LGBTQIA2S+ Student Success

If you have any inquiries, please direct them to the K-12 Curriculum Coordinator at [email protected]
With the generous support of the Oregon Department of Education's Student Success Grant & the OregonServes Connect2Complete Grant, the Coalition of Racial and Educational Justice (CoREJ, fka Campus Compact of Oregon) aims to serve LGBTQ2SIA+ students by co-designing an intersectional racial justice curriculum and providing on-site interventions. These are intended to improve learning outcomes for BIPOC and LGBTQ2SAI+ youth by promoting a culture of belonging in Oregon schools. Students who experience layered and intersecting oppressions need support that affirms all aspects of their identity. Many students, and student advocates, don’t have the tools and resources that they need to address racism, heteronormativity, transphobia, and other forms of bigotry that impede student’s success. Using student-informed perspectives, CoREJ will partner with K-12 and community-based organizations to address chronic absenteeism, student academic engagement, and postsecondary access for our LGBTQ2SIA+ youth. Our work will center communities most impacted by systemic, institutional, and interpersonal racism and hate violence.  

The overall goal of our project is to improve educational outcomes for LGBTQ2SIA+ students by creating safe and affirming spaces; we will do this by providing free community education to students, educators, and administrators in our growing network . Through our workshops, we will support participants in advocating for their students through policy advocacy and civic engagement.  For those learning to describe gender expansive and diverse sexualities, wWe will include terminology and concepts that describe and affirm gender identity, LGBTQ2SIA+ history in Oregon, how race modifies gender, and bystander interventions to interrupt bullying and identity-based harm. We will focus on empowerment and counternarratives through the integration of LGBTQ2SIA+ & BIPoC histories, art, and literature.

Project Workshop ModuLE ThEMES: Available to the CoREJ NETWORK

  • Knowledge: Understanding and affirming gender-expansive identities and diverse sexualities for youth and students.
​Recent workshops: 
  • Navigating Intersectionality in Systems, in Society, & in Self: Join us for an engaging workshop on intersectionality, a framework that examines how various social identities such as race, gender, class, sexuality, and more intersect and overlap, shaping our experiences. In this interactive session, we will delve into the nuances of intersectionality, discuss its significance in understanding social dynamics and systemic impacts, and explore ways to apply intersectional perspectives in our personal and professional lives.
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  • Advocacy: This module will focus on policy advocacy and ending hate violence and biased acts through institutional accountability, bystander intervention, and self study. Focused on self, students, advocates/educators, and youth.
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Recent workshops: 
  • ​​​LGBTQ2SIA+ Bystander Intervention: Join us for an empowering workshop, where we will delve into the profound impacts of anti-LGBTQ+ policies, hate violence, and bias, equipping ourselves with the necessary tools to support and stand up for members of the LGBTQ2SIA+ community. Through forum theater, we will practice the 5D's of Bystander Intervention, empowering ourselves to take effective action. Additionally, we'll share valuable resources to further our collective understanding and support network.​

  • Empowerment: Counternarratives and LGBTQIA2S+ empowerment, self-care, collective care, and building power in community through collective action.​
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