Pride & Gender Equity (PAGE) Center of Shippensburg University

The PAGE Center embraces all university community members who support the well-being of gender-based violence survivors, LGBTQ students, women, LGBTQ men, and agender students. The Center offers educational programming, specialized resources, celebrations of the communities' achievements and supports the pursuit of social justice.

Be a part of a safer, more inclusive educational environment.

Using trauma-informed and empowerment frameworks to guide our actions, staff and volunteers of the PAGE Center support and advocate for victims of sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and other gender-based crimes. The PAGE Center Director is a confidential resource for survivors of sexual or physical violence. We provide lessons and materials relevant to LGBTQ communities, including interrupting systems of sexism, homophobia and transphobia, and racism.

The center offers:

• welcoming, women-affirming, LGBTQ-affirming environment
• PAGE Center Director as a confidential resource to discuss sexual/physical victimization
• resources for learning and matters relevant to gender-based violence and violence prevention
• resources for learning and matters relevant to LGBTQ communities, and the dismantling of systems of sexism, misogyny, and misogynoir
• resources for consent and healthy relationships, sexual harassment, LGBTQ safer zones, bystander engagement presentations, and more
• a safer space with computers, television, comfort, and more
• an all-gender restroom
• a lactation room with a fridge
• FREE contraceptives, menstrual hygiene, and pregnancy test items

Land Acknowledgement

We are located on unceded Susquehannock land, land that originally belonged to the Seneca-Cayuga Nation . "It is important to understand the longstanding history that has brought you to reside on the land, and to seek to understand your place within that history. Land acknowledgments do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation." (Northwestern University)

What is a Land Acknowledgment Statement? A Land Acknowledgment is a formal statement that recognizes and respects Indigenous Peoples as traditional occupants of this land and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.

Why does Shippensburg University acknowledge the land? To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory you reside on, and a way of honoring the Indigenous people who cared for our land prior to and through European colonialism.  Land acknowledgments do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation. It is worth stating that acknowledging the land is Indigenous protocol.