Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
Apologies for so many posts in so short a time. There is just too much happening not to send it to you.
(1) New Jersey has just passed an awesome Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
(2) Entry Deadline extended on 365gay.com's anti-bullying PSA Contest -- upload your video by January 10!
(3) The Anti-Bias Study Guide (Secondary Level) from the Anti-Defamation League's World of Difference Institute
(4) current entire issue of The Prevention Researcher focuses on "Creating Supportive Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth"
(5) Welcoming Schools (at HRC) offers a page on bullying and name-calling for people who work in -- or have a child in -- an elementary school
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(1) New Jersey has just passed an awesome Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
It protects all students bullied for any reason. The legislation maintains the language of New Jersey's existing anti-bullying law, enacted in 2002, which enumerates protection of students based on their actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and has clear language protecting students bullied for any other reason. The law will continue to apply to students bullied for any reason.
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(2) Entry Deadline extended on 365gay.com's anti-bullying PSA Contest -- upload your video by January 10!
11.24.2010 12:30pm EST
Want to be creative, funny, terrifying, heartbreaking and/or moving – and also do some good?
By entering a :25 second PSA into our Anti-Bullying Contest, you can raise awareness of the tragic effects of bullying – or encourage people to stand up when they seem someone being bullied.
Read a great post about the contest on
Change.org.
Users will vote on their favorites until January 25, 2011.
The top video (or two) will be aired on Logo TV
– and may possibly air across MTV Networks. We’re working on that. Since the winner will be on-air, we prefer you to shoot in HD (most video cameras have this option
– Flip cams, digital cameras, etc.). But do what you can. Read the official rules and get specifications at
http://www.365gay.com/psa-contest/
And please forward this call for entries to your creative friends, gay and straight!
365gay initiated this contest because we wanted to give our readers – and the readers of other Logo sites – the chance to respond in some way to the tragic suicides of Fall 2010.
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(3) The Anti-Bias Study Guide (Secondary Level) from the Anti-Defamation League's World of Difference Institute
This is a curriculum guide for grades 9–12 that includes:
- Lesson Plans: 32 lessons that support differentiated instruction and project-based learning
- Standards: Alignment of all lessons to national education standards in multiple subjects
- CD-ROM: Electronic versions of all handouts and reproducibles in English and Spanish
- Additional Materials: Bibliographies and professional resources for educators
The Study Guide provides opportunities for team teaching and cross-disciplinary learning for educators working with students to:
- improve communication and critical thinking skills
- build conflict resolution skills
- increase cross-cultural understanding
- analyze information from a variety of sources
- understand prejudice and discrimination
- take leadership roles in promoting justice and equity
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(4) current entire issue of The Prevention Researcher focuses on "Creating Supportive Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth"
Articles in this issue:
Contradictions and Complexities in the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth By Stephen T. Russell, Ph.D.
Creating Spaces to Support Transgender Youth By Jenifer K. McGuire, Ph.D., and Meredith Conover-Williams, M.A.
Engaging Families to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: The Family Acceptance Project By Caitlin Ryan, Ph.D.
Peer Contexts for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students: Reducing Stigma, Prejudice, and Discrimination By Stacey S. Horn, Ph.D., and Katherine E. Romeo, M.Ed.
Supportive Social Services for LGBT Youth: Lessons from the Safe Schools Movement By Stephen T. Russell, Ph.D.
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(5) Welcoming Schools (at HRC) offers a page on bullying and name-calling for people who work in -- or have a child in -- an elementary school
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