Mission, Vision and Goals
Mission
The NC State Pride Center is open to all students and celebrates and empowers our collective communities to increase student success and well-being. Through culturally relevant programming, we cultivate joy and build community, in the promotion of academic and personal excellence.
Vision
Our vision is to serve as a welcoming and accountable space that connects students to resources and community, designed to enhance their leadership development and opportunities to thrive.
Community Agreements
Our Community
As center staff, we agree to and lift up these statements within our daily work and our commitment to creating and cultivating communal spaces. We lift up human liberation, where we practice and promote social justice, honoring the needs and experiences of QTPOC and other communities bombarded with multiple forms of oppression. We lift up a community where we are able to live, play and thrive.
Challenge yourself
As a community we are committed to creating and cultivating a healthy, accountable, open space, honoring all who enter and leave.
Privacy
As a community, we are committed to protecting the rights of others, learning and growing together while encouraging the sharing of only helpful information beyond our Center.
Respect
As a community we believe in the respect of each other at all times, encouraging healthy connections that may call each other in or out, while centering kindness and giving grace.
Speak from your own experience
As individuals who are a part of many communities, we recognize our center and our institution are not monoliths, and our individual or collective views are not necessarily the views of the community as a whole.
Self-care
As a community, we center the health and well-being of all community members and we encourage you to center your own wellness while honoring and respecting the needs of others.
Goals
- Foster a safe and inclusive environment for students, staff, faculty, and alumni of all genders and sexualities, for individuals exploring their sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, and for allies of the LGBTQ community.
- Affirm the identities of LGBTQ and questioning students, staff, faculty, and alumni while also acknowledging and helping to raise awareness about the way the lived experiences of LGBTQ individuals vary and are influenced by their race, religion, ethnicity, age, ability status, social class, and other social characteristics.
- Collaborate with departments, offices, and organizations across campus to engage members of the NC State community in conversations about issues of identity, diversity, community building, advocacy, and social justice.
- Promote awareness and provide education with respect to the issues faced by LGBTQ individuals and their allies in order to enable members of the campus community to play an active role in helping to combat sexism, genderism, transphobia, homophobia, biphobia and heterosexism.
- Advise administrators on issues related to LGBTQ campus climate and advocate for inclusive policies and practices.
- Provide information and resources to help staff and faculty develop LGBTQ-inclusive work and classroom environments and course curricula.
- Maintain an active and engaged community for LGBTQ and allied students, staff, faculty, and alumni of NC State while networking with LGBTQ groups and organizations in the local area and throughout North Carolina.
Annual Reports
From advising student organizations to hosting events that engage the campus community in conversations about identity and social justice, the LGBTQ Pride Center works throughout the year to fulfill our mission, vision and goals. Not only is our work intentional, but so is our desire to be transparent about what we are trying to do and the impact we are having. Each year we complete annual reports that outline all of our programs and services as well as our assessment of how effectively we are meeting our intended outcomes. Click on any of the links below to review our past reports.