Pride Resource Center

Rams in Q'mmunity
Mentoring Program

🌈 Elevate your Colorado State University experience with the Rams in Q’mmunity LGBTQIA+ Mentoring Program! 🌈

Embark on a transformative journey as you join our revolutionary program, specially crafted to guide you seamlessly through the realms of academia, personal growth, and social triumphs at CSU. Inspired by the empowering concept of chosen family, the program seeks to weave strong connections among LGBTQIA+ students, fostering a supportive community that understands and celebrates the complexities and joys of queer identity.

Enroll in your personalized Family Group, where you’ll find community, guidance, and unwavering support from a dedicated Family Group Leader – a fellow LGBTQIA+ student serving as your mentor. Picture a chosen family: attending events, having Pride Family Meetings, and getting to share yourself with others. Rams in Q’mmunity is here to redefine family, providing all LGBTQIA+ community members at CSU with the community, familial connection, and belonging they truly deserve.

Don’t just navigate university life; thrive in it with the Rams in Q’mmunity Mentoring Program! 🌟 #CSURamsPride #QmmunitySuccess 🌈

Benefits of Joining
  1. Holistic Support for Success: Acquire invaluable skills to fortify your academic, personal, and social triumphs, ensuring a well-rounded college experience.

  2. Intersectional Understanding: Delve into critical conversations surrounding intersectional social justice issues, gaining profound insights into topics that significantly impact the LGBTQIA+ community.

  3. Expand Your LGBTQIA+ Network: Cultivate a robust LGBTQIA+ network encompassing fellow CSU students, faculty, staff, and community members. Forge connections that extend beyond the classroom, fostering a sense of belonging and support.

  4. Personalized Guidance: Enjoy direct and personalized support from your dedicated Pride Family Group Leader. Receive answers to your college-related queries and valuable advice on navigating the unique landscape of CSU.

  5. Exclusive Events and Programs: Immerse yourself in a spectrum of tailored events and programs exclusively designed for Mentoring participants. From the transformative Pride Retreat to the empowering Queers in Action Summit, the program offers a plethora of opportunities for personal and collective growth.

Who Can Participate

Participation is open to all active CSU students. While the mentoring program warmly welcomes anyone interested, its primary focus is on LGBTQIA+ students or those seeking to delve into and understand their identity better. (Please note that all 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th-year students are welcomed to apply, even if they are not first-year or transfer students.) Priority in Family Group Leader pairing is accorded to incoming first-year and transfer students, ensuring a supportive and inclusive experience for those navigating the early stages of their college journey.

Time Commitment

Required time commitment expectations:  

  • Attend required 1 hour weekly Pride Family Meetings facilitated by peer mentor
    • This will be scheduled based on everyone in the pride family group.
  • Attend required two 1:1 sessions with peer mentor at the beginning and end of the semester.

 

Flexible time commitment:

Family Group leaders will announce opportunities for students to engage at any point throughout the semester. We have many ways for you to engage in finding community. We encourage mentees to at least attend 1-2 events throughout the semester.

Pride Family Group Meetings

Pride Family Meetings will happen once per week. These meetings aim to help provide you with the structure and support you need as you transition into your college experience. Topics of meetings are strategically placed to help you thrive in academics, personally, and socially. 

 

Week #3 (Jan 29-Feb 2)

  • Getting to know each other

Week #4 – #7 (Feb 5-Mar 1st)

  • Academic Focus
    • Covering time management, study skills, organization, and goal setting

Week #8- #10 (Mar 4- Mar 29 

  • Well Being & Self Care
    • Covering stress management, barriers, and connecting to resources on campus

Week #11-#13 (April 1 – 19)

  • Identity Development
    • Facilitation of Social identity wheel, LGBTQIA+ identities and Cycle of Socialization 

Week #14 – #15 (April 22- May 3) 

  • Community Building
    • Covering how to build community and find your peoples
About Family Group Leaders

Dive into the Rams in Q’mmunity experience with our dynamic Pride Family Group Leaders! 🌈 These dedicated student leaders are your go-to support system for a seamless transition to CSU. They’re equipped to connect you with vital resources and the vibrant campus community, ensuring you feel right at home.

But it’s not just about navigating LGBTQIA+ identities – your Pride Family Group Leader is your ally for everything, from mastering time management to honing study skills and addressing any other needs you may have. Think of them as a friendly face to catch up with and a reliable source of support throughout your time here.

This connection is entirely yours to shape, with no set expectations on how it looks. Whether you want a casual chat or more in-depth discussions, your Pride Family Group Leader is here for you. And the perks don’t stop there – as part of the Rams in Q’mmunity program, anticipate regular updates, event invites, and info on services that can enhance your CSU experience. Your Family Group Leader, matched based on shared academic and social interests, is committed to building a lasting relationship with you as the program unfolds. Let the journey begin! 🚀

Navigate Platform (READ ME)

As the Ram’s in Q’mmunity Mentoring Program grows, this year, we are moving into a new platform to help you have the best experience with your mentor. 

 

What is Navigate? 

Navigate is an “Information system for currently enrolled students, communication tool, tracking, and report. Through Navigate, Faculty and Staff view student information, run reports, implement outreach, and use the information to help advise students”. Navigate is a global platform, and CSU uses it in various capacities. As a CSU student, you are automatically enrolled in Navigate. This means that any Professional Administrator can see your engagement through the section called “Student Success Care Team.”  

 

What does this mean for you?  

In your application, you will have to chance to opt in or out of Navigate. The reason is that once you consent, you are actively aware that your student success care team will know you are in the Ram’s in Q’mmunity. That means people in Advising, Community for Excellence (C4E), and Key Communities will know you are a part of the program. 

So that you know, this does not mean they can access any of the information the mentor shares with you or that you communicate with your mentor. This means they can see you are a part of the Mentoring Program.

  

How do I know this will affect me?  

The last thing the mentoring program wants to do is potentially out you to campus partners. This is why we are being very intentional about your consented understanding and opting into using Navigate as a communication platform.  

 

If you DO NOT want to use Navigate, that’s okay; you can still be part of the program! 

Opting Out of Navigate 

  • Your communication will be through group me, email, or text messages 
  • Program Coordinator Soleil will be the only one seeing any information you provide to the mentor 
  • One: One with mentors will be recorded through Microsoft form instead of Navigate. 

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR SOLEIL.GONZALEZ@COLOSTATE.EDU.

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