Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

 

(1) BEAUTIFUL speech by Lana Wachowski, accepting HRC Visibility Award … a speech that school employees, especially, and families will really appreciate

(2) Thoughts, Books, & Links in observance of National Bullying Prevention Month (almost over) from Mike Donlin, Program Supervisor of the OSPI Safety Center

(3) Article on GSAs written by long-time Safe Schools Coalition leader, Heather Murphy, PhD

(4) Research findings: LGBT population is disproportionally people of color and less wealthy than non-LGBT population

(5) ACLU of Idaho Foundation invites applications for the LGBT Equality Fellowship – apply by November 1

(6) Sex Ed publisher seeks input from schools (brief online survey)

 

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(1) BEAUTIFUL speech by Lana Wachowski, accepting HRC Visibility Award … a speech that school employees, especially, and families will really appreciate

 

If you haven’t ever heard from a gender expansive child what their experience might be like at school this is a particularly important speech for you.

Hear Director and Producer Lana Wachowski (the Matrix series, V for Vendetta, Speed Racer, and now Cloud Atlas, released today) talk about the journey.

The speech is 31 minutes long, and as my friend and colleague, Tracy Flynn, says, you don’t want to miss a minute of it.

Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crHHycz7T_c

 

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(2) Thoughts, Books, & Links in observance of National Bullying Prevention Month (almost over) from Mike Donlin, Program Supervisor of the OSPI Safety Center

 

Mike sent this to the members of the WA State Bullying Prevention Work Group. He graciously said I could share it with y’all:

 

1.       Thoughts for the week:

a.       If you see bullying, recognize it for what it is.

b.      Report it.   Say something to someone you trust.  To someone who can help.

                                                              i.      Remember: “Tattling”/“telling”. 

                                                            ii.      “Tattling” is done to get somebody into trouble.

                                                          iii.      “Telling” (reporting) is to help somebody out.

c.       If you see bullying, don’t join in.  Refuse to participate.

d.      And if it happens to you, don’t retaliate.

 

2.       Cyberbullying Thoughts:

a.       Think before you post.

b.      Remember: it’s permanent!

c.       Remember: it’s all public.

 

3.       A few great books to consider:  (Linked to Lesson Plans)

a.       Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelson

b.      My Secret Bully, Trudy Ludwig

c.       The Revealers, Doug Wilhelm

d.      The One Hundred Dresses, Joshua Kravinsky

 

4.       Resource Links for the Week:

a.       Steps to Respect

b.      Safe School Ambassadors

c.       Cyberbullying

d.      Parent Tips:

Welcoming Schools

From the OEO:

http://www.governor.wa.gov/oeo/bullying/preventing_bullying.pdf

http://www.governor.wa.gov/oeo/bullying/preventing_cyberbullying.pdf

 

5.       Share your ideas with colleagues across the state!  Really!  Is there something you, your school or your district is doing that you want to share with others?  A program, a set of materials, parent information, a document you have developed….. If so, please let me know.  We’ll pass it along.  See the “District Created Resources” links on our HIB page.

 

And remember to check out the Bullying and Harassment and Cyberbullying pages on the Safety Center web site.

 

Thanks,

Mike

Program Supervisor – The Safety Center

http://www.k12.wa.us/SafetyCenter/default.aspx

mike.donlin@k12.wa.us

Office: 360.725.6044

 

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(3) “Improving the Lives of Students, Gay and Straight Alike: Gay-Straight Alliances and the Role of School Psychologists”

 

by long-time Safe Schools Coalition Co-Chair and Intervention Specialist, Heather Elise Murphy, PhD of the University of Washington and formerly Shoreline Public Schools, now with Cadence Family Therapy.  http://cadencefamilytherapy.com/

 

See the abstract here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pits.21643/abstract

 

Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 00(0), 2012 C [1] 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/pits DOI: 10.1002/pits.21643   

 

Correspondence to: Heather Murphy, University of Washington–Educational Psychology, Box 353600, 402 Miller Hall, Seattle, WA 98195. E-mail: heatheremurphy@gmail.com

 

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(4) Research findings: Contrary to stereotypes, LGBT population is disproportionally people of color and less wealthy than non-LGBT population

 

Among findings :

~ [People of Color] are more likely to identify as LGBT.

~ Younger Americans are three times more likely than seniors to identify as LGBT.

~ Americans with less than a college education identify as LGBT at higher rates than college graduates.

~ LGBT women are as likely as non-LGBT women to be raising children.

~ LGBT Americans tend to have lower incomes than non-LGBT Americans.

~ The East and West have only slightly higher rates of LGBT people than the Midwest and the South.

Read the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute report here: http://www.gallup.com/poll/158066/special-report-adults-identify-lgbt.aspx

 

About the research …

A new Gallup survey, touted as the largest of its kind, estimates that 3.4 percent of American adults identify [to researchers] as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

David Crary, AP National

Seattle Times, October 18, 2012

 

“A new Gallup survey, touted as the largest of its kind, estimates that 3.4 percent of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The findings, released Thursday, were based on interviews with more than 121,000 people. Gallup said it is the largest study ever aimed at calculating the nation's LGBT population. The report's lead author, demographer Gary Gates of the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute, said he hoped the findings would help puncture some stereotypes about gays and lesbians while illustrating the diversity of their community. ‘Contemporary media often think of LGBT people as disproportionately white, male, urban and pretty wealthy,’ he said. ‘But this data reveal that relative to the general population, the LGBT population has a larger proportion of nonwhite people and clearly is not overly wealthy.’ According to the survey …”

 

Read the rest of the article here: http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019463528_apushowmanygays.html

 

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(5) ACLU of Idaho Foundation invites applications for the LGBT Equality Fellowship – apply by November 1

 

The ACLU of Idaho Foundation invites applications for the LGBT Equality Fellowship, which will last for a nine month period beginning November 2012. Details about the Fellowship are attached. Please feel free to circulate widely. Application deadline is November 1, 2012, or until the position is filled.  Review of applications will begin immediately.

 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thanks,

Monica

Monica D. Hopkins, CFRE

Executive Director

ACLU of Idaho & ACLU of Idaho Foundation

PO Box 1897

Boise, Idaho 83701

mhopkins@acluidaho.org

ph: (208) 344-9750, ext. 203

fax: (208) 344-7201

www.acluidaho.org |"Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself"

 

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(6) Sex Ed publisher seeks input from schools (brief online survey)

 

Good Afternoon,

For the first time in our 28 year history, CAS-Carrera will be publishing our middle school family life and sexuality education curriculum, available for purchase in 2013. As a person deeply devoted to serving the whole child, I value your opinion and would be grateful if you shared your views on family life and sexuality education by answering a few key questions. The answers you provide will help us tailor our curriculum to meet the needs of the young people you serve. The survey will take up to 10 minutes. As a token of my gratitude I would like to provide you with a signed copy of Lessons for Lifeguards: Working with Teens When the Message is Hope.

 

Click here to take the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MVT3Z72

Respectfully,

Michael A. Carrera

CAS Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program

 

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