Harper College is dedicated to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students and employees who identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Provides a safe, supportive, comfortable and educational atmosphere in which students can discover what it means to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning or allied and how the LGBTQIA+ community is received by society.
LGBQTIA and Allies welcome.
Staff, Administrators, and Faculty for Equality at Harper College
SAFE @ Harper works to provide leadership on aspects of College life from an LGBTQIA+ employee perspective and to help create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for full participation in teaching and service by all employees, regardless of employee group, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
For more information, contact: SAFE@harpercollege.edu
SAFE Zone Training aims to increase the awareness, knowledge, and skills for individuals and address the challenges that exist when one wants to advocate for their LGBTQIA+ peers, family members, friends, coworkers and for themselves
For more information, contact: SAFE@harpercollege.edu
Harper College is offering workshops to engage colleagues in conversations around concepts such as inclusive/exclusive behaviors, bias, privilege, and unintended impacts of our communication styles, to name a few.
Part 1 is a pre-requisite for Part 2 which totals 7 hours of diversity and inclusion training.
Please join your colleagues in creating a campus climate that recognizes differences and respects all members of our community. Space is limited so save your seat today.
For more information, contact Diversity and Inclusion, 847.925.6767, W329 at ofcdiversityinclusion@harpercollege.edu
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681, et seq., and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F. R. Part 106 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded program or activity. In compliance with Title IX, William Rainey Harper College prohibits sex discrimination, inclusive of sexual harassment and sexual assault, towards any person regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity.
Harper College offers restrooms that are accessible by all genders in the following locations:
Kenneth Young Center
650 E. Algonquin Rd, Suite 104
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847.496.5939
Youth Outlook
Countryside Unitarian Church
1025 N Smith St.
Palatine, IL 60067
CPYD Communities For Positive Youth Development
Cpyd.coalition@gmail.com
Cpyd.yac@gmail.com
224-300-4YAC