Apply for GLSEN's Safe Schools Advocacy Summit
Interested in coming to our nation's capital to learn more about advocating for safe schools? Want to meet amazing people and make lifelong friends? Passionate about a chance to tell your congressperson and senators why ALL students deserve to be safe in school? Then click here to learn more and apply for GLSEN's Safe Schools Advocacy Summit being held March 27-29 in Washington, D.C. |
Educators' Retreat in
Provincetown
You still have time to join our friends at GLSEN Massachussetts and reserve your space at the annual GLSEN Educators' Retreat in Provincetown, fr om January 28th-30th!
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Reteaching Gender and Sexuality
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City of Hartford Bans Discrimination Based on Gender Identity and Expression
Click here to read the press release of this fantastic news! Much more work is needed to accomplish these protections at the state level. To learn more and get involved click here.
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Greetings!
If you need help with your preparations in any way, please let us know. Continued progress toward safer schools for all of Connecticut's students is only possible if we all participate, and reducing or eliminating name calling is a powerful step toward that goal. Peace,
Leif Mitchell and Liane Roseman
Co-Chairs, GLSEN Connecticut
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Vote For GLSEN To Win $250,000 In Pepsi Refresh Project
Pepsi's Refresh Everything Project is giving away $1,300,000 each month to fund people, businesses, and non-profits that will have a positive impact on communities. GLSEN is contending for $250,000 to send Safe Space Kits to 10,000 schools across the country with the goal of making schools safer for everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Portions of the grant money will also be used to foster school engagement through GLSEN Chapters, as well as to fund research and evaluation of the campaign's impact.
You can vote for GLSEN each day in January! There are four easy ways to vote:
1. Vote directly on the Refresh Everything website at http://www.refresheverything.com/safespacekit
2. Text 105532 to Pepsi's number 73774 (Standard text messaging rates apply)
3. Vote on Facebook through Pepsi's Voting Application. You can download the Facebook application directly from the Refresh Everything websitehttp://www.refresheverything.com/safespacekit
4. Sign up for a daily email reminder with The Progressive Slate http://bit.ly/glsenslate. You will receive a short email each morning during the month of January with a link where you can cast your ten votes.
Voting ends on January 31. Start voting today and encourage all your acquaintances to vote as well! Make sure to encourage others to sign up for the daily email reminders as well - http://bit.ly/glsenslate. |
Your Help Needed for Safe Schools Improvement Act
Thanks to the great efforts of GLSEN Connecticut members, Connecticut representatives DeLauro (D - 3rd District) and Courtney (D - 2nd District) have signed on as co-sponsors of the SSIA. GLSEN Connecticut is setting up constituent meetings with Larson (D - 1st District), Murphey (D - 5th District), and Himes (D - 4th District). If you are interested in participating in one of these meetings to share why passage of the SSIA is important to you, please e-mail us. For more information on the SSIA, click here.
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Kevin Jennings' Anti-Bullying Keynote At A Special State Forum
Kevin Jennings, GLSEN's founder and current Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools in the U.S. Department of Education, delivered the keynote address at a state forum in Hartford designed to ensure that every student is safe to learn. Convened by the Governor's Prevention Partnership and the Connecticut Commission on Children, the event was billed as "a conversation with students affected by bullying, state policy leaders, and local stakeholders who have experienced success in tackling the problem". Many horrific, first-hand accounts of bullying, harrassment and assault were given by courageous students and teachers. Kevin responded to these accounts passionately and eloquently, and offered many concrete suggestions for improvement and change. Click here to access his entire powerpoint presentation.
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GLSEN Connecticut is a member of Community Works of Connecticut, a progressive workplace giving program.
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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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