Abstract
This manuscript describes Safer Spaces, a semester-long outreach program between faculty, students and the Augusta Youth Detention Center Campus (AYDC). The purpose of the project was two-fold: (a) to meet an expressed need of a state agency and (b) to create a unique opportunity for university outreach and service learning. Safer Spaces centered on assessing and meeting the needs of staff and adjudicated youth with resources about gay and transgender identity development in a predominantly African American facility with a group of interdisciplinary service-learning students in Counseling-Psychology, Recreation and Leisure Studies, and Women’s Studies.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Corey W. and Delgado-Romero, Edward A.
(2011)
"Safer Spaces: Creating a Supportive Rehabilitation Environment for Gay, Transgender and Questioning Youth,"
Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/jcehe/vol3/iss1/6
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