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Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends: 
Contents:
1.) HELP NEEDED! Safe Schools Coalition needs a Co-Secretary
2.) NEWS: Coy Mathis Case May Set Precedent on Transgender Kids and Bathrooms
3.) Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
4.) Training: GLBTQ Relationship Violence: Risk Reduction, Barriers, and Best Practices
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1.) HELP NEEDED! Safe Schools Coalition needs a Co-Secretary

The Coalition is in need of a Co-Secretary to record minutes at our monthly meetings.  Because this volunteer position requires little time outside of the meetings, it is a great way to volunteer without a huge time commitment. You would need to be in Seattle.

If you would consider volunteering, please contact us here.



2.) NEWS: Coy Mathis Case May Set Precedent on Transgender Kids and Bathrooms
Advocates say case sends signal to schools nationwide about how to treat transgender children
By Elizabeth Flock - U.S. News & World Report - June 24, 2013

"Transgender advocacy groups say the decision sets a new precedent."

"'This is the first ruling in the country that upholds the rights of [transgender] students to use the bathroom that reflects who they are," says Genny Beemyn, director of University of Massachusetts-Amherst's Stonewall Center, which focuses on education of LGBTQ issues. "And I think it's going to lead a lot of school systems to do the right thing.'"

... "The Massachusetts Department of Education, for example, has new guidance out that says schools should ensure their students can access bathrooms and other changing facilities that correspond to their gender identity. Connecticut's Safe Schools Coalition has similar guidelines."

  

Read the whole article and see the videos here:  

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/06/24/coy-mathis-case-may-set-precedent-on-transgender-kids-and-bathrooms   


3.) Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, June 18, 2013

June 2013 Safe Schools Coalition meeting minutes are below and online in pdf format on our website here:  

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/minutes/minutesJune2013.pdf   

 

In attendance:  

Matthew Wilson (meeting facilitator), Oasis Youth Center

Tracy Flynn, Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Alexis Hall, Vashon High School

Gabi Clayton, PFLAG Olympia, Youth Guardian Services, Families United Against Hate

Dr. Will Gibson, American Psychological Association

Emily Emerson, School's Out Washington

 

Minutes

Meeting began at 2:00 pm

  • Meeting started with introductions and appreciations

Announcements

Leadership Team Reports

 

Kathy Sakahara, Development

  1. New Members: Equal Rights Washington is joining the Coalition
  2. Grants: We should be able to see the applications for both the Pride Grant and Beyond the Bridge near the end of the month.  I do intend to submit both of those.  
  3. We are still waiting to hear back from Arcus, I am following up.
  4. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Grant - willing to submit
  5. Outreach Opportunities:

.                Pride Parade

  1. SOAR Conference, 6/21 Auburn, Participant plus table $125 (non-member)
  2. Out and Equal Northwest Regional Summit June 28, $95 for attendance plus table or we can display materials

Dr. Will Gibson, Intervention

  1. It has been a quiet month for intervention requests--perhaps because the end of the school year is upon us.  We have received two general inquiries through our own website, however I did not receive responses to my responses to each of them.
  2. I will be attending the King County Child Fatality Review Board as a member representing SSSC this week.  I will report back any pertinent information I learn from attending.
  3. We are still in need of one additional qualified interventionist.  
Cherise Alexander, Finance

Ending balance: $4,352.

 

Big thank you to the following contributors

  • Idaho Safe Schools Coalition
  • Delta Lambda Phi Psi

Please consider making an individual donation here 

-OR-

Individuals, Organizations, and Businesses can become members of the Coalition here 

 

Matthew Wilson, Lead Chair

  1. Worked with Gabi to eliminate some of the required fields when signing up for SSC e-mail lists.  Also, we developed a recommendation for e-mail list consolidation.
  2. Picking up posters from WEA to use for outreach this summer.
  3. Responded to three inquiries from the website
  4. Signed up to present to the Puyallup School District
  5. Will deliver food to volunteers for Seattle Pride
  6. Consulted with Cherise on finances
  7. Consulted with Kathy about development
  8. Presented at Evergreen Tacoma on behalf of SSC

Tracy Flynn, Trainings

  1. Inquiry from a doctoral student in Amherst, MA who is looking to interview school counselors about their work with LGBT students.  Referred to Gabi for posting on the list serve.
  2. Inquiry from a Nursing student graduate in MN who wanted to be part of a speakers bureau. I referred her to MN Safe Schools Coalition
  3. Received an invoice for a training done by a SSC speaker last October.  It was never paid. I'm bringing the invoice to the meeting to pass to our treasurer.
  4. A Seattle elementary school parent has connected me with the principal there to set up some training.  No date has been set yet.
  5. Training coordinator job description needs to be reviewed and finalized by the leadership team.

Christian Zsilavetz, Personal Membership

  • Matthew and Kathy received my ideas for a membership drive during Pride.  Will rewrite or format if necessary.
    • Gabi, Alec, and Emily offered to help with edits.

Gabi Clayton, Website and E-mail Lists

 

SSC website report - Time range: 5/1/2013 - 5/31/2013

Total Hits 228,923

Visitor Hits 154,181

Spider Hits 74,742

Average Hits per Day 7,384

Average Hits per Visitor 7.60

 

Page Views

Total Page Views 25,806

Average Page Views per Day 832

Average Page Views per Visitor 1.27

 

Visitors

Total Visitors 20,275

Average Visitors per Day 654

Total Unique IPs 15,837

New page up for Seattle Pride - linked from homepage.

 

Facebook: 1,192 people "like" the SSC page.  

https://www.facebook.com/SafeSchoolsCoalition 

 

Mailing Lists

On Monday 6/17/13 we have 1094 active contacts.

 

Here are the changes made to the required fields when signing up for our e-mail list:

 

Items marked with an '*' require a response for signup. One can put a simple mark such as x or N/A if one doesn't want to answer.

1 * First Name(s)             

2 Last Name             

3 * Are you employed in a K-12 school?             

4 Position w/Organization/Agency/School?

5 Organization/Agency/School             

6 * Youth or Adult?             

7 Other important roles (parent, student)             

8 * City             

9 * US State/CA Province             

10 Other State/Province             

11 * Country                 

12 Phone Number

 

We eliminated:

Middle Name            

Address Line 1             

Address Line 2                     

Address Line 3             

Mobile Phone Number

Education: High School, BA, MA, PhD etc.

Zip/Postal Code             

Sub Zip/Postal Code             

Website             

Other information / notes

 

Combining E-mail Lists

Recommend adding Right Wing Watch and Opinion (blogs, editorials, letters to the editor) to News messages

 

And add Lesson Planning Guide messages to Resources messages

 

Contract Renewals

  • Matthew Wilson and Gabi Clayton have renewed contracts for July-December 2013.  Billing and payment will be monthly and dependent on available funds.
    • Cherise & Will will sign Matthew's contract in addition to Seth's signature.
    • Slight modifications were proposed to Matthew's contract:
      • Instead of "Maintain SSC visibility at public events," it may read "Support the Coalition in maintaining visibility"
      • Instead of "recruit to fill [open leadership positions]," it may read "assist leadership team in filling open positions"
  • Kathy Sakahara has agreed to continue working on outstanding contract items for the next few months without additional payment.  She will present a contract renewal option at a later date.

Seattle Pride

  • Matthew and Tracy will help coordinate food delivery to volunteers on the day of the parade.
  • Gabi sent out an announcement about joining us at the parade
  • Kathy is coordinating payment of the registration fee and our banner.

Mission Statement

Tracy suggested we contemplate the current use of the word "international" in our description and mission statement.  Please keep this issue on the radar for 2014.

 

Next Meeting

Tuesday, July 16th from 2-4 pm.

 


3.) Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, June 18, 2013

June 2013 Safe Schools Coalition meeting minutes are below and online in pdf format on our website here:  

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/minutes/minutesJune2013.pdf   

 

In attendance:  

Matthew Wilson (meeting facilitator), Oasis Youth Center

Tracy Flynn, Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Alexis Hall, Vashon High School

Gabi Clayton, PFLAG Olympia, Youth Guardian Services, Families United Against Hate

Dr. Will Gibson, American Psychological Association

Emily Emerson, School's Out Washington

 

Minutes

Meeting began at 2:00 pm

  • Meeting started with introductions and appreciations

Announcements

Leadership Team Reports

 

Kathy Sakahara, Development

  1. New Members: Equal Rights Washington is joining the Coalition
  2. Grants: We should be able to see the applications for both the Pride Grant and Beyond the Bridge near the end of the month.  I do intend to submit both of those.  
  3. We are still waiting to hear back from Arcus, I am following up.
  4. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Grant - willing to submit
  5. Outreach Opportunities:

.                Pride Parade

  1. SOAR Conference, 6/21 Auburn, Participant plus table $125 (non-member)
  2. Out and Equal Northwest Regional Summit June 28, $95 for attendance plus table or we can display materials

Dr. Will Gibson, Intervention

  1. It has been a quiet month for intervention requests--perhaps because the end of the school year is upon us.  We have received two general inquiries through our own website, however I did not receive responses to my responses to each of them.
  2. I will be attending the King County Child Fatality Review Board as a member representing SSSC this week.  I will report back any pertinent information I learn from attending.
  3. We are still in need of one additional qualified interventionist.  
Cherise Alexander, Finance

Ending balance: $4,352.

 

Big thank you to the following contributors

  • Idaho Safe Schools Coalition
  • Delta Lambda Phi Psi

Please consider making an individual donation here 

-OR-

Individuals, Organizations, and Businesses can become members of the Coalition here 

 

Matthew Wilson, Lead Chair

  1. Worked with Gabi to eliminate some of the required fields when signing up for SSC e-mail lists.  Also, we developed a recommendation for e-mail list consolidation.
  2. Picking up posters from WEA to use for outreach this summer.
  3. Responded to three inquiries from the website
  4. Signed up to present to the Puyallup School District
  5. Will deliver food to volunteers for Seattle Pride
  6. Consulted with Cherise on finances
  7. Consulted with Kathy about development
  8. Presented at Evergreen Tacoma on behalf of SSC

Tracy Flynn, Trainings

  1. Inquiry from a doctoral student in Amherst, MA who is looking to interview school counselors about their work with LGBT students.  Referred to Gabi for posting on the list serve.
  2. Inquiry from a Nursing student graduate in MN who wanted to be part of a speakers bureau. I referred her to MN Safe Schools Coalition
  3. Received an invoice for a training done by a SSC speaker last October.  It was never paid. I'm bringing the invoice to the meeting to pass to our treasurer.
  4. A Seattle elementary school parent has connected me with the principal there to set up some training.  No date has been set yet.
  5. Training coordinator job description needs to be reviewed and finalized by the leadership team.

 

Christian Zsilavetz, Personal Membership

 

  • Matthew and Kathy received my ideas for a membership drive during Pride.  Will rewrite or format if necessary.
    • Gabi, Alec, and Emily offered to help with edits.

Gabi Clayton, Website and E-mail Lists

 

SSC website report - Time range: 5/1/2013 - 5/31/2013

Total Hits 228,923

Visitor Hits 154,181

Spider Hits 74,742

Average Hits per Day 7,384

Average Hits per Visitor 7.60

 

Page Views

Total Page Views 25,806

Average Page Views per Day 832

Average Page Views per Visitor 1.27

 

Visitors

Total Visitors 20,275

Average Visitors per Day 654

Total Unique IPs 15,837

New page up for Seattle Pride - linked from homepage.

 

Facebook: 1,192 people "like" the SSC page.  

https://www.facebook.com/SafeSchoolsCoalition 

 

Mailing Lists

On Monday 6/17/13 we have 1094 active contacts.

 

Here are the changes made to the required fields when signing up for our e-mail list:

 

Items marked with an '*' require a response for signup. One can put a simple mark such as x or N/A if one doesn't want to answer.

1 * First Name(s)             

2 Last Name             

3 * Are you employed in a K-12 school?             

4 Position w/Organization/Agency/School?

5 Organization/Agency/School             

6 * Youth or Adult?             

7 Other important roles (parent, student)             

8 * City             

9 * US State/CA Province             

10 Other State/Province             

11 * Country                 

12 Phone Number

 

We eliminated:

Middle Name            

Address Line 1             

Address Line 2                     

Address Line 3             

Mobile Phone Number

Education: High School, BA, MA, PhD etc.

Zip/Postal Code             

Sub Zip/Postal Code             

Website             

Other information / notes

 

Combining E-mail Lists

Recommend adding Right Wing Watch and Opinion (blogs, editorials, letters to the editor) to News messages

 

And add Lesson Planning Guide messages to Resources messages

 

Contract Renewals

  • Matthew Wilson and Gabi Clayton have renewed contracts for July-December 2013.  Billing and payment will be monthly and dependent on available funds.
    • Cherise & Will will sign Matthew's contract in addition to Seth's signature.
    • Slight modifications were proposed to Matthew's contract:
      • Instead of "Maintain SSC visibility at public events," it may read "Support the Coalition in maintaining visibility"
      • Instead of "recruit to fill [open leadership positions]," it may read "assist leadership team in filling open positions"
  • Kathy Sakahara has agreed to continue working on outstanding contract items for the next few months without additional payment.  She will present a contract renewal option at a later date.

Seattle Pride

  • Matthew and Tracy will help coordinate food delivery to volunteers on the day of the parade.
  • Gabi sent out an announcement about joining us at the parade
  • Kathy is coordinating payment of the registration fee and our banner.

Mission Statement

Tracy suggested we contemplate the current use of the word "international" in our description and mission statement.  Please keep this issue on the radar for 2014.

 

Next Meeting

Tuesday, July 16th from 2-4 pm.

 



4.) Training: GLBTQ Relationship Violence: Risk Reduction, Barriers, and Best Practices

Thursday, June 27, 2013
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
942 West Chestnut St. Brockton, MA
(please provide your own lunch)

 

Presented by Kate Rafey (of A New Day) and Missy Sturtevant (of the GLBT Youth Support Project & OutHealth!)

 

There is a fee of $100 for this training.     

 

This training focuses on how the GLBTQ community is affected by relationship violence and the specific barriers and additional consequences they face.  

 

Continuing education units (CEUs) or contact hours are available for trainings for Social Workers, Nurses, and Educators.

Worth 5.5 Social Work CEUs!*

*Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact Danielle at 508-588-8255x213 for the status of social work CE accreditation.

 

More information.

 


Leadership Team:

 

Co-Chairs:

  • Lead Chair -- Matthew Wilson (Oasis Youth Center): send a message or call 253-671-2838   
  • Back-up Lead Chair -- Seth Kirby (Oasis Youth Center): send a message or call 253-671-2838  

Co-Secretaries:


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  • Nic Donia - Events messages
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