Delta Pride Center

Our Programs & Services

Pride Scholars Program

The Pride Scholars program is for enrolled LGBTQ+ students who are pursuing a degree, certificate, and/or looking to transfer to a 4-year college or university. You would join a community of scholars who receive support to ensure their success at Delta and in their future. There are many advantages to being part of the Pride Scholars Program:

One-on-one advising
Free school supplies
Textbook & supplies voucher
Free hygiene products
Free printing
Letters of recommendation
Computer access and printing
Student lounge space

To join Pride Scholars, please fill out a New Student Form. At the end of the form please follow the link provided to schedule a Welcome Meeting. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Pride Center.

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Safe Space Network

Pride Center Safe Space The Safe Space Network trains students, faculty, and staff with the goal of creating an on-campus network of allies, which include members of the LGBTQ+ community. The program educates members regarding how to become a better ally to the LGBTQ+ community and how to advocate for peers, family, and members of the campus community.

The trainings offer a space where different points on a journey of learning and unlearning are acknowledged. A primary assumption of the training is that everyone speaks with the positive intent of seeking greater knowledge and understanding. This process of learning and unlearning can shift paradigms and be challenging. The training asks participants lean into this discomfort. The Safe Space Network are members who have completed training and made a commitment to listen to and hold space for LGBTQ+ individuals. A safe space is ideally one that doesn’t incite judgment based on identity or experience—where the expression of both can exist and be affirmed without fear of repercussion and without the pressure to educate. While learning may occur in these spaces, the ultimate goal is to provide support. In addition, members will do their best in showing up and acting as allies when needed. You may recognize members if they display the following decal/sticker on their office door or window, a backpack or binder, their car, or wherever the member decides to display.

A list of trained faculty and staff is available here and also helps in identifying Safe Space Network members.

Community Building Events

We regularly hold events that are intended to bring community together, LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. We host welcome mixers at the start of the semester, holiday parties, movie nights, game days, and more. These community building events are great opportunities to meet people and have fun! Connect with us on social media or visit the Pride Center to learn about upcoming events.

OUT in the Quad

During the first week of each semester and once per month the Pride Center will be OUT in the Quad. This involves tabling to promote Pride Center programs, educate the campus community, and create visibility on campus. Student may sign up with the Pride Center to volunteer.

Lavender Graduation

The Lavender Graduation Ceremony is a formal recognition of the academic achievements and the special contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally (LGBTQ+) students have made to our Delta community. This annual ceremony exists in solidarity with the many other Lavender Graduation ceremonies at college and universities across the country to honor LGBTQ+ students and their allies. This tradition began with Dr. Ronni Sanlo, a Jewish lesbian, who was denied the opportunity to attend the graduations of her children because of her sexual orientation. It was through this experience that she instituted the first Lavender Graduation ceremony at the University of Michigan in 1995.

The significance of “Lavender” is important to LGBTQ+ history. It is a combination of the pink triangle that gay men were forced to wear in concentration camps and the black triangle designating lesbians as political prisoners in Nazi Germany. The LGBTQ+ civil rights movement took these symbols of hatred and combined them to make symbols and color of pride and community.

The Delta Pride Center is proud to host San Joaquin Delta College’s annual Lavender Graduation held during the month of May. Students who graduate from Delta within the academic year (fall, spring, or summer semester) may participate in the Lavender Graduation. Registration typically opens March or April.

Delta Pride Club

This is our affiliated student-led organization. The Delta Pride Club promotes the visibility of LGBTQ+ people and culture. The club is for LGBTQ+ students and their allies to meet in a hate-free space. The club is here for students to help discover who they are and succeed. As an organization, students coordinate events, programs, and socials. If you are interested in joining, please email Delta.Pride@DeltaCollege.edu.

 Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/SJDeltaPride

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