WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:03.310 My name is Brian Patchcoski and I currently serve 2 00:00:03.310 --> 00:00:05.760 as the director of Penn State's 3 00:00:05.760 --> 00:00:08.840 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer and Allies 4 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:12.590 Student Resource Center at their University Park campus. 5 00:00:12.590 --> 00:00:14.440 I think for me, when I think about my role, 6 00:00:14.440 --> 00:00:17.240 line:15% it usually goes into three specific areas: 7 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.080 line:15% so education, outreach and support. 8 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:24.670 line:15% So I think education, I think in many ways is, 9 00:00:24.670 --> 00:00:26.180 line:15% it can be educational workshops, 10 00:00:26.180 --> 00:00:28.710 it could be engaging with folks around culture change 11 00:00:28.710 --> 00:00:29.910 line:15% and what does that mean. 12 00:00:30.750 --> 00:00:32.870 line:15% Outreach is providing the resources 13 00:00:32.870 --> 00:00:34.040 line:15% to the communities we serve, 14 00:00:34.040 --> 00:00:37.140 line:15% so that's faculty, staff, alumni, community members 15 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:40.700 line:15% and the support ranges in terms of direct advocacy, 16 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:44.260 policy development, ways that community members 17 00:00:44.260 --> 00:00:47.360 might need some extra support 18 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:52.040 or guidance along the road when there are challenges 19 00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:53.930 in educational and or in employment 20 00:00:53.930 --> 00:00:55.980 or workplace environments. 21 00:00:55.980 --> 00:00:58.380 line:15% We, this fall will actually be opening 22 00:00:58.380 --> 00:00:59.730 line:15% a brand new physical center space. 23 00:00:59.730 --> 00:01:03.950 line:15% So, Penn State has a vast history of LGBTQ activism 24 00:01:03.950 --> 00:01:07.160 line:15% and advocacy and so we date back to the 1960s, 25 00:01:07.160 --> 00:01:10.533 right after Stonewall, which is 50 years this year in 2019. 26 00:01:11.450 --> 00:01:14.510 Thinking about that advocacy and where Penn State students 27 00:01:14.510 --> 00:01:17.320 really have fought to change us, 28 00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:20.710 this is the first time that we'll have a brand new facility. 29 00:01:20.710 --> 00:01:22.590 We have finally solidified that 30 00:01:22.590 --> 00:01:24.867 and hearing the needs of various communities 31 00:01:24.867 --> 00:01:28.200 and who we are serving now and how it in the best interest 32 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:31.990 of where we will be in the next, hopefully 10, 20 years. 33 00:01:31.990 --> 00:01:34.480 line:15% The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity 34 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.400 line:15% is really our efforts to meet, 35 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.270 line:15% but also respond to community feedback and interest 36 00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:42.380 line:15% and engagement and a long time of planning. 37 00:01:42.380 --> 00:01:44.810 I think the work that I get to do should be with community. 38 00:01:44.810 --> 00:01:46.650 And if I'm not in the community doing that work, 39 00:01:46.650 --> 00:01:48.300 I don't know what the community needs. 40 00:01:48.300 --> 00:01:51.440 And so my busy week is meeting to meeting, 41 00:01:51.440 --> 00:01:53.460 to conversation to conversation 42 00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:56.260 and then trying to figure out, has someone, 43 00:01:56.260 --> 00:01:58.030 has the vice president emailed me about something 44 00:01:58.030 --> 00:01:59.793 and I need to respond to that too? 45 00:02:01.490 --> 00:02:04.750 line:15% I think I really love the fast pace and the busyness 46 00:02:04.750 --> 00:02:07.650 line:15% of a Research one institution, of a Penn State, 47 00:02:07.650 --> 00:02:09.160 line:15% of multi-campus institution 48 00:02:09.160 --> 00:02:11.390 line:15% with global reach and global impact. 49 00:02:11.390 --> 00:02:14.170 And I think from what I, in that work that I get to do, 50 00:02:14.170 --> 00:02:16.653 that busyness is change. 51 00:02:17.630 --> 00:02:20.883 We get to have those honored and privileged conversations.