Keep Your Donations Local
We
love our loyal GLSEN Connecticut supporters! Did you know that if you donate in response to a solicitation from GLSEN National you can
make a note to "keep it local" and the donation will come directly to
us!
You could also just donate locally on line here, too!
 Also, don't forget to check with your employer about matching funds!
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The Day of Silence,
April 16, 2010, is an annual student-led day of action where
participants take vows of silence and other actions to bring attention
to how LGBT students and allies are silenced through name-calling,
bullying and harassment.
Visit these links for additional resources:More fabulous resources will be in our next newsletter.
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Does your GSA need funds?
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GLSEN Connecticut is a member of Community Works of Connecticut, a progressive workplace giving program.
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We can hardly believe that winter is almost over (let's hope!) and spring is around the corner. And, that means True Colors and the National Day of Silence are upon us. As we have been from the beginning, GLSEN Connecticut is a proud sponsor of the annual True Colors Conference. Please stop by our booth on March 12th and 13th at the University of Connecticut for ThinkB4YouSpeak posters, Day of Silence materials, etc...or just to say hi and put some faces to the names behind all these e-mails. GLSEN volunteers are offering several specific workshops, including: - "Knock it Off!" Tackling LGBT Issues in Schools Using Updated Resources from GLSEN CT (Leif Mitchell)
- That's So Gay! Practicing How to Intervene and Stop LGBT Bias in Your Schools (Cynthia Martin and Jason Sirois)
- Reclaiming the Silence: Using the Day of Silence as a Tool for Social Change (Alberto Cifuentes, Jr.)
- Using
the Safe Space Kit in schools (Leigh Thompson)
- Year-long Action Planning for GSAs (Leigh Thompson)
Please don't forget to save the date for the National Day Of Silence on April 16th, 2010! We look forward to helping to support students efforts to make schools safe and affirming for all students throughout Connecticut schools. Peace,
Leif Mitchell and Liane Roseman
Co-Chairs, GLSEN Connecticut
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Don't Miss Tonight's Performance of...
 Welcome to Heartsville, where everything is flipped upside down...the chess champ is king, heterosexuals are banned from the military, and the quarterback refuses to kiss the girl. Enter Zanna, a magical fairy, who has the task of holding it all together.
Presented by the Governor's Prevention Partnership on Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7pm, Welte Auditorium, Central Connecticut State University, to raise awareness, celebrate diversity and help prevent student bullying.
For more information and tickets click here. |
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Connecticut Specific Stories Needed to Support SNDA
As part of an effort to support the federal Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), we at GLSEN Connecticut are helping to collect LGBT students' stories of discrimination and harassment in schools in Connecticut. This Act will protect students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in schools, and the bill will soon be introduced in the Senate.
Students' stories will be used when meeting with Senators to show them that this type of discrimination and harassment really is a problem here in our state. We would appreciate any help you can provide with this project, particularly in the form of statistics about discrimination or harassment in Connecticut schools and also the stories of students, parents, or teachers who have faced discrimination.
Please send your stories to us via e-mail.
For more details or to download fact sheets on the bill, click here.
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The Laramie Project in Brookfield
The Brookfield Theatre for the Arts is proud to
announce its upcoming production of The Laramie Project, March
5th through the 13th. Taken from interview reactions of the people
of Laramie, Wyoming after the brutal beating of gay university
student Matthew Shepard, The Laramie Project asks us to look at
how we as individuals and as a society deal with issues of diversity and
hate. Laramie
becomes a mirror for all of our towns. For more information please
visit us on-line, and help us affect change with this powerful piece.
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The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and
Creativity 2010
Offers up
to $20,000 (up to $5000 per year for four years) for exceptionally innovative
and creative high school juniors & seniors, & college freshmen from Connecticut and the New
York City metropolitan area.
Apply for this
scholarship if you are . . .
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a student who has solved artistic, scientific, or
technical problems in new or unusual ways
- a student who has come up with a distinctive
solution to problems faced by your school, community or family
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a student who has created a new group,
organization, or institution that serves an important need
For a description of the award, the application, and FAQ's, click here.
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Leif Mitchell Receives Dorothy Award
We are proud to announce that our very own Leif Mitchell was one of the honorees at the 7th Annual Dorothy Awards, presented by the New Haven Pride Center.
If you would like to see Leif's acceptance speech, check out the videos on the GLSEN Connecticut Facebook page here.
Liane Roseman (l), Leif Mitchell (c), Cindy Dubuque (r)
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Please Note: This electronic message from GLSEN Connecticut contains information and opinions deemed relevant to ending anti-LGBT bias in schools and other items which may be of interest to the LGBT community and its valued allies. Not all opinions expressed are those of GLSEN Connecticut. | |
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