Comments on: >Good morning Day of Silence Organizers! http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/ the GLSEN blog Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Eisenberg http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-766 Ian Eisenberg Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:31:09 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-766 >Hi, thank you very much. good job.<br /><a href="http://www.zevia.com/about_management.html" title="ian Eisenberg" rel="nofollow">Ian Eisenberg</a> >Hi, thank you very much. good job.
Ian Eisenberg

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-758 Anonymous Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:52:21 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-758 >today was awesome! unfortunally i didnt make it through the whole day quite. i didnt think i would cosidering im a pretty talktive person. but its all good i made a big sticker saying "NOT SILENT BUT SUPPORTIVE". maybe next year i will put tape over my mouth. that should help haha. this day was a great cause and i feel it got alot if people thinking about the issue.i myself im am a lesbian but am not out to my high school yet, i know what it feels to be silence out of fear. i hope soon i will have the courage to come out. and ohh my gf made it through the whole day yayy! but now she wont shut up haha >today was awesome! unfortunally i didnt make it through the whole day quite. i didnt think i would cosidering im a pretty talktive person. but its all good i made a big sticker saying "NOT SILENT BUT SUPPORTIVE". maybe next year i will put tape over my mouth. that should help haha. this day was a great cause and i feel it got alot if people thinking about the issue.i myself im am a lesbian but am not out to my high school yet, i know what it feels to be silence out of fear. i hope soon i will have the courage to come out. and ohh my gf made it through the whole day yayy! but now she wont shut up haha

]]> By: Courtney http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-750 Courtney Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:48:46 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-750 >I just got home from school, today was my first day of silence. I had emailed all the teachers in my school and the principal asking for permission. All the teachers supported us. My boyfriend and I were the only two who lasted the whole day. We sat together during lunch and said nothing. Neither of us spoke a word. Tons of people have asked if we were straight we said yes. We were made fun of, but we didnt care. I am in 8th grade and now over 200 kids have already signed up with their email so i can email them all of the stuff when it comes time next year. This was a very successful day. I had a tshirt on and everything. It was very powerful, many people thanked me and told me to keep up the good work. >I just got home from school, today was my first day of silence. I had emailed all the teachers in my school and the principal asking for permission. All the teachers supported us. My boyfriend and I were the only two who lasted the whole day. We sat together during lunch and said nothing. Neither of us spoke a word. Tons of people have asked if we were straight we said yes. We were made fun of, but we didnt care. I am in 8th grade and now over 200 kids have already signed up with their email so i can email them all of the stuff when it comes time next year. This was a very successful day. I had a tshirt on and everything. It was very powerful, many people thanked me and told me to keep up the good work.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-748 Anonymous Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:12:33 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-748 >Had an awesome Day of Silence! I figured that, since I'm a pretty quiet person to begin with, no one would really notice if I was silent for a day (as has happened in years past), so this time I decided to amp it up a bit and wore really loud <i>clothing</i> to counteract the silence. Rainbows everywhere! It was fab.<br /><br />Turns out that, for the first time, I wasn't the only one in my school doing it--the Ending Racism and Sexism Everywhere (ERASE) club was also doing it. In a note told the adviser for the club how thankful I am that she's helping to spread awareness for the DOS, and how I've been doing it myself for five years, and she was so overwhelmed by my support that she actually hugged me! I also managed to educate some of my classmates on the DOS and why it's important to stop anti-LGBT prejudice and harassment. >Had an awesome Day of Silence! I figured that, since I'm a pretty quiet person to begin with, no one would really notice if I was silent for a day (as has happened in years past), so this time I decided to amp it up a bit and wore really loud clothing to counteract the silence. Rainbows everywhere! It was fab.

Turns out that, for the first time, I wasn't the only one in my school doing it–the Ending Racism and Sexism Everywhere (ERASE) club was also doing it. In a note told the adviser for the club how thankful I am that she's helping to spread awareness for the DOS, and how I've been doing it myself for five years, and she was so overwhelmed by my support that she actually hugged me! I also managed to educate some of my classmates on the DOS and why it's important to stop anti-LGBT prejudice and harassment.

]]> By: Leigh Thompson http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-745 Leigh Thompson Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:11:45 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-745 >To South Point Student: <br /><br />It's tough when resistance grows; opposition can wear at our defenses and stir up emotion like despair or anger. Please know that the reason why these students started their counter campaign was because of the success of your organizing. Your group became more powerful, so they acted out against it.<br /><br />You're doing amazing things, and need to trust that the work your doing for Day of Silence is valuable and can create change in your school. We know you can do it!<br /><br />For more tips on handling opposition, check out our blog post here: http://blog.dayofsilence.org/2010/04/8-tips-for-facing-opposition.html<br /><br />Best of luck, and keep up the AMAZING work!<br /><br />Leigh @ GLSEN >To South Point Student:

It's tough when resistance grows; opposition can wear at our defenses and stir up emotion like despair or anger. Please know that the reason why these students started their counter campaign was because of the success of your organizing. Your group became more powerful, so they acted out against it.

You're doing amazing things, and need to trust that the work your doing for Day of Silence is valuable and can create change in your school. We know you can do it!

For more tips on handling opposition, check out our blog post here: http://blog.dayofsilence.org/2010/04/8-tips-for-facing-opposition.html

Best of luck, and keep up the AMAZING work!

Leigh @ GLSEN

]]> By: Tyler Nixon http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-744 Tyler Nixon Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:59:46 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-744 >hey sexy ppl my name is Tyler...i go to ghchs...a junior and i am in 3rd period...havent talked all day and anyone who know me knows i like to talk...to take a stand like this and have friends support me means alot...Peace Love and Pride,Tyler >hey sexy ppl my name is Tyler…i go to ghchs…a junior and i am in 3rd period…havent talked all day and anyone who know me knows i like to talk…to take a stand like this and have friends support me means alot…Peace Love and Pride,Tyler

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-742 Anonymous Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:45:23 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-742 >I am a student at South Point High School in Belmont NC. This is my 7th year participating and helping organize the DOS. Someone decided that they would make a "straight version" of our silence cards and pass THEM out. Those of us participating in the DOS were making wonderful headway untill this slip began to circulate. And now the students are losing moral to keep up the day. Some have even broken their silence. Fights have started and our school has brought in extra security.. What can I do to help support those who are actually standing firm without my temper getting too inraged? >I am a student at South Point High School in Belmont NC. This is my 7th year participating and helping organize the DOS. Someone decided that they would make a "straight version" of our silence cards and pass THEM out. Those of us participating in the DOS were making wonderful headway untill this slip began to circulate. And now the students are losing moral to keep up the day. Some have even broken their silence. Fights have started and our school has brought in extra security.. What can I do to help support those who are actually standing firm without my temper getting too inraged?

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-741 Anonymous Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:07:00 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-741 >Making a statement by not talking. The feeling of accomplishment will be great tonight when my vow of silence has ended and i know me and everyone else took a stand against something that shouldnt exist and not only bullying to G,L,B,T but also to anyone being bullied! I support the non bullying aspect cause the game i play was getting "bullied" and the players too! and i also have B.G.T.L friends that i wish to support fully! Down with Bullying!<br /><br />~ :3 >Making a statement by not talking. The feeling of accomplishment will be great tonight when my vow of silence has ended and i know me and everyone else took a stand against something that shouldnt exist and not only bullying to G,L,B,T but also to anyone being bullied! I support the non bullying aspect cause the game i play was getting "bullied" and the players too! and i also have B.G.T.L friends that i wish to support fully! Down with Bullying!

~ :3

]]> By: Audra http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-740 Audra Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:46:53 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-740 >My first DOS is going well! We've got over 85 participants at my school! Red is everywhere and the teachers are very supportive.<br /><br />Facebook is definitely the way to get out the word. >My first DOS is going well! We've got over 85 participants at my school! Red is everywhere and the teachers are very supportive.

Facebook is definitely the way to get out the word.

]]> By: ErinKiser http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-739 ErinKiser Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:44:40 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/good-morning-day-of-silence-organizers/#comment-739 >I am doing the DOS at my school and there are so many other kids doing it and the teachers are being very acepting about it all. I have done the day of silnce every year since my 7th grade year. My brother and my father are both gay and I am bisexual, I am not affraid to show it like I use to be, sure I get shit for it but one day they will get over it. If not that is there problem not mine. All I have to say to everyone out there is.. Live for yourself and what makes you happy dont worry about what others think >I am doing the DOS at my school and there are so many other kids doing it and the teachers are being very acepting about it all. I have done the day of silnce every year since my 7th grade year. My brother and my father are both gay and I am bisexual, I am not affraid to show it like I use to be, sure I get shit for it but one day they will get over it. If not that is there problem not mine. All I have to say to everyone out there is.. Live for yourself and what makes you happy dont worry about what others think

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