Common Ground is an LGBTQ+ activism club on campus. Our main goal is to create a safe environment for students to express their identity freely and to make positive change through open dialogue between students, faculty and the administration. We practice intersectionality, and celebrate all romantic, sexual, and gender identities.
Annual Events:
Bi-ce Cream Social to celebrate Bisexuality Awareness Day
Tie-dying event for National Coming Out Day
Asexuali-tea to celebrate Asexuality Awareness Week
Mock Weddings to honor the fight for marriage equality
Drag Show
Trans Visibility Week celebrations
Day of Silence & Night of Noise
Our club pays to send students to the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference every year
Past & Current Projects:
Providing free binders to all students in need
Coordinated with counseling services to create a support group for transgender and non-binary students
Secured and actively protect the existence of gender neutral bathrooms in academic buildings
Raising awareness of how to replace your dead-name on your campus email
We are currently working with administration to remove the use of dead-names on as many documents as possible
Providing education to other members of the Knox community and providing a voice for the LGBTQ+ community
Common Ground meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Human Rights Center. We invite people of all romantic, sexual, and gender identities to join us to discuss weekly topics.
