- Gender Inclusive Housing at Umich
One Line Story Idea: An inside look at how gender inclusive housing works at the University of Michigan.
Which media: Video and text.
Type of story and style:
- Video: Feature? Shots from inside East Quad with residents who live in the gender inclusive housing options. Interviews with the students, the RAs, university members who set up gender inclusive housing. How it works, what it is like, why it is important, etc.
- Text: Feature. Specific look at one student who lives in gender inclusive housing, follow a day in their life, share their particular experience.
Interviewees: Students within gender inclusive housing, Spectrum Center workers/volunteers, Patty Griffin or Will Sherry (the go to umich people who set up gender inclusive housing). Maybe someone who doesn’t agree with it, or a resident within EQ who doesn’t live in the gender inclusive environment?
Main Questions:
- What is your experience like in gender inclusive housing, what made you want to live here specifically?
- What are the benefits of this environment, what are the drawbacks?
- What could the University do to improve this, and why is gender inclusive housing important?
Additional Notes:
http://housing.umich.edu/gender-inclusive
https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/topic/trans-u-m
https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/article/gender-inclusive-restroom-map
Statistics about gender/sexuality at umich?
Story/trajectory:
VIDEO
Beginning: Start with explanation about gender inclusive housing at umich. What it is, how its offered, how you can apply?
Middle: introduce students who live in gender inclusive housing, their experience, RAs, officials
End: Is this enough, what are we missing and where can we go to improve how gender identity is addressed?
TEXT:
Beginning: A single student’s story, how college has impacted their gender experience.
Middle: How living in a gender inclusive environment has helped or hurt their experience
End: What should others know, how can we become a more inclusive university?
Broll/nat sound: sounds from EQ, spectrum center, etc.
2. How UHS handles sexual health
One Line Story Idea: Understand what our university health service does to teach students about healthy relationships – is it enough or should they do more?
Which media: Video and Text?
Type of story/style:
- Video: feature, follow a student into a UHS appointment for advice on birth control, STD testing, or another sexual health related issue.
- Text: feature, Talk with doctors, medical personnel, or students on sexpterteam about how our university communicates about healthy relationships.
Interviewees: Student at umich, doctors, nurses, personnel who work at UHS, sexperteam members, student who has benefitted from UHS healthy relationships, student who doesn’t think there’s enough done.
Main Questions:
- How effective is our university at promoting relationship and sexual health to its students?
- Where are the gaps in the university’s ability to help students with sexual health and relationships?
- How does it feel to try to talk to UHS about sexual health?
Additional background/notes:
Stats about sexual health at umich
https://www.uhs.umich.edu/sexual-health
https://www.uhs.umich.edu/sexperteam
https://www.facebook.com/sexperteam/timeline
Story/Trajectory:
VIDEO
Beginning: Start with walking in to UHS, going for an appointment about sexual health (birth control, relationship advice, STD testing <– pick one)
Middle: Going through the experience, talking with the doctor, general reaction, advice offered, etc. Back and forth with sexperteam member about their thoughts on the UHS sex/relationship experience.
End: What was it like, reaction, gaps and things that actually helped.
TEXT:
Beginning: Here is what our university does to promote healthy relationships and sexual health
Middle: Experts, students opinions, is it actually helpful, what are other schools doing, should there be more emphasis, and how.
End: What we need as students, why it is important.
Broll/nat sound: going to UHS, sounds of medical equipment, etc.
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