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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April 11, 2009

>Still more stories being shared over at facebook – and I become more and more inspired by all those who are participating and supporting: I actually did this last year before and it brought back some bad memories. For the simple fact that I wasn’t speaking, people judged me, pushed me around. I didn’t have [...]

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April 10, 2009

>Keep on Pushing

>A guest post by Amena J. one of our fabulous GLSEN staff members: This post was supposed to be a report back on GLSEN Southern Maine’s GSA Night. Wednesday the Chapter hosted an interfaith forum featuring Bishop Gene Robinson. As you can imagine the Chapter was thrilled to host an event with such an esteemed [...]

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April 8, 2009

>Wear Red to Support the Day of Silence

>Lots of great ideas and stories being shared over on the Day of Silence facebook page (link to the right). My recent favorites are the strategies that some students have come up with to have a visual show of support for the Day of Silence, to include those who, for whatever reasons, who will be [...]

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April 5, 2009

>Are you observing the DOS?

>Have you and all your friends registered? Whether you’re going to be silent all day or just at lunch hour register your DOS observance at our sister site: StudentOrganizing.org. Why register? Every person who registers with GLSEN’s Student Organizing site shows that they are committed to safe schools. That number is an important way to [...]

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