Thank you for your interest in joining the Queer Resilience Coalition (QRC) student advisory board. This application will take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

QRC MISSION AND PURPOSE:

The Women and Gender Equity Center and LGBTQIA+ Initiatives strives to provide students, faculty, staff, and members of the Hampton Roads area a community where they can be free and confident in expressing their identities. WGEC strives to reduce homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism in the Old Dominion University community through educational and interactive programming, mentorship, and LGBT advocacy.

The Queer Resilience Coalition (QRC) strengthens and amplifies the voices of the ODU LGBTQIA+ student community through its advisory role to the Coordinator for the LGBTQIA+ Initiatives at the Women and Gender Equity Center (WGEC) and the LGBTQIA+ Student Success Lead. In its advising role, the QRC will offer suggestions for improving current programming, events, and services on campus, and will also provide recommendations for new initiatives to strengthen the network of support across campus units. The QRC will also raise awareness of LGBTQIA+ culture, community, and voice through the creation and dissemination of the Q-ODU Zine.

**Students who meet any ONE of the following criteria may apply to serve on the QRC:

1. Undergraduate student who identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
2. Graduate student who identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
3. Undergraduate student who identifies as an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community.
4. Graduate student who identifies as an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community.
5. Student who serves on the executive board for ODU SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Alliance)
6. Student resident of the Spectrum Living and Learning Community.



Please review the following guidelines before submitting an application:
1. You must have met one of the qualifying criteria to apply (please see above).
2. Members must remain actively engaged in QRC meetings and objectives during their term of service (attend meetings, participate, and contribute)
3. Membership term is for the Academic year beginning in Fall 2023 until Spring 2024 semester ends. 
4. Must attend 4 out of the 5 monthly meetings each semester. Meeting dates/times will be determined by the board by consensus during the start of each semester.