This is the business card for Jeremiah Jurkiewicz whom is the coordinator of the LGBTQ Resource Center at the College of Staten Island, this business card has his phone number along with his fax number and his email. His office is located in 1C-225 (Campus Center second floor). The LGBTQ Resource Center was re opened in the spring of 2012. Jeremiah holds a support group that has 5-10 people that come and they meet once a week. 

The College of Staten Island has been holding The Lavender Graduation for 5 years this year will be its 6th. The Lavender Graduation is open to all LGBTQ+ students who are graduating as well as LGBTQ faculty, staff, and alumni who have not been honored before. This year it will be held at 4pm May 24, 2017 in 1A-406. This is an event you have to RSVP to in order to attend. 

The History of the Lavender Graduation: 

(ALL INFO TAKEN ABOUT HISTORY WAS FROM BULLETIN @CSI) 

In 1995, the first Lavender Graduation ceremony was coordinated at the University of Michigan by then LGBT Campus Resource Center Director Ronni Sanlo. Dr. Sanlo realized that LGBT students needed to be recognized for “not only their achievements but for surviving their college years” (Sanlo, 2000). The graduation began as an effort for students to feel connected to their institution and celebrate their identity, which are similar reasons for ethnic groups hosting their own graduation ceremonies. 

This is a quote from Dr. Sanlo 

"My vision is that Lavender Graduation will be an annual celebration at every college and university in the country and that the lives of our LGBT students will be fully honored. Since LGBT students are of every race, ability, nationality, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic levels, Lavender Graduation provides a unique opportunity to present a truly multicultural event while acknowledging students who spent most of their college years succumbing to invisibility on their campuses.” 

--Ronnie Sanlo, PhD