Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

******************************************************************************

1. Students of Color Organizing Event (Seattle, WA, Registration Deadline, April 25, 2011)

******************************************************************************

(1)Students of Color Organizing Event (Seattle, WA, Registration Deadline, April 25, 2011)

Event Date and Location: May 7, 2011 at Seattle University in the Fine Arts Building

' 

We need your help!'  As of now, we only have 10 students signed up for the Students of Color Organizing Conference. At best, we'd like to have around 25-30 students and around 5-10 adults sign up. We are expanding our search to beyond the Puget Sound Area and asking students from across the state to sign up.'  Below you'll find more information about what SOCO is and how you can register.' 

Please encourage your LGBT and Allied youth of color to apply for this conference!'  Or forward this email on to agencies, friends or others who can benefit from this conference. We are extending our application deadline to THIS Monday, April 25th.' '  Please fill out the online application or mail or fax your application to our office.

' 

GLSEN, the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, is pleased to announce our annual Students of Color Organizing Conference to be held on May 7, 2011 in Seattle, Washington. This event, made possible by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation, will gather High School students of color from the Puget Sound (Seattle and Tacoma area) and throughout Washington State. SOCO aims to provide networking and skills building opportunities to empower young people of color to organize and become engaged in safer schools work.

SOCO will afford LGBT and Allied students of color with an opportunity to: network with organizers from the Seattle and Tacoma area, create action plans for organizing in their communities, look at their work through an anti-oppression lens and explore the intersections of their identities. The weekend will also provide an opportunity for students and adult allies to network with one another.

GLSEN will cover the costs for the event (lunch and dinner are included). Students will be selected based on their community involvement, safe schools work, organizing background and their commitment to social change. If you are a High School student who would like to be considered to attend the conference, please submit an application to us. Please pass this on to any students who may be interested.

Please apply soon!

 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at: mail@glsenwa.org

 

http://chapters.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/washington/resources/article-768.html

 

******************************************************************************

~~~~~~~~~~~~

DONATE TO THE SAFE SCHOOLS COALITION: Click here to make a donation online

Or mail this form with your check made to "Safe Schools Coalition":

Safe Schools Coalition
c/o Rosehedge
1401 East Jefferson Street, Suite 401
Seattle, WA'  98122

- - - - - - - - - -

About this Listserv
To SUBSCRIBE to the Safe Schools Coalition's ' IMPORTANTNEWS ' List, which averages 2 messages/week ' including only: urgent messages, action items, SSC meeting minutes

To SUBSCRIBE to the Safe Schools Coalition's ' NEWS ' List, which averages 2 messages/day ' including THOSE SAME THINGS plus: events (conferences, courses, rallies, TV specials, activism opportunities) , resources (books, DVDs, scholarships, curricula, and more), jobs and volunteer and internship opportunities, news digests, opinion digests

To   UNSUBSCRIBE or
To   SWITCH LISTS (from NEWS to IMPORTANT NEWS or vice versa) or
To   CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS , if you are already a subscriber,
GO TO'  http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/listsub.asp

***************************************
The Safe Schools Coalition is a public-private partnership of 60+ organizations (government agencies, schools, community agencies, churches, youth/student groups, gay/lesbian groups, human rights groups) and 100+ individuals working to help schools become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn,'  regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.

Safe Schools' website:  http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org
Safe Schools' blog:  http://safeschoolscoalition.blogspot.com/
Join SSC's group on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43732067796
Join SSC's group on LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1110307
Follow SSC on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/safeschoolsc

Got a problem at school with anti-gay harassment?
In Washington State:
1-877-SAFE-SAFE ' (1-877-723-3723) 24 hours a day - the phone line is answered at the Sexual Assault Hotline and they will have a Safe Schools Coalition Intervention Specialist volunteer get back to you within 24 hours. Or contact us by email:'  Intervention:'  http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=10 and we will respond within 24 hours.

For non-emergencies: ' 206-451-SAFE (7233).
Or email us here: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=8

Speakers Bureau (student/community workshops, professional training): http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=9

Membership http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=5
Publications and Listserv http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=7
Website http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=11

Co-Chairs:
Frieda Takamura, retired from the Washington Education Association.
Beth Reis, Public Health - Seattle & King County, 206-296-4970.
Heather Murphy, Ph.D., school psychologist.
Stefanie Fox, community organizer.

Listserv Managers:

Beth Reis for Action Items, Resource messages (books, films, curricula, etc.), Professional Journal messages and Help Needed by Reporters/Authors, Researchers, and Member Organizations

Joseph Bonnell and Robyn Walters for News messages

Tara DeZao for Event messages

Joyful Freeman for Jobs, Internships, and Volunteer Opportunity messages

Ryan Schwartz for Right Wing Watch messages

Brad A. Palmertree for Opinion (blogs, editorials, letters to the editor)

Nicole Lee for Lesson Planning Guide messages

Gabi Clayton for Legislative/Elective messages and Fundraising* messages

* Note: Fundraising' messages are only sent for member organizations.

Send Events to be Posted on the Safe Schools Coalition Calendar!

Buy cool Safe Schools T-Shirts & Gear

This message has been distributed as a free, non-profit informational service, to members of the Coalition and others who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Please do not publish or post in a public place on the Internet, copyrighted material without attribution. Forwarding of this material should not necessarily be construed as an endorsement of the content.