BrowsingMarch 25, 2013 Will you tell Sultana’s GSA that they’re not alone?Sultana High School is censoring and discriminating against its Gay-Straight Alliance. The Hesperia, CA school is limiting the GSA from using LGBT-inclusive language and participating in activities like GLSEN’s Day of Silence and Ally Week. Today is the first school day since news broke last week during Spring Break that the ACLU of Southern California [...] January 10, 2012 Headed to Creating Change? Join GLSEN at our Day-Long Institute Jan. 26, and moreGLSEN is excited to announce our second daylong pre-conference institute on Thursday, Jan. 26 at Creating Change: How you can make schools safer for all! We’re also co-presenters for the first ever Creating Change Lobby Day also on Thursday. Friday through Sunday GLSEN staff and volunteers will be leading a number of workshops – on [...] October 21, 2011 Why I’m an AllyMy name is Carly, I’m a student ambassador for GLSEN, and an 8th grader in Arizona. Since my mom is an ally, I’ve been an ally for basically as long as I can remember. In fact, I don’t think I could imagine that not being a part of my life. And for as long as [...] September 30, 2011 Ally Week Approaches! October 17-21>Have you started planning for Ally Week yet? Register: Click here to register your participation. If you’re one of the first few thousand, you’ll get some free materials to support your participation. Gather Information: Find resources to help you start your planning on www.allyweek.org. Find Support: Discuss your participation with the advisor of your GSA [...] September 27, 2011 Be Counted: GSA Census 2011!> Take the GSA Census 2011 and let your GSA’s participation and needs in the safe schools movement be heard! How many GSAs exist in the country? What do GSAs do? What do GSAs need? We want to know and we need YOUR help! • The first 2,000 GSAs to take the GSA Census will [...] April 15, 2011 >DOS Tweet Chat – LIVE! Friday at 3 pm EST> On the Day of Silence starting at 3 PM EST we’ll be hosting a Tweet Chat LIVE! Come and share your experiences with Day of Silence organizers from across the country. Also, a crew of GLSEN staff members will be available to answer your questions. Participation is easy! Click here to join the #DayofSilence [...] April 14, 2011 >Four Things You Should Know about Student Rights and Day of Silence (2011)>GUEST POST FROM THE ACLU: Two things I’ve learned over the years that I’ve worked with LGBT students at the American Civil Liberties Union are that many school administrators and teachers don’t have the slightest clue about what their students’ legal rights are, and that a lot of the ones who do know go right [...] April 16, 2009 >How to observe the Day of Silence?>Be silentTalkWear redWear rainbowWear any colorTweet the SilenceSilence your tweetsBlog the silenceSilence your blog Whatever you do, be respectful, especially of others who are observing the Day of Silence, but bring attention to the issues of anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harrasment in schools. April 16, 2009 >Register and pledge – let us know you’re out there!>Every year after the Day of Silence we tally up the numbers of participants and supporters to share with our donors and to highlight the importance of the work that GLSEN does. Don’t you want to be counted? Students (middle, high school and college) register here. Adults – Support our students by signing the pledge. [...] April 15, 2009 >What does Silence mean to you?>As the Day of Silence approaches we’ve been getting lots of questions and comments along two similar but distinct threads on our various websites and in our email. 1) Do I need to be silent all day? Can I communicate at all? Can I blog/tweet/facebook? 2) Being silent doesn’t help and only perpetuates the problem. [...] |
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