael Penner, Alliance president, D Andrew Porter, Morgan Randall, Alliance secretary, Steven Shupe, Alliance vice president, and Nancy Starks.
During the program, workshops were offered on topics including working with members of the media, creating safe schools for all, and working with the faith-based community.
The conference’s keynote was delivered by Nadine Smith, Equality Florida executive director. Jody Cofer, LGBT program coordinator and Alliance advisor, attended and co-facilitated an identity caucus for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. MSU Alliance is the primary student organization for LGBT and ally students.