What is Count Me In?

The Count Me In campaign offers residents the opportunity to take a proactive role in their community.

By saying Count Me In, residents are taking responsibility for living in and promoting a supportive, welcoming and positive place for everyone to live. A community is only as strong and welcoming as its individual members!

• Submit your pledge

• Get a T-Shirt

• Attend, participate!

• Get involved

Submit Your Pledge

Participants submit the following pledge as a commitment to welcoming diversity on campus:

• I promise to stand against intolerant behavior, to not ignore any form of discrimination, and to show our world that I will not accept a place where anyone is made to feel unwelcome.

• I pledge to become a beacon of hope for those who experience the pain of discrimination, and my speech and actions will model this to the community around me.

• I desire a society in which everyone is welcomed and accepted. Embracing everyone's humanity is vital to building a respectful, positive and inclusive community.

Pledge Now!

Get a T-shirt

By completing and submitting the online pledge, you’re telling us that we can Count YOU In. You will receive your free Count Me In T-shirt via campus mail.

Attend, Participate!

The Count Me In Film Series is debuting this year with Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

7 p.m.–8 p.m.

McMahon Hall Pompeii Room

This brief documentary addresses the consequences of dumping toxic computer waste in China.

Tania Busch Isaksen, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, UW School of Public Health, will facilitate a discussion after the film.

Visit the Facebook event webpage.

Get Involved

Ask your Resident Adviser or Resident Director how you might get involved in making the residential community and the greater University of Washington campus a more welcoming place.

Other Resources on Campus:

• Q Center: http://depts.washington.edu/qcenter

• Women’s Center: 
  http://depts.washington.edu/womenctr

• Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity: http://depts.washington.edu/omad

• Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS):
  http://www.fiuts.washington.edu

Acknowledgment

The Count Me In program originated at the University of Oregon at Eugene. Their Housing staff and residential students developed the program as a way for residents to take an active role in creating a more respectful, positive and inclusive community.

For more information about the origins of Count Me In, visit 

http://housing.uoregon.edu/about/diversity.php.

Winning T-shirt Design

Nina Monique Marien's T-shirt (pictured above) was selected as the design that best encapsulated the Count Me In spirit of diversity, inclusiveness and mutual respect.

Stay tuned this spring for information about our next Count Me In T-shirt design contest!