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Board Chair: Jess Burns

Board Vice-Chair: Nick Arteaga

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Mission, Vision, Pillars

Who We Serve

How to Participate

Pledge

Safe Zone

What is bullying?

What it is not?

Bullying

What is Allyship?

What is it not?

Allyship Experiences.

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Allyship

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The Mission

  • Our mission is to create safer spaces for the LGBTQ+ community through education and advocacy by providing training and resources to Utah businesses.

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The Vision

  • We envision a better and safer Utah for LGBTQ+ individuals and other intersecting marginalized groups through education and understanding.

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The Pillars of Learning

  • LGBTQ+ and Gender 101
  • Anti-Bullying and Allyship 101
  • Suicide & Domestic Violence Awareness 101

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    • Homelessness
    • Bullying
    • Suicide
    • Domestic Violence

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The Safe Zone Pledge

As a willing supporter of the Utah LGBTQ+ SafeZone program, I pledge to:

  • Respect and value LGBTQ+ communities, hxstories, stories, and experiences
  • Maintain confidentiality as requested by LGBTQ+ members who seek support through Safe Zone
  • Be committed to dismantling homophobia, heterosexism, and systems of oppression impacting LGBTQ+ communities and marginalized communities
  • Continuously educate myself on and advocate with LGBTQ+ communities
  • Support the building of a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ communities
  • Keep our eyes, our ears, our minds, and our hearts open to all those needing resources for anti-bullying, domestic violence, homelessness, and suicide awareness

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Safe Zone Participation

  • Sign up your business today!
  • Contact the Safe Zone program at info@safezoneutah.org.

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  • ARRIVING SOON
    • SAFE ZONE WEB FORM
    • WEB RESOURCES

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Bullying

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What is Bullying?

  • Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical, and/or social behavior that intends to cause physical, social, and/or psychological harm.
  • It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power, or perceived power, over one or more persons who feel unable to stop it from happening.

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What Bullying is not?

  • single episodes of social rejection or dislike
  • single episode acts of nastiness or spite
  • random acts of aggression or intimidation
  • mutual arguments, disagreements or fights

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What is Allyship?

  • A lifelong process of building relationships based on trust, consistency, and accountability with marginalized individuals and/or groups of people.
  • not self-defined—work and efforts must be recognized by those you are seeking to ally with.
  • an opportunity to grow and learn about ourselves, whilst building confidence in others.

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What does Allyship look like?

  • Thinking about Allyship, what are some examples that you have seen or experienced?

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  • Thinking about Allyship, are their times you wish you had been a better ally or knew how to be?

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How can we be better Allies?

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow
  • Lift others up by advocating

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow
  • Lift others up by advocating
  • Share growth opportunities with others

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow
  • Lift others up by advocating
  • Share growth opportunities with others
  • Recognize systematic inequalities and realize the impact of micro-aggressions

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow
  • Lift others up by advocating
  • Share growth opportunities with others
  • Recognize systematic inequalities and realize the impact of micro-aggressions
  • Believe underrepresented people’s experiences

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow
  • Lift others up by advocating
  • Share growth opportunities with others
  • Recognize systematic inequalities and realize the impact of micro-aggressions
  • Believe underrepresented people’s experiences
  • Most importantly – listen, support, self-reflect & change.

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How can we be better Allies?

  • Learn and Grow
  • Lift others up by advocating
  • Share growth opportunities with others
  • Recognize systematic inequalities and realize the impact of micro-aggressions
  • Believe underrepresented people’s experiences
  • Most importantly – listen, support, self-reflect & change.
  • Allyship is a lifelong process, you will make mistakes.

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Safe Zone Participation

  • Sign up your business today!
  • Contact the Safe Zone program at info@safezoneutah.org.

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