Subject: IMPORTANT: Meeting today 3-5pm Pacific time - AND Safe Schools Coalition 12/18/2012 Meeting Minutes |
From: Gabi Clayton ~ Safe Schools Coalition <gabi@safeschoolscoalition.org> |
Date: 1/15/2013 12:31 PM |
To: IMPORTANTNEWS@safeschoolscoalition.org |
1.) Safe Schools Coalition meeting
TODAY 12/18/2012 3-5pm Pacific time
INVITATION: Please join us for the Safe Schools Coalition meeting today, January 15, 2013 from 3-5:00 Pacific Time. See this page for information on joining us for this meeting: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/meet_who_when_where.html
2.) Minutes from the December
18, 2012 Safe Schools Coalition meeting are below -- and on our website
in pdf format
here.
Safe
Schools Coalition
Meeting
Minutes 12/18/2012 3-5
p.m. PDT
Facilitating: Matt Wilson; Recording:
Penny Palmer
(1) Attending: Matt Wilson SSC Chair, Oasis
Youth Center Beth Reis,
SSC Co-Chair, Public Health Seattle
and King County; Penny Palmer, SSC Intervention Coordinator, SSC
Co-Sec Gabi
Clayton, SSC Webspinner, PFLAG Olympia, Families Against Hate;
Alec Clayton, PFLAG
Olympia, Families Against Hate, Kathy Sakahara, League of Women
Voters Wa.
SSC Eric Bennett, GLsen,
SSC
co-secretary, Jennifer
Gess, Power, Out
Wonderful; Tracy Flynn, Welcoming Schools, SSC:, Emilia Udd,
YWCA; Pat Vivian,
facilitator; Doris Brevort, SSC Intervention Specialist, Seattle
Schools; Martin
Wagner, teacher shoreline; Christian Zsilavetz Personal
membership chair SSC
(2) Kudos to Matt, Angela and the new
leadership team for
putting in countless hours setting up the changes being made to
the Safe
Schools Coalition
(3) Membership forms – Matt
(4) New Leadership Team – Matt
(5) GLSEN Summit -
There was a question of our participation. We will
provide no trainings
after December . People who are willing to do training without
pay should let
Katrina know ASAP.
(6)
LAW &
POLICY WORK GROUP REPORT -
Rep. Orwall’s draft
legislation on youth suicide
prevention would require school nurses and school counselors to
complete at
least 3 hours of training in suicide assessment, screening, and
referral as a
condition of certification by the Washington State Professional
Educator
Standards Board (PESB).
This requirement would apply as of July 1, 2015 to Continuing
certificates for
school nurses and Continuing or professional certificates for
school counselors
when they are first issued or each time they are
renewed.
Safe
Schools Coalition was asked for an
endorsement of the legislation and we
voted
unanimously to endorse.
WEB SITE(S) REPORT –
Gabi
(7) There will be
some email
changes as Gabi sorts out those created and the ones that will
not be used.
The website will be updated with
information about
new leadership etc. In the next month or more.
(8)
INTERVENTION
TEAM REPORT – Penny
a)
We had 4 calls come in from the KCSARC line in Nov/Dec.
b)
We met with the administration in a local district to
support a parent
whose son was involved in a sexual harassment case. When he was
not in the room
his notebook was stolen and defaced with graphic, sexual content
including
homophobic comments directed at the boy. The district
investigated and found
witnesses who said the boy was also involved by showing and
laughing about the
notebook. They also found witnesses who claimed he was not
involved. The
parents decided to not pursue the issue, as it was very
difficult to prove
their son did react appropriately when he found the notebook.
All three boys
were suspended for two days.
c)
The case from last month that we worked with Pflag in
Eastern WA. was
resolved. Our Spokane
intervention
specialist, Carol Erhart, met with the principal,
superintendent, parents and
son who had been accused of harassing other children verbally. In the meeting he did admit
doing it even
though he had denied it up until that time. Carol was able to
counsel him on
how harmful it was and hopefully stop a child from continuing
bulling/harassing
behavior in the future.
9)
MEMBERSHIP
REPORT – Kathy
Sakahara
The
following
organizations have requested
membership
in SSC and have paid dues as indicated:
Utah
Safe
Schools Coalition: $50
OUTreach
Resource
Center (UT): $100
We
agreed by consensus to
approve their
membership request.
The
following
organizations have paid
dues
for 2012:
·
Idaho Safe Schools Coalition
·
Lake Washington Education
Association
·
Oregon Safe Schools and Community
Coalition
·
OSPI (The Office of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington State)
·
PFLAG National – Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
·
PFLAG Olympia
·
Pizza Klatch (3 paid in late 2011
for 2012)
·
Seattle Counseling Service
·
Teen Talking Circles
·
University of Puget Sound -
Multicultural Student Services
The
following
organizations have paid
in-kind for 2012:
·
Camp Ten Trees
·
Families United Against Hate
·
GLSEN - Washington State
·
Human Rights Campaign
·
King County Sexual Assault Resource
Center
·
League of Women Voters of Washington
·
Pierce County AIDS Foundation
·
Planned Parenthood of the Great
Northwest
·
Planned Parenthood Votes
·
Public Health - Seattle & King
County
·
Rosehedge
·
SAMA
·
Scenariosusa
·
Seattle Office for Civil Rights
·
Seattle Public Schools
·
Turning Institute
·
Washington Education Association
·
Youth Suicide Prevention Program
Human
Rights
Campaign has paid dues for 2013
All
those
who paid dues in 2011 or 2012 will be invoice in January 2013
Past
members
will be contacted with a request that they join in 2013
There
was
a discussion of when to take remove names from the letterhead.
We decided
to wait until members had been invoiced to renew their
memberships. Kathy is
working on new database.
10)
SPEAKERS BUREAU REPORT - Katrina
Speakers
Bureau &
Training Team
Date: |
Location: |
Trainers: |
Audience Total: |
10/29 |
Orca K-8 |
Katrina Pestano Theo Garcia |
100 |
11/2 |
Cascade Middle School |
Katrina Pestano Cody Blomberg |
120 |
11/10 |
Welcoming Schools
Training |
Tracy Flynn |
6 |
12/5 |
Cascade Parent
Partnership Program |
Leah Kyaio |
38 |
12/8 |
Safe Schools Prof.
Development |
Anthony Petrarca Norma Timbang |
6 |
12/14 |
Washington Middle
School |
Katrina Pestano Cody Blomberg |
200 |
Upcoming:
Professional Development Training (Rescheduled from
December 15, 2012)
Good
afternoon,
The Safe School Coalition trainings have been rescheduled for
Saturday,
February 9, 2013. It will be held at Beacon Hill Public
Library (2821 Beacon
Avenue South). More details below.
RSVP to katrina@safeschoolscoalition.org. Clock hours available.
Space is limited.
Please forward to your contacts.
Thank you.
LGBTQ
Bullying
and Harassment: Prevention and Intervention
February
9,
2013
1:00-3:00
Explore case studies of anti-LGBTQ bullying, harassment and
intimidation and
practice strategies for recognizing it. Share skills of
intervention and
develop prevention strategies. Know school-related law and
policy regarding
LGBTQ issues.
Intersections: LGBTQ Youth
of Color and
Immigrant Youth
February 9, 2013
3:00-5:30
Examine approaches for supporting LGBTQ youth of color
and/or LGBTQ
immigrant youth. Critically
examine homophobia and/or transphobia in popular culture
and learn
strategies of using popular
culture to discuss these issues.
11) LISTSERV REPORT – Beth
We are
checking the status of people signed up for the listserv. Gabi:
We are working
toward transition to using Constant Contact for the lists and
hope to have that
in place by the end of the year.
12)
There
was a request from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for
financial
assistance. Due to our current financial state we could not help
financially
but will offer listserv support for advertising.
13)
The
second part of the meeting was devoted to a guided closing
exercise with
Pat Vivian Co-founder of the Community Counseling Project. She
did a great job.
Thank you Pat
We
shared
our feelings regarding the Safe School Coalitions
accomplishments,
challenges ahead and thanks/goodbyes to those leaving.
Accomplishments
1.
Doing
amazing things for youth, families, leaders with speakers,
resources etc.
2.
Including
youth as trainers
3.
Produced
youth and adults as leaders
4.
Empowered
people, businesses and others
5.
Stood
up to “reparative” therapy
6.
Started
Safe Schools Coalition here and spread to National Safe Schools
Roundtable
7.
Encouraged
groups to be more activists
8.
Allowed
member groups to contribute to direction and goals
9.
Access
and support for LGBTQ teachers
10.
Contributed
to more inclusive approach to sex education and family life
11.
Letters
to push back on poor legislation
12.
“Rock
the Bus” at Seattle Pride
13.
Changed
(started) national conversation on anti-gay legislation and
bullying
14.
Legislators
used Safe Schools Coalition documents to help with legislation
15.
Visibility
to amazing media, books, materials, legislation
16. Vigils
–read
stories to legislators, youth, etc.
17.
Brought
singular but different groups together to work for common cause
18. Resources
and
support for teachers out or not
19.
Jerry
Painter
20.
Recognitions
to individuals and groups
21.
TA
for strongest anti-bullying policy and procedures in country
22.
Easing
burden on parents – advocates
23.
Easing
burden on administrators
24.
Changed
individual school conversations
25.
Supplied
posters, materials, phone contacts, lesson plans via
international
website. 110 countries per month
26.
Hotline
and list serve
27.
Safe
Schools Coalition reports
28.
Intervention
team
29.
Opened
Lambert House
30.
Most
complete clearinghouse for families, teachers and students
31.
Fought
for transgender, gender queer acceptance
32.
Changing
HRC policies on trans gender issues
Challenges
and
concerns for the future:
1.Mathew
will
only have 8 hours while Beth had 20hrs.
This will require continued support from all leadership
to make sure the
demands on Mathew are realistic.
2.
Unknown
are the benefits the shared responsibility may provide.
3.
Make
sure we do not take anything for granted, thinking we are done.
4.
We
are facing our biggest needs – repositioning powerhouses
5.
Suicide
prevention and Bullying prevention goals need to be held going
forward
6.
Nationally
we need to not lose the goal of all children feeling safe and
welcome. 7.Children and families need to see themselves in a
positive way.
8.
Gender
identity and transgender issues are core pieces to keep working
on.
9.
Keep
having the conversations including vocabulary and cultural
concerns
10.
Set
clear priorities for the future and direct resources
accordingly.
11.
What
leadership role does SSC want to play locally and nationally?
12.
Continue
with concern , care and love
13.
Celebrate
successes
Thank
You and
Goodbyes to Beth, Michelle and Penny
1.
Certainly
the most import loss we are feeling is losing Beth Reis. She has
provided
the leadership and “glue” that has kept the Safe Schools
Coalition helping keep
children safe for over 25 years. She was there to get it started
and has been
there to make the changes needed to continue the work as SSC
grew. The loss of
her institutional knowledge is irreplaceable. Everyone in the
room has warm
comments about the many contributions Beth has made both
personally and within
the SSC. Some of the things mentioned were her endless energy
and willingness
to help in any area needed. Her tremendous training skills both
training new
leaders and training others about the goals of the SSC. She
always is a
positive influence regardless of the difficulty of the
situation. Her knowledge
and networking to promote SSC
can’t be equaled. We can’t thank you enough for the work you
have done. Please
always remember the multitudes of people you have helped deal
with overwhelming
pain, helped educate all you had contact with and provided a
strong coalition
to carry on your work.
A big thanks also to the King County Health Dept who has
donated a large
amount of Beth’s time so she could work with the SSC.
2.
A
Special thanks to Michelle Munro who jumped in to help us with
getting our
financial house in order, help with membership and do numerous
other jobs that
needed doing. She worked for two years now but has also
volunteered many hours
several years ago. We are so lucky to have gotten her help with
some difficult
jobs. Thanks you so much Michelle.
3
.Thank you to Penny Palmer who has served as the intervention
specialist
coordinator and as one of the co-secretaries for over 5 years.
4.
Thanks
to Gabi Clayton who will be continuing to volunteer with Safe
Schools
even though her contract has been cut to 3 hrs. per week. Gabi,
a self-taught
web spinner, has developed a website for SSC that is
international and has over
a thousand pages. People can get help with media, lesson plans,
contact
information, and ideas on how to handle situations, trainings,
just to name a
few sources. Thank you Gabi so much for all your hard work and
your willingness
to continue.
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Bennett, Co-Secretary -- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=53
Frank
Couch, Co-Secretary -- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=31
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Korch, Co-Secretary -- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=58
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Flynn, Lead of Strategic Planning/Revisioning
-- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=61
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Gibson, Chair of the Intervention Team -- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=59
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Rinaldo, Chair for Finance -- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=60
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Sakahara, Chair for Organizational
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Zsilavetz, Chair for Personal Memberships
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