Cecil College Resources
- Seahawk Pride Club
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Open to all Cecil College students, the Seahawk Pride Club is a student group for LGBTQ+ students. It is a social, support, and solidarity group that meets once every two weeks. Activities include discussions, speakers, film screenings, mentoring, campus activism, and field trips.
Contact: For questions or further information, please contact the Seahawk Pride Club faculty adviser, Professor Clarence Orsi, at corsi@nullcecil.edu. - Cecil Pride Scholarship
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The purpose of this scholarship is to provide a scholarship each academic year to a student who identifies as LGBTQ+ with preference to a student enrolled in a STEM program of study.
cecil.academicworks.com/donors/cecil-pride-scholarship
cecil.academicworks.com/users/sign_in - Accessibility Services
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Accessibility Services helps students with disabilities access the resources and accommodations they need for success.
Contact: accessibilityservices@nullcecil.edu - Student Life
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The Student Life office, located on the first floor of the Technology Center (Bldg. D) in room 114, offers a variety of options for current students to become active on campus. From student clubs and organizations, to various activities throughout the year, we are sure that you will find a place to belong!
Contact: studentlife@nullcecil.edu
Reporting Discrimination, Harassment, or Hate Crimes on Campus
To report an incident of discrimination, harassment, or a hate crime, students should do one of the following:
- Fill out a Public Safety Report online.
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Call or visit Cecil College Public Safety:
North East Campus
(410) 287-1601 Technology Center (Bldg. D), Room D205 Elkton Station
(410) 287-1602 First Floor, Room 114
Local and Regional Resources — Cecil County and Surrounding Areas
- The Santé Group
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Call (888) 407-8018 for immediate mental health crisis support.
www.thesantegroup.org - Cecil County LGBTQ+ Alliance
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This private group is to build our community in Cecil County by working for equality with other groups in Cecil County who have the shared vision of equality for all.
www.facebook.com/groups/575296863371462 - PFLAG
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Founded in 1973, PFLAG is the first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
PFLAG Baltimore contact: pflagbaltimore@nullgmail.com - Cecil County Department of Social Services
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Offers a thrift shop and financial assistance with first month’s rent and eviction prevention.
135 East High Street, Elkton, MD 21921 - Domestic Violence Support
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The Bridge, Cecil County's Domestic Violence Rape Crisis Center, is dedicated to ending violence by working to promote gender equality, empowerment, and end oppression through community education, while developing and providing comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence, rape, and sexual violence.
(410) 996-0333 - Bodhi
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Provides compassionate, knowledgeable, and efficient mental health counseling and associated services in Cecil County, MD, and the surrounding areas.
2057 Pulaski Highway, Suite 4, North East, MD 21901
(443) 877-4044 • bodhicounseling.com - Key Point Health Services
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At Key Point, you'll find quality mental health care, which is the key to opening the door to a new life. With a caring, confident, and licensed staff, you'll be sure to receive the utmost care and attention you really deserve.
135 North Parke Street, Aberdeen, MD 21001
(443) 625-1590 • www.keypoint.org - Cecil Mediation
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The Cecil County Community Mediation Center, Inc. (CCCMC) is a non-profit organization providing free, confidential, and effective conflict resolution services through mediation, education, and training to promote respectful dispute resolution in Cecil County, MD.
224 East Main Street, Suite 110, Elkton, MD 21921
(443) 207-5159 • www.cecilmediation.org - The Frederick Center
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The Frederick Center exists to support and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people and our families so we thrive, accepted and affirmed, in the broader Frederick community.
322 W Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701 • (301) 383-8787
thefrederickcenter.org - Maryland Trans
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Trans Maryland is a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led community power building organization dedicated to Maryland’s trans community.
transmaryland.org - The Pride Center of Maryland
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The Pride Center of Maryland offers over 30 programs and services that reflect our dedication to ensuring Maryland’s sexual and gender minority community have equal access to care, services, and a space where they can be their authentic selves.
www.pridecentermd.org - Delaware Pride
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Delaware Pride sponsors and promotes cultural, social, educational, recreational events and puts on the annual Delaware Pride Festival in Dover, DE. They meet up for bowling, happy hour, coffee, and various other social events.
meetup.com/delawarepride - Planned Parenthood of Delaware
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Planned Parenthood of Delaware offers gender affirming health care and other sexual and reproductive health services. We are proud to offer Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) for transgender and non-binary patients age 18 and older at all our health centers. We offer GAHT to patients with existing prescriptions as well as those beginning GAHT. In addition to GAHT we provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services including STI screening and treatment, HIV testing, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), contraception, breast/chest health services, cervical cancer screening, colposcopy, evaluation and treatment of gynecological and genitourinary concerns, abortion services, miscarriage management, prenatal care, HPV vaccinations, and more.
Newark, Wilmington, and Dover • call (302) 731-7801
www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-delaware
National Resources
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
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Dial 988
OR Text GO to 741741 to reach a trained Crisis Counselor through Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization.
Free, 24/7, confidential. - Trevor Project
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Type of Resource: Suicide Prevention
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) young people ages 13–24.
Contact: Trevor Lifeline (for those in immediate danger of suicide) – call (866) 488-7386. For information, visit www.thetrevorproject.org - LGBT National Help Center
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Type of Resource: Talk/Hot Line
Free and confidential peer support for the LGBTQ+ and questioning community ages 25 and younger.
Contact: (800) 246-7743
www.lgbthotline.org/youth-talkline