A NIGHT IN

MY SHOES
LEARNING TO LOVE GOD’S LGBTQ+ CHILDREN

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TABLE OF
CONTENTS

Christ-Centered
01 The Need 04 Approach

02 The Solution 05 Estimated Costs

03 Event Details 06 Testing Our Theory

EMPATHY DATA
UNDERSTANDING THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AT BYU

CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY

Campus Climate Survey on Sexual
Assault (2021)

EMPATHY INTERVIEWS 50% of LGBTQ+ BYU students

with over 15 LGBTQ+ students report feeling THEY DO NOT
BELONG AT BYU

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 LGBTQ+, BYU
STUDENTS
Need to feel a greater sense of
belonging (psychological safety,
feeling understood, safe spaces,
etc.) at BYU. This is consequential
because LGBTQ+ individuals at BYU
are more prone to struggle with
their mental health and do not feel
safe enough to talk about their
stories for fear of being judged or
reprimanded.
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THE BYU
COMMUNITY
As disciples of Jesus Christ, members of the
BYU campus community have a duty to foster
belonging for the LGBTQ+ community at BYU.
Being in a heteronormative environment,
many people lack awareness of issues queer
students/staff may face being part of the
campus community. Additionally, many
people at BYU lack an understanding on how
to interact with members of the LGBTQ+
community without fear of offending, causing
a ruckus, or feeling uncomfortable
themselves.
A NIGHT IN MY SHOES
LEARNING TO LOVE THE LGBTQ+
COMMUNITY AT BYU
VISION
A Christ-centered event where non-LGBTQ+
students can come and learn how to empathize with
and talk about the LGBTQ+ community.

MISSION
Provide students with a spiritually uplifting
experience focused on developing Christ-like love
and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community

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 When
EVENT
01
Fall semester

DETAILS 02 Where
The Wilkinson Center Ballroom

02 Timeline
2-hour event:
6PM Event starts. Participants are
invited to walk around the story gallery
6:30PM Q&A Session starts with the
selected panel
7:30PM Q&A Session ends and the
participants are invited to walk around
and explore the resources available at
the event
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THE SPACE
POSSIBLE LAYOUT 1 ENTER

2 GOSPEL GALLERY

STORIES OF LIFE
3 GALLERY

4 Q&A SPACE

5 RESOURCE AREA

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GOSPEL FOCUS
WE WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS

01 Developing our Discipleship Gallery

A small gallery will be set up with pictures of Christ framing the
portrayed quote by President Nelson.

02 Discipleship Video and Testimony Sharing

During the presentation and panel portion of the event, a video
(presented on the next slide) will be played. Additionally, the
selected panelists will share brief testimonies of Christ.

03 Other ways to invite the Spirit

Instrumental gospel music will be playing softly in the
background before and after the presentation. Additional quotes
on belonging may also be placed throughout the display area.

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 THE SPACE
WHAT WE COULD DO

Controlled Q&A Panel Story Gallery Campus and Community

Resource Fair
Questions and panel members are Banners and videos similar to the
submitted before hand and “Stories of Life” event held for An area dedicated to campus and
approved. Black History Month. approved community resources for
the LGBTQ+ community (e.g., CAPS,
MIBS, Office of Belonging, Ally
Professors, Trevor Project, etc.)
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STORY GALLERY
WHAT WE COULD DO

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ESTIMATED Posters x 50 Flyers x 1000

COSTS Rainbow Pins x 900 Gift for Panelists x 4

Crumbl Cookies x 500 Just in Case

We estimated what items we would need, how

much of each we would need, and what the
cost would be. The overall budget for this event
is estimated to be around $1,000 + $50 extra
just in case. This budget is subject to change.

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 HOW DO WE
KNOW THIS WILL
WORK?
 BECAUSE WE ALREADY
PROTOTYPED THE EVENT!
TESTING THE THEORY
FIRST PROTOTYPE FEEDBACK
Students were given a persona card that briefly
“Literally holding back tears rn—I can’t imagine what
described an LGBTQ+ person’s experience. Students
these youth/YA’s have gone through and continue to
were then asked to go through an experience as if they
go though. But this helped me start to. I loved his
were that individual. experience to develop empathy, and I hope I can
continue to understand.“
Desire to Knowledge about
Empathize LGBTQ+ “This experience opened my eyes and made me more
aware of challenges many of the LGBTQ+ community
4.4/5.0 4.0/5.0 faces. They need to feel noticed and recognized, like
we all do.”

“I definitely felt the spirit during this exercise.I hope

we can all (myself included) increase our empathy. I
4.1/5.0 2.9/5.0 will do this by reaching out to my friends in the
community and see how they are doing.”

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SECOND PROTOTYPE
Students walked through a digital story gallery where
LGBTQ+ persons answered common questions via
video. Students then participated in a controlled Q&A
panel with LGBTQ+ students.

Comfortable talking to and

about LGBTQ+ persons

80% 4.0/5.0
FEEDBACK

“The panel was great! I would’ve loved more time

of participants found the
with that.”
Q&A Panel
most impactful “I loved the experience and how it was specific to
BYU. I would have loved more time for the Q&A...”
2.9/5.0
“It was AMAZING!! Truly opened my eyes, and I
wish we had more time for the Q&A”
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“As His
followers, can
we do
anything
less?”
President Russell M. Nelson
THANK YOU
Telephone
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APPENDIX
Artwork for the gallery:
Free images to be printed:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/collection/artwork-of-jesus-christ-images?lang=eng

Images for purchase:

https://ldsart.com/collections/images-and-pictures-of-jesus-christ
https://havenlight.com/collections/jesus-pictures-and-images-of-christ

Music playlist:
Link to playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wIVQGRRVKG1Q9pzyiDcKn?si=0ac57ef8d72446f8

Quotes to print and hang:

Link to document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zk-to3-Lky3l9xyuAeUpUkgAmAJSLORQk7cHn8hCgqw/edit?
usp=sharing
APPENDIX
Detailed Budget
LINK TO GOOGLE DOC