Stay Informed + Support Organizations

Stay informed

• Read a variety of credible news sources

• Engage in discussions with your peers: those who share your beliefs AND those who don't. 

• Check out these books:

  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

  • $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin

  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

resources

• Student Mental Health

• Parent's Guide to Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Prevention in College

• Suicide and Depression Awareness for Students

• Resources and Expert Advice for LGBTQ College Students

• LGBT College-Student Guide

• Substance Abuse and Cannabis Usage: Supporting and Affirming the LGBTQ Community and Youth – Stay Honest

• Transgender College-Student Guide

• Transgender in the Workplace Guide

Support organizations

• Planned Parenthood

• Southern Poverty Law Center

• Resources for Transgender College Students

• College Scholarships for LGBTQ Students

• Human Rights Campaign

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• NARAL Pro-Choice America

• National Immigration Law Center

• Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN)

• The Trevor Project

• National Center for Transgender Equality

• Black Lives Matter

• The Nature Conservancy

• The National Parks Conservation Association

• Defenders of Wildlife

• Support the Cornell Democrats