We encourage as many faculty, staff, and administrators as possible to become Safe Zone trained. Best practices, CUNY policies, and state and national laws are continually changing. For that reason, we regard our Safe Zone trainings as a way that everyone (even if you already identify as an ally or LGBTQIA+ individual) can be best prepared to support our CCNY students. We share a list of individuals who have completed the training here so that students are aware of more contact options if they are looking for advice, mentorship, or affirming programs, offices, and classrooms.
Starting in Spring 2022, the LGBTQ+ Student Center at CCNY offers a variety of Safe Zone trainings (in-person and virtual) so that all can become familiar with the latest best practices for creating safe spaces, classrooms, and affirming policies for students. There are also Safe Zone Training opportunities CUNY-wide open to all CUNY students, staff, and administrators. These trainings are 2 hours long. CCNY staff, faculty, and administrators that complete this training will receive a Safe Zone magnet to proudly display on their office doors, a certificate of completion, and have their name added to the Safe Zone Trained list below. Want to sign up? Contact us to be on our email list and we will be in touch about training opportunities: LGBTQ@ccny.cuny.edu
If you are an administrator, staff, or faculty that would like to organize either an in-person or virtual Safe Zone training with your department or colleagues, please send us an email at LGBTQ@ccny.cuny.edu
Already Safe Zone trained and want to be added to our website? If yes, please either fill out this form here or email your certificate from this training along with your name, pronouns, department, and web page to LGBTQ@ccny.cuny.edu
2024-2025 Safe Zone Trained
(last name alphabetical order):
- Tonyann Benjamin - 2024-2025 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Laura Bowman - CUNY Office Assistant: Sociology - lbowman@ccny.cuny.edu
- Muniyat Choudhury - 2024-2025 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Hawai Kwok - Director Academic Programs: Dept of Psychology
- Pierre Losson - Associate Director: CUNY DSI - plosson@ccny.cuny.edu
- Matthew Espionosa - 2024-2025 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jacob Hodges - 2024-2025 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- David S. Iboy - Assistant Director of Residence Life: The Towers at CCNY - diboy@cocm.com
- Sydney Johnson - 2024-2025 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Mahagney Mellete - 2024-2025 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Edward Vessel - Assistant Professor: Dept of Psychology - evessel@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ann Marie Yali - Associate Professor: Dept of Psychology - ayali@ccny.cuny.edu
2023-2024 Safe Zone Trained
(last name alphabetical order):
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Keily Alarcon - Federal Work Study : CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center - lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu
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Diana Alvarez - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Bikeldy Betances - College Assistant : CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center - lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu
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Sudenur Camci - CCNY Counseling Center - counse%6cing@ccny.cuny.edu " rel="nofollow"> counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Beatriz Chate-Coulthart - Adjunct Professor - bchatecoulhart@ccny.vuny.edu
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Muniyat Choudhury - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Kimberly Collins - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Jennifer Daddino - Adjunct Assistant Professor - jdaddinoconsulting@gmail.com
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Darius Dickerson - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Aminata Diop - Adjunct Assistant Professor - adiop@ccny.cuny.edu
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Destiny Eden - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Francesca Giannattasio - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Adami Gordon - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Tomasz Grabski - Lecturer/Adjunct - ttgrabski@gmail.com
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Alexander Henry - College Assistant : CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center - lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu
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Athalia Hylton - CCNY Counseling Center - c%6funsel%69ng@ccny.cuny.edu " rel="nofollow"> counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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David S. Iboy - Assistant Director of Residence Life: The Towers at CCNY - diboy@cocm.com
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Sydney Johnson - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Tatyana Klyen - Professor - tkleyn.ccny@gmail.com
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Regina Legere - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Olivia Li - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Dina López - Associate Professor - dlopez@ccny.cuny.edu
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Tiago Ortega - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Emma Pioli - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Nikita Parulkar - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Daniel Ricci - 2023-2024 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY - towers@ccny.cuny.edu
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Nancy Stern - Professor - nstern.ccny@gmail.com
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Derrick J Thomas - Federal Work Study : CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center - lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu
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Keshia Webb-Lavergne - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Doris Yeboah - CCNY Counseling Center - co%75ns%65l%69%6e%67@ccny.cuny.edu " rel="nofollow"> counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
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Paula Zanotti-Cavazzoni - CCNY Counseling Center - counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
2022-2023 Safe Zone Trained
(last name alphabetical order):
- Becca Albee - Associate Professor, Photography -
balbee@ccny.cuny.edu
- Sarah Aponte - Professor and CUNY DSI Chief Librarian
-aponte@ccny.cuny.edu
- Larry Au - Assistant Professor, Sociology -
lau1@ccny.cuny.edu
- Edson Amaya - Projects Manager, Co-Secretary to the Board, The Foundation for City College -
eperezamaya@ccny.cuny.edu
- Stephanie Barnes - Anthropology, Gender Studies, and International Studies (AGIS) College Assistant -
sbarnes1@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ash Bass-Adams - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Kay Bell - Academic Advisor for the Division of Humanities & The Arts -
kbell1@ccny.cuny.edu
- Patricia Bianchi - CUNY LEADS Advisor -
pbianchi@ccny.cuny.edu
- Elana Braun - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Suzanne Brier - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Christina M. Castro - Assistant Director, Publishing Certificate Program -
ccastro2@ccny.cuny.edu
- Haydee Cerezo - Student Psychological Counselor -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Yuchen Chen - CCNY Gender Resources Social Work Intern -
genderresources@ccny.cuny.edu
- Muniyat Choudhury - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- David Covington - Executive Director, Alumni Association of CCNY -
dcovington@ccny.cuny.edu
- Eion Travis D. David - CUNY Medical School Admissions Senior Advisor -
edavid@med.cuny.edu
- Joseph Davis - Professor, Bilingual Education & TESOL -
jdavis@ccny.cuny.edu
- Pamela Duncan - Student Psychological Counselor -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Elizabeth Dunn-Ruiz - Lecturer, Educational Theater -
edunnruiz@ccny.cuny.edu
- Deborah Edwards-Anderson - CCNY Early Childhood Education Program Manager -
edwa@ccny.cuny.edu
- Rachel Ende - Psychology Fellow -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Sophie English - CCNY Psychological Counselor/Confidential Advocate -
senglish@ccny.cuny.edu
- Rhea Faniel - Senior Associate Director at Career and Professional Development Institute (CPDI) -
rfaniel@ccny.cuny.edu
- Sundus Fayyaz - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Daniel Fimiarz - Division of Science Research Facility Manager -
dfimiarz@ccny.cuny.edu
- Catherine Franklin - Associate Professor, Childhood Education -
cfranklin@ccny.cuny.edu
- Devin Fuentes - CCNY Bursar Office -
dfuentes@ccny.cuny.edu
- Carolina Y Furusho - Lecturer, International Studies -
cfurusho@ccny.cuny.edu
- Dashaun Galloway - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Yasmin Garves - Adjunct Lecturer, Spanish and Secondary Spanish Education -
ygarves@ccny.cuny.edu
- Fid Ge - Colin Powell School Alumni Relations Coordinator -
fge@ccny.cuny.edu
- Adami Gordon - Student Psychological Counselor -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Tayla Gordon - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Donna Gooden - Director of Wellness at CUNY School of Medicine Counseling & Wellness Office -
DGooden@med.cuny.edu
- Hannah Grunfeld - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Marta Gutman - Dean of the CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture -
mgutman@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ouafaa Hmaddi - Assistant Professor (Economics and Business) at The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
ohmaddi@ccny.cuny.edu
- Laura Iocin - Director of Student Counseling Center -
liocin@ccny.cuny.edu
- Thea Klapwald - Public Affairs Writer - no email available
- Brian Levine - CESSRST Budget Manager and Coordinator -
blevine@ccny.cuny.edu
- Layla Lima - College Assistant
- Patria Marin - Student Psychological Counselor -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Dally E. Matos - Colin Powell School Public Service Career Hub Internships Coordinator -
dmatos1@ccny.cuny.edu
- Melissa Mayers-Morris - Program Administrator at CUNY School of Medicine Counseling & Wellness Office -
MMayersmorris@med.cuny.edu
- Kathlene McDonald - Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences -
kmcdonald@ccny.cuny.edu
- Katrazyna McNeal - Psychology Fellow -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Carlos Medrano - Office Assistant, Evaluation and Testing -
cmedrano@ccny.cuny.edu
- Dee Dee Mozeleski - Vice President of the Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, and External Relations -
dmozeleski@ccny.cuny.edu
- Joshua Moyse - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jake Nill - CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center Program Manager -
jnill@ccny.cuny.edu
- Luke Nguyen - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Renato A. Nunes - PhD Student, Teaching Assistant, Adjunct - Biology -
rnunes@ccny.cuny.edu
- Michelle Ortega - Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, & External Affairs Development Coordinator -
mortega@ccny.cuny.edu
- Tiago Ortega e Marques - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Carlos Parker - Assistant Director of Admissions -
cparker@ccny.cuny.edu
- Andrea Pereyra - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Kevin Perez - Adjunct Lecturer, CCNY School of Education -
kperez1@ccny.cuny.edu
- Annette Pineda - Director of External Relations, Grove School of Engineering -
apineda@ccny.cuny.edu
- Amber Proctor-Reyes - Psychology Intern -
aproctorreyes@ccny.cuny.edu
- Sherri Rings - SEEK Director and Chair -
slrings@ccny.cuny.edu
- Yunerys A. Robles - Assistant Director, Evaluation and Testing -
yrobles@ccny.cuny.edu
- Taish Rochester - Public Safety Community Affairs Officer -
trochester@ccny.cuny.edu
- Faun H. Rockcliffe - Education Expert, NOAA CESSRST -
frockcliffe@ccny.cuny.edu
- Martha Rosas - Adjunct Lecturer -
mir2103@tc.columbia.edu
- Benjamin Ross - Macaulay Honors Advisor Liaison -
benjamin.ross@mhc.cuny.edu
- Francisco Salgado-Robles - Director, Associate Professor of Spanish Secondary Education -
fsalgadorobles@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jasmin Salcedo - Gender Resources Social Worker -
jsalcedo@ccny.cuny.edu
- Davi Saroop - Administrative Services Coordinator with the Center for Worker Education -
dsaroop@ccny.cuny.edu
- Rahaf Sarrar - 2022-2023 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Marlene Schrank - Psychological Counselor -
mschrank@med.cuny.edu
- Daniel R. Simonette - Assistant to the Director: Office of Finance & Operations - School of Education -
dsimonettevelasco@ccny.cuny.edu
- Katerina Stefatos - Adjunct Assistant Professor in Anthropology -
kstefatos@ccny.cuny.edu
- Carol Steiner - Professor, Chemical Engineering -
csteiner@ccny.cuny.edu
- Tashfia Tabassum - College Assistant
- Leon Tachauer - Director of Scheduling and Workload -
ltachauer@ccny.cuny.edu
- Lori-Ann Tenn - Assistant to the Chairs, School of Education -
ltenn@ccny.cuny.edu
- Shailesh Thacker - Director, Evaluation and Testing -
shailesh@ccny.cuny.edu
- Kevin C. Tom - Grants Associate, CCNY Research Foundation -
ktom@ccny.cuny.edu
- Michael Torres - Adjunct Lecturer, Psychology -
mtorres4@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ngoc Tran - Psychology Extern -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Julie Trevino - Student Psychological Counselor -
counseling@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jennifer Tuttle - Chair, Department of Theatre and Speech -
jtuttle@ccny.cuny.edu
- Vanessa K. Valdes - Associate Provost for Community Engagement -
vvaldes@ccny.cuny.edu
- Elma Valdez - Campus Public Safety Sergeant -
evaldez@ccny.cuny.edu
- Reniah Webster - College Assistant, Evaluation and Testing -
rwebster@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ferry Widijanto - College Accountant Assistant -
fwidijanto@ccny.cuny.edu
- Matthew Witter - Student Psychological Counselor - mwitter@ccny.cuny.edu
2021-2022 Safe Zone Trained
(last name alphabetical order):
- Kat Arredondo - CUNY EDGE -
karredondo@ccny.cuny.edu
- Cristine Banks Calderón - Associate Director, CiPASS -
ccalderon@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ash Bass-Adams - 2021-2022 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Karin Block-Cora - Associate Professor: Earth and Atmospheric Science -
kblock@ccny.cuny.edu
- Randy Brozen - Lecturer: School of Education -
rbrozen@ccny.cuny.edu
- Nancy Cardwell - Doctoral Lecturer: School of Education -
ncardwell@ccny.cuny.edu
- Debbie Cheng (she/her) - Director of Fellowship Programs and Office of Student Success -
dcheng@ccny.cuny.edu
- D'andre Grant - Assistant Director of Residence Life: The Towers at CCNY -
dgrant@cocm.com
- Hannah Grunfeld - 2021-2022 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Cynthia Gutierrez - Manager of Mentoring and Alumni Relations -
cgutierrez@ccny.cuny.edu
- Charlene Darbassie (she/her) - Administrative Manager, Office of the Dean: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
cdarbassie@ccny.cuny.edu
- Bobby Derival - Executive Director, MPA Program: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
rderival@ccny.cuny.edu
- Daisy Domínguez (she/her) - Reference Librarian/Associate Professor -
ddominguez@ccny.cuny.edu
- Abigail M. Feder-Kane - Director of Development and External Relations: Office of Institutional Advancement -
afederkane@ccny.cuny.edu
- Yaari Felber-Seligman (they/them) - Assistant Professor: History -
yfelberseligman@ccny.cuny.edu
- Emily Greene - CUNY School of Medicine: PA Program, Substitute Faculty -
egreene@ccny.cuny.edu
- Diana Greenwald - Assistant Professor: Political Science -
dgreenwald@ccny.cuny.edu
- Malini Bedi - 2021-2022 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Maya Gutierrez (she/her) - Director of Public Services Career Hub: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
mgutierrez1@ccny.cuny.edu
- Marlin Hernandez - CUNY EDGE -
mhernandez7@ccny.cuny.edu
- Christopher Hoffman (he/him) - Adjunct Lecturer and Teaching Fellow; Psychology Department at CCNY -
Choffman@gradcenter.cuny.edu
- Tyler Johnson - 2021-2022 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Yana Kucheva - Assistant Professor: Sociology -
ykucheva@ccny.cuny.edu
- Britney Lacy - 2021-2022 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Edwin Lamboy (he/him) - Dean of CCNY School of Eduation -
elamboy@ccny.cuny.edu
- Natalie Meyers - Secretary: Anthropology -
nmeyers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Maria Moran - Academic Advisor: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
mmoran@ccny.cuny.edu
- Joshua Moritz - Adjunct Lecturer: Economics and Business -
jmoritz@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jennifer Neigig (she/her) - Part-Time Staff Nurse with CCNY Student Health Services: Health & Wellness -
jneidig@ccny.cuny.edu
- Daniel Nieves - Adjunct Professor: Latin American Studies -
dnieves@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jake Nill (he/him) - LGBTQ+ Student Center Program Coordinator -
jnill@ccny.cuny.edu
- Sarah O'Neill - Assistant Professor: Psychology -
soneill2@ccny.cuny.edu
- Valerie Poulolo - Academic Advisor: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
vpoulolo@ccny.cuny.edu
- Chris Procaccio - 2021-2022 Resident Assistant: The Towers at CCNY -
towers@ccny.cuny.edu
- Amber Proctor-Reyes (she/her) - Psychology Intern at CCNY Counseling Center -
aproctorreyes@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jason Redman - Special Projects Administrator: Division of Science -
jredman@ccny.cuny.edu
- Andrew Rich (he/him) - Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
arich@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jenifer Roman - Administrative Assistant for Political Science -
jroman@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jasmin Salcedo (she/her) - Gender Resources Social Worker -
jsalcedo@ccny.cuny.edu
- Sinead M. Sant-Barket (she/they) - Counselor & Assistant Professor for the SEEK Department of Counseling and Student Support Services
- Herbert Seignoret (he/him) - Academic Advisor: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
hseignoret@ccny.cuny.edu
- Jasmina Sinanovic - Adjunct Professor: Women's Studies -
jsinanovic@ccny.cuny.edu
- Megan J. Skelly - Adjunct Assistant Professor: English Department -
mskelly@ccny.cuny.edu
- Alexandra E. Stern - Assistant Professor: History -
astern@ccny.cuny.edu
- James Suggett - Program Coordinator, MPA Program: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
jsuggett@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ali Syed - Adjunct Lecturer: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
asyed@bmcc.cuny.edu
- Aldonsa Tejada - Advisement Coordinator: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -
atejada@ccny.cuny.edu
- Wendy J. Thornton (she/her) - Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs -
wthornton@ccny.cuny.edu
- Lydia V. Travis - Director of Athletics -
ltravis@ccny.cuny.edu
- Janessa Waiters - Adjunct Lecturer, Anthropology, Gender & International Studies -
jwaiters@ccny.cuny.edu
- Ninoshka Woods - Office Manager, CCNY Downtown Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education -
nwoods2@ccny.cuny.edu
- Kendra T. Wright - Director of Finance: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership - kwright1@ccny.cuny.edu
Prior to 2021 Safe Zone Trained
*Please note that these Safe Zone trainings were conducted by other CCNY/CUNY departments and divisions or other CUNY partners prior to the founding of CCNY's LGBTQ+ Student Center in Fall 2021
(last name alphabetical order):
- Yolanda Pitt - Biology Department CUNY Office Assistant - ypitt@ccny.cuny.edu
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