The background of the graphic is a black crumpled piece of paper. In the top left and right corner are the LGBTQ+ Institute and LGBTQ+2S Resource Center logos. Above the event title is an image of a paper doll chain with a purple heart. The title reads: We Protect Us: Direct Action - Safety Workshop with Rae Strazzo. Next to the title is an image of Rae Strozzo (a white transmasculine nonbinary person with brown hair, facial hair, and black glasses wearing an orange shirt and a colorful kuffiyeh)

When

3 – 4:30 p.m., March 4, 2025

We Protect Us: Safety Workshop with Rae Strozzo

Community care is love and power!

Join our workshop in-person or virtually to spend time talking about what we can do as bystanders and in community to support each other <3


MAR 4 | 3:00 - 4:30
LOCATION - LGBTQ+2S RC SUMC404
ZOOM LINK - tinyurl.com/WeProtectUsSafety
 

What now? Staying safe and moving forward in uncertain times.
Things are constantly changing, and it is hard to keep up. But we all want to do what we can to take care of the folks we love and participate in helping the world come to fruition as a better place. This workshop spends time talking about what we can do as bystanders and in community to support each other. How do you figure out what your skills are and what are the best ways for you to show up? What do you need to look out for on the daily as well as in more structured events? Community care is love and power. Let’s explore together!

PRESENTER BIO
Rae Strozzo is a trans masculine/non binary, disabled, visual artist, singer, educator, and activist. The are originally from south Georgia and happily migrated to Arizona in 2005. They received their B.A. in English and philosophy from Georgia Southern University in 1997. They graduated with an M.F.A in photography from the University of Arizona in May 2008. In May of 2017, they graduated with a Masters of Social Transformation from the Pacific School of Religion.

They have taught photography and reading, worked in case management and non-profit spaces, and have been a part of LBGTQ+ community education since 2005. As a student at the Pacific School of Religion, anti-racism, queer theology, art, and protest were all a part of their experience. Their current focus is on their art practice and on finding their place in community as a disabled person. They are happily married and currently a pup pop.

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