Upcoming Events
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Mar
24
Rainbow Center - Gender-Affirming Closet12:00pm
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Mar
24
Rainbow Center Major Programs Meeting 5:00pm
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Mar
24
Being a Trans* Adult Panel6:00pm
Being a Trans* Adult Panel
Friday, March 24th, 2023
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Storrs Campus Virtual (WebEx)
The Rainbow Center's FAMILEE Mentoring Program is hosting a panel for students to ask questions about life as a Transgender or Nonbinary adult. Four panelists from many different careers, identities, and paths will be joining us to answer questions about navigating professional settings, social life, activism, and more! Submit questions here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchI-UeQDwvLtshRU9nf_iMmgTwW0XTX5OK5l25i5gYU_AKpg/viewform
This event is being held on March 24th from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm virtually. Please join us using the following link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/uconn-cmr/meeting/download/a1646a8386a24e359f6d19ae5bf6d02e?siteurl=uconn-cmr&MTID=m85d64048a2ab836b503c77f77d6a9188 -
Mar
27
Rainbow Center Student Programs Meeting3:30pm
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Mar
27
Free & Private Rapid HIV Test/HepC Test @ The RC4:00pm
Free & Private Rapid HIV Test/HepC Test @ The RC
Monday, March 27th, 2023
04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Storrs Campus Rainbow Center; Student Union 403
The Rainbow Center is a UConn/Storrs campus spot to get a free and private Rapid HIV test and a HepC test which allows for results to be known within the half-hour, made possible with the generous support of the Risk Reduction Outreach program of Perception Programs, Inc., of Willimantic (http://www.perceptionprogram.org).
This test is free of charge and open to all, however there are approximately TEN spots available per day of testing! No appointments will be taken due to the need for privacy. Arrive early because testing is first come, first served. Numbers will be given out to individuals and people need to wait in the office. If a person leaves the office and their number is called, we can substitute another person at our discretion. If a person misses their opportunity to get tested because they need to leave, they can be tested on another day that we offer the testing.
The Rainbow Center is located in room 403 of the Student Union.
One may always obtain free, rapid, and private HIV tests and Hepatitis C (HCV) tests through the Risk Reduction Outreach Program, a component of Perception Programs, Inc., which provides services to Windham and Tolland Counties. Its office is located at 90 South Park Street (use Young Street entrance) in Willimantic. The phone number is 860-450-7128.
Also, there is free HIV testing at your local Department of Health and other organizations. Consult http://www.hivtest.org for more test sites in your area.
Admission Fee: Free but limited slots available; first come, first served
This test is free of charge and open to all, however there are approximately TEN spots available per day of testing! No appointments will be taken due to the need for privacy. Arrive early because testing is first come, first served. Numbers will be given out to individuals and people need to wait in the office. If a person leaves the office and their number is called, we can substitute another person at our discretion. If a person misses their opportunity to get tested because they need to leave, they can be tested on another day that we offer the testing.
Test dates during the Spring 2022 semester are as follows:
Monday, January 23 @ 4-7pm
Wednesday, February 16 @ 10:00am - 1:00pm
Monday, February 28 @ 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Wednesday, March 23 @ 10:00am - 1:00pm
Monday, March 28 @ 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Wednesday, April 13 @ 10:00am - 1:00pm
Monday, April 25 @ 4:00pm - 7:00pm -
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27
oSTEM Weekly Meeting6:30pm
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Being a Trans* Adult Panel: The Rainbow Center's FAMILEE Mentoring Program is hosting a panel for students to ask questions about life as a Transgender or Nonbinary adult. Four panelists from many different careers, identities, and paths will be joining us to answer questions about navigating professional settings, social life, activism, and more! You can submit questions through the link in our link tree. This event is being held on March 24th from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm VIRTUALLY. Please join us using the WebEx link in our bio!
Join the Rainbow center in celebrating today, March 21st, World Poetry Day! Today marks a day to inspire and invoke poetic creativity and literacy. We want to highlight some LGBTQIA+ poets that have inspired the poem genre through the decades!
On April 21st the Rainbow Center x SUBOG Drag Show is back! Stay tuned for details!
Help the RC with fundraising by coming up to the 4th floor to purchase some homemade blondies, cupcakes, rice krispy treats, and chocolate bark. All Paws in this UConn Gives Day!
Please share! To give, the link is in our linktree! All Paws In!
Happy International Women's Day! International Women's Day is a day to celebrate women's achievements in social, economic, cultural, and political areas. It's also a day to mark a call for action for women's equality. IWD has been celebrated since 1911.
#uconn #rainbowcenter #internationalwomensday #iwd
UConn Gives is tomorrow and additional funds are up for grabs! The Rainbow Center is looking for the highest number of unique donors so we can receive an additional $5,000! Get ready to support The Rainbow Center tomorrow! Give through the link provided in our Linktree!
Mark your calendar for tomorrow's lecture featuring Arien Wilkerson!
Happy Women's History Month from the Rainbow Center. This Month we honor and celebrate women who have paved the way for us to grow learn and live in this space. In this post we have highlighted many queer women who have done immense work for our community.
In September, the Rainbow Center will celebrate its 25th year on the UConn Storrs campus! Since the opening of the Rainbow Center in 1998 we have provided support, education, and advocacy for thousands of Queer and trans-spectrum students, trained hundreds of mentors for our FAMILEE mentoring program, facilitated countless programs that foster community, and provided diverse and educational leadership opportunities for students, faculty, and staff. Our goal of $3,000 will help the Rainbow Center continue to provide robust programming, educational, and community building resources to the UConn community. Specifically, your donation can help buy supplies for a program or event, help cover costs for our annual Rainbow Center Symposium, or provide educational materials for our FAMILEE mentors and mentees. Your donation will also help the Rainbow Center as we expand our capacity to support Queer and trans-spectrum students across our regional campuses! Please consider donating using the link in the bio (https://givingday.uconn.edu/o/university-of-connecticut-32/i/uconn-gives-2023/s/rainbow-center-9pjzaaziit) on March 8th! We will also be having a bake sale from 11am-12pm on Union Way, and another on March 9th from 12pm-1pm.
#uconn #uconngives #rainbowcenter
Please join the Rainbow Center on March 2nd at 1:00pm for our first OTL lecture of the semester! Nishelli Ahmed presents “Left Out: LGBTQ+ Justice IS Social Justice.” We hope to see you all there!
Save the date and share with friends and family who want to support our Rainbow Center. Our goal is to raise $3K within 36 hours! All Paws In!
Interested in donating clothing to the Gender Affirming Closet? Here are the best times to drop off your donations!
#uconn #rainbowcenter #genderaffirmingcloset
The Rainbow Center, in collaboration with SUBOG, is hosting its annual Drag Show in April! We are seeking volunteers to help set up the show and escort the performers. If interested, come to our interest meeting to learn about the roles and duties for volunteers! It will be held on Tuesday February 21 from 5 pm to 6pm in the Rainbow Center Program Room. If you are interested in volunteering but are unable to attend the interest meeting, please contact rrr20001work@uconn.edu.
Come to the Rainbow Center for a fun V-day weekend event with the UConn Sexperts! We are having a sexual health showdown! Test your sexual health knowledge by joining the UConn Sexperts for Sexual Health Showdown! Compete against your friends via Kahoot while learning all about a variety of topics, including safer-sex, contraception, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and more!
#uconn #rainbowcenter #sexualhealth
Happy Valentine's Day
Please fill out the survey linked in the bio to help the Rainbow Center gauge our safer sex supplies! We appreciate and value your input
Are you graduating this spring? Registration for Lavender Graduation 2023 is now open! Lavender Graduation is a special ceremony that honors LGBTQIA+ individuals graduating from higher education. This annual celebration is open to all graduating people and community members at UConn, both graduate and undergraduate. We welcome you to apply, and we look forward to celebrating your accomplishments together on April 14th at 6:30 pm! The link to the registration form is in the Linktree in our bio.
#lavendergraduation #rainbowcenter #uconn
Are you looking for an opportunity to give us an entertaining drag performance? The Rainbow Center is hosting its annual drag show on April 21st, 2023 and we are looking for 2 student performers that will perform in the Drag Show’s lineup of drag artists. If you are interested in performing at the annual Drag Show, please follow the link in our bio to fill out a brief Google Form by Sunday, March 19th and we will contact you with more information!
Happy Black History Month from the Rainbow Center. During Black History Month we celebrate and honor those who helped trailblaze the path for us at the Rainbow Center. In this post there is a collection of Black LGBTQ, scholars activist and those who made there mark on history. Throughout this month and all throughout the year we will highlight and honor more of our trailblazers!
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