Sextober

Visit our display in the UNH Library to learn about hook up culture and the sexual well-being resources available at Health & Wellness. While you are there, visit the Library's display on Banned Books, many of which are challenged because of themes related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual behaviors.   

Brought to you by Health & Wellness

Join SHARPP @ the E Center for a pre-Take Back The Night craft night open to all UNH community members. Crafts made at this event can either be taken home or left with SHARPP to be incorporated into a powerful visual display at our annual Take Back The Night event. This is a drop-in style craft night, where you can stop by for as much (or as little) time as you're able to. Dinner & refreshments will be provided. Grab a group of friends and come on by! The E-Center is located at 21 Madbury Rd. #101 (across from Hop & Grind). 

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STI/HIV WALK-IN CLINIC 

TUESDAY, OCT 3

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Sexually active? Get yourself tested!  
No appointment is needed. Confidential.  
Tests are determined in consultation with a health care provider based on your sexual activities/practices.  
Testing can be paid for by health insurance or out-of-pocket. If you can’t make the STI/HIV clinic, we offer testing everyday we’re open, by appointment.  

Out-of-pocket cost (if you don’t bill to your health insurance) of common tests:  

• HIV Rapid $35.00 
• Chlamydia/Gonorrhea $37.80 
• Syphilis $3.91 

Free safer sex supplies always available at Health & Wellness. No questions asked.  

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SHARPP @ The Freedom Cafe's Open Mic Night

WEDNESDAY, OCT 4

6:30 PM

FREEDOM CAFE

Stop by the Freedom Cafe's open mic night to listen, perform, learn, and connect with others. The event runs from 7-10 pm and sign-ups begin at 6:30 pm. The Freedom Café is a non-profit specialty café dedicated to ending human trafficking and the commercial exploitation of all people. 

Brought to you by SHARPP 

WELLNESS FEST – SEXUAL PLEASURE TABLE

THURSDAY, OCT 5

11:00 AM -2:00 PM

HRC, 1ST FLOOR COURTS

Visit the Health & Wellness Sextober table to learn how sexual/intimate pleasure can enhance mental health.  

Brought to you by Sexual Well-Being Interns, Health & Wellness 

YOGA FOR SEXUAL PLEASURE

FRIDAY, OCT 6

1:00 - 2:00 PM

STUDIO 1, HRC

Yoga is a practice of liberation. Join this yoga class to learn how you can start to liberate your body and mind to experience pleasure in your body. No yoga experience required.  Yoga mats provided. Taught by Dawn Zitney, Well-Being Educator/Counselor, Health & Wellness and registered yoga teacher.  

Brought to you by Health & Wellness  

TAKE A HIKE WITH SHARPP! 

FRIDAY, OCT 6

LEAVE CAMPUS 7:00 AM

Interested in joining SHARPP & Outdoor Adventures for this hike in the White Mountains? Trip details are listed below. Advance registration is mandatory to ensure a spot is saved for you! Transportation will be provided. This is a collaborative event hosted by SHARPP & OA as part of our Relationship Abuse Awareness Month programming. This hike will not serve as a formal processing space; attending does not mean you will be expected to share your story or survivor identity. Rather, the goal is to be in community with one another and to find safety, joy, and healing in nature. 

Date: Friday, October 6, 2023 | Time: We will leave campus at 7am for this hike and plan to eat lunch on the summit 

Mountain: Hedgehog Mountain, 5miles total, 1,397ft elevation gain, loop trail, skill level: moderate | Cost: FREE! 

Registration Deadline: October 3rd by 3pm: https://unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_38kGRnHIsKUh9Nc 

Brought to you by SHARPP 

SEXTOBER Hook up culture DISPLAY 

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UNH Library 

Visit our display in the UNH Library to learn about hook up culture and the sexual well-being resources available at Health & Wellness. While you are there, visit the Library's display on Banned Books, many of which are challenged because of themes related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual behaviors.   

Coming out is a process that is unique to each individual. Join the UNH community as we honor National Coming Out Week.  

Support for students coming out can be found at The Beauregard Center, and the Diversity Support Coalition and associated student organizations, Psychological & Counseling Services (PACS), and Health & Wellness.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 

THURsday, OCt 12

8:00 PM

T-HALL LAWN

This is an annual student-led event aimed at raising awareness and inspiring community action related to ending interpersonal violence and supporting survivors here at UNH. Attendees arrive on T-Hall Lawn to show their support of those impacted by violence by making signs, wearing purple/teal, and joining in on a march around campus. This event includes informational tabling, a candlelight vigil, and an open mic for those impacted by violence. TBTN operates as a safe haven space free from mandatory reporting for those impacted by violence to be given the space to share their stories, calls to action, and to be in solidarity with community. This event is open to UNH community members. 

This event is open to UNH community members. Rain Date: October 19th. 

Brought to you by SHARPP 

Relationship Abuse Awareness Month Book Display AND CLOTHESLINE PROJECT

Oct 17 - Oct 31

Stop by the Dimond Library to view our clothesline project display & recommended books + podcasts resource table. SHARPP's clothesline project display dates back to the late '90s/early 2000s, with a large collection of shirts made by and for survivors. Today, the project serves as a way for survivors and their loved ones to share their stories, express their feelings, and raise awareness around interpersonal violence (IPV). 

Brought to you by SHARPP 

Safe Zones Training: LGBTQIA+ Panel of Student Experiences

THURSDAY, OCT 19

3:40- 5:00 PM

MUB 330/332 OR Zoom 

Join us for a brief presentation on LGBTQA+ identities followed by a panel discussion which will feature students and staff.  They will share how they identify within the LGBTQIA+ and Ally spectrum, personal experiences with coming out and reactions from friends and family, being LGBTQIA+ at UNH, personal impact of homophobic and transphobic bias incidents, tips for allies, and beyond. This is an informal opportunity for the anyone in the UNH Community to learn from those with lived experiences at UNH.

 Sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Office of Community, Equity and Diversity, and Health & Wellness

WRITER’S SERIES: DIANNELY ANTIGUA  

THURSDAY, OCT 19

5:00 PM

210 Hamilton Smith

Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. Her debut collection Ugly Music (YesYes Books, 2019) was the winner of the Pamet River Prize and a 2020 Whiting Award. Her second poetry collection Good Monster is forthcoming with Copper Canyon Press in 2024. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts Lowell where she won the Jack Kerouac Creative Writing Scholarship; and received her MFA at NYU where she was awarded a Global Research Initiative Fellowship to Florence, Italy. She is the recipient of additional fellowships from CantoMundo, Community of Writers, Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program, and was a finalist for the 2021 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and chosen for the Best of the Net Anthology. Her poems can be found in Poem-a-Day, Poetry Magazine, The American Poetry Review, Washington Square Review, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. She hosts the podcast Bread & Poetry and is currently the Poet Laureate of Portsmouth, NH, the youngest and first person of color to receive that title. For more information visit diannelyantigua.com 

Brought to you by the College of Liberal Arts 

Stop by the Dimond Library to view our clothesline project display & recommended books + podcasts resource table. SHARPP's clothesline project display dates back to the late '90s/early 2000s, with a large collection of shirts made by and for survivors. Today, the project serves as a way for survivors and their loved ones to share their stories, express their feelings, and raise awareness around interpersonal violence (IPV). 

Brought to you by SHARPP 

SIGNATURE EVENT: SEXPO! 

THURSDAY, OCT 26

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

HRC, 1ST FLOOR COURTS

Sextober’s ends with a climax of our signature event – The Sexpo!

Bring your friends and lovers to learn about sexual well-being and the services available at UNH and the local community. Open to all identities. You don't need to be sexually active to attend. 

Free safer sex supplies, food, and giveaways.