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In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
GSA Network Highlight
Clipped and Ready to Go!
GSA Network Announcements
1. Save the Date - Central Valley LGBT Youth Conference
2. Become a Make It Real Leader! Help implement California's
school
nondiscrimination policy!
Other Announcements
3. East Bay Pride
4. GLBT Youth Theater Lab (Los Angeles)
5. CORKY'S CREATIVE PERFORMANCE WORKOUT Workshop (Los Angeles)
6. LYRIC Youth Talkline Recruiting Listeners
7. Contribute to Pamplet for TGIQ Allies
8. What Closet!?!
9. Bisexual Youth Activists Needed for NGLTF Publication
10. Pen pals for LGBT youth
11. More "Introduction to NCCJ" Sessions (SF)
12. Stop the Attacks on Arabs, Muslims, & All Our Immigrant
Brothers & Sisters (Oakland)
13. NEWS: Emotions run high as Novato debates diversity curriculum
14. NEWS: Inner strength came only after trial by fire
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Clipped and Ready to Go!
Students interested in receiving a copy of CLIPPED, the 6 minute video created by activists in the Central Valley on the goals and purposes of GSAs, are invited to contact Diana at the Fresno office.
The video, along with the study guide, are available for use in GSAs throughout the state. Please call (559)442-4777 or e-mail diana@gsanetwork.org.
CLIPPED will premiere, along with the Free Zone film AS IF IT MATTERS,
at the Fresno Reel Pride film festival September 26th through 29th. Fresno
Reel Pride is the largest gay and lesbian event in Fresno with thousands
viewing films and celebrating community.
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1. Save the Date - Central Valley LGBT Youth Conference
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! THE DATE IS SET!
The central valley will be hosting its first major conference for LGBT
youth and straight allies on Saturday, March 29th. The event will feature
over 20 workshops, entertainment and food--- all for FREE!!!! Plan now
to come and support!
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2. Become a Make It Real Leader! Help implement California's
school nondiscrimination policy!
Make It Real Youth Leaders Wanted! Get paid to train other youth about the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 (AB 537) and how GSAs can get their schools to protect students from harassment and discrimination.
Application Deadline: September 10, 2002
Compensation: $50 stipend per 3 hour workshop.
Responsibilities:
* Attend two-day MIR Leader Training on September 21st and 22nd
* Attend quarterly MIR Leader meetings
* Facilitate trainings about activism strategies and AB 537 at local
high schools
* Work with LGBT students by assisting them in grassroots organizing
and filing complaints about harassment and discrimination
All youth 18 and under encouraged to apply. Youth 21 and under who have had GSA experience may also apply.
For more information and to apply, visit www.gsanetwork.org/mirapplication.html
Questions? Email cathy@gsanetwork.org
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3. East Bay Pride
East Bay Pride is this weekend on Saturday 11-6 at City Hall in Oakland,
CA. This is really good event for family and folks should come out
to show their support. It's easy!!!
Just get off at the 12th street BART station and exit FRANK OGAWA plaza.
City hall is right there.
if you would like to go with the group from Young Women United for Oakland, call Mercedes at 510-517-8084.
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4. GLBT Youth Theater Lab (Los Angeles)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I'm writing to invite you to be a part of a "GLBT YOUTH THEATRE LAB"
Fringe Benefits is hosting this year, September through June in Los
Angeles.İIt will take place the second Sunday of every month, the same
weekends as our "Skills Sharing Workshops," from 2pm until 5pm. The
firstİmeeting will be at Fringe Benefits' new headquarters, my apartment
in Silverlake on September 15, 2002.
The purpose of the "GLBT Youth Theatre Lab" is to serve as a space for brainstorming and collaborating (through discussion, improvisation and writing) to develop creative ways to address glbt/straight issues in schools (primarily high schools).
Theatre artists, youth, educators, parents, activists, ET CETERA areİALL welcome!
You are welcome to come alone or with friends.
You are welcome to drop in once, stay with us all year, or WHATVER!!!
You can bring ideas or concerns or just your curiosity.
*perhaps there was a homophobic incident in your
school or community that
you want to address?
*perhaps you have an idea for a short (or long)
play dealing with glbt
issues... for youth? parents? educators?
*maybe you want to act in such a play?
*or... help create an interactive workshop to shed
light onİİ
discrimination/homophobia issues for youth? parents? educators?
*maybe you want to help other folks with their ideas?
*or... !??!?!
HOPE YOU CAN COME!!!!!!!!!!!
Please RSVP to:
normabowles@earthlink.net
and skorpeogrl@aol.com
If you have any questions about the workshop,
please e-mail Cassandra at skorpeogrl@aol.com.
If you have any questions about directions please call Michael Gudex at
Fringe Benefits/our apartment:
(323) 953-9036.
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5. CORKY'S CREATIVE PERFORMANCE WORKOUT Workshop (Los Angeles)
FREE!!!
Fringe Benefits Allianceİis sponsoring a series of skills-sharing workshopsİthe
second Saturday of every month throughout the year.İYou are welcome to
come and bring friends or colleagues! İThe workshops areİFREE unless otherwise
stated.
Corky's Creative Performance Workout
lead by Corky Dominguez
September 14, 2002, from 2-to-5pm at Plaza de la Raza
3540 N. Mission Rd
Los Angeles, CA İ90031
Dance Studio
Please R.S.V.Pİto FBAlliance@aol.com
as there will be limited space.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Corky's Creative Performance Workout
The focus will be on flexing our creative muscle using ensemble base
stuff, a little bit of this, little bit of that. Exploring movement and
physical theatre expression incorporating some text, possibly devising
some art actions in the park. Come prepared to move your body, dress very
comfortable and bring some shoes because we will be probably be working
outside at some point. Bring your water and lets have some FUN!
If you need to speak to someone, please call Cristina Nava at (213) 926-4818 on the day of the event. Please only use this number on the day of.İİ
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6. LYRIC Youth Talkline Recruiting Listeners
The LYRIC Youth Talkline is recruiting lesbian, bisexual, transgender, gay, questioning and queer young people to work as volunteer Listeners on our National peer support line. By joining the line you will become a part of an incredible community of caring young people who have fun while making this world a better place for our folks. No experience necessary, we will train you!
You must be LGBTQQ identified and under 24 as of November 18. Training starts October 3 and runs through November 17. After training, you will commit to one three hour shift a week and one three hour meeting a month.
Call Holly or Basha at 415-703-6161 x38 for more information or email holly@lyric.org
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7. Contribute to Pamplet for TGIQ Allies
Pamphlet for trans/genderqueer/intersex and gender-questioning allies being created
Gina de Vries will be authoring a trans, genderqueer, intersex, and gender-questioning ally pamphlet, which would include a do/don't list for allies, general words on how to be an ally, words on how to educate yourself on TGIQ issues, etc... If any of you have any ideas or quotes you want to pass on, she would be more than happy to include them in the guide. (Quotes will be attributed to you -- credit will be given where credit is due.)
Gina can be reached at youthgenderguide@yahoo.com.
("Aly pamphlet" in the subject heading).
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8. What Closet!?!
A student-run journal for youth expression about overcoming homophobia,
growing up LGBTQQ, love and life.
We are now accepting submissions
We welcome poetry, prose, editorials, and black and white visual art.
Our goal is to break down the barriers that society has created regarding relationships, sexuality, and gender roles by creating a forum for youth expression.
Please send submissions to
What Closet!?!
c/o Andrea Scally
P.O. Box 170297
San Francisco, CA 94117
whatcloset@hotmail.com
For updates, deadlines, and information regarding our anonymity policy, visit: www.whatcloset.org. Questions? Email whatcloset@hotmail.com.
Though we return visual art, your writing will not be returned. Please do not send us your only copy.
Donations toward the publishing fund are welcomed.
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9. Bisexual Youth Activists Needed for NGLTF Publication
Miriam Friedland, executive director of NYAC-member Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth, is working with several bisexual activists on an upcoming publication from the NGLTF Policy Institute. They're looking for young bi activists to get involved with the writing of the section on Organizing. Those interested can contact her at:
804-288-1926 (phone)
804-288-1927 (fax)
www.rosmy.org
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10. Pen pals for LGBT youth
From Joseph Truong at NYAC:
If you wanted a more old-fashioned way to connect with LGBT youth, you might want to try a pen pal! Each of these groups has an international pen pal program. After you write to them, they'll send you an application form which you send back (with a photocopy of some sort of ID, so they can make sure you're a young person). Then they put you in touch with young people in the US and abroad with similar interests. Give it a shot!
IYG Pen Pal Program (for youth 12-21 years old)
PO Box 20716
Indianapolis, IN 46220
International Pen Pal Program (for youth 13-24 years old)
PO Box 3823
Los Angeles, CA 90078-3823
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11. More "Introduction to NCCJ" Sessions (SF)
Two new sessions of "An Introduction to NCCJ" have been scheduled at an EASILY ACCESSIBLE LOCATION -- THE MAIN SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY! New sessions are Tuesday, 9/3 and Wednesday 9/4! Please join us, right off BART! See below for details...
"An Introduction to NCCJ"
The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) Northern California Region is holding a series of INFORMATION SESSIONS for you to learn about WHO we are, WHAT we do, what we can do FOR YOU, and how YOU can get involved.
Choose a session that fits your schedule:
Tuesday, September 3, 6:00 - 7:00 pm (3rd Floor Conference Room)
Wednesday, September 4, 6:00 - 7:00 pm (4th Floor Conference Room)
Sessions will be held at the San Francisco Public Library, Main Library
Use the 30 Grove Street Entrance
For directions, visit http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/INFDIR/IS_directions.htm
or call 415-557-4400
Please contact Traci Lato at 415.561.2283 or tlato@nccj.org for more information.
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12. Stop the Attacks on Arabs, Muslims, & All Our Immigrant
Brothers & Sisters (Oakland)
Stop the Attacks on Arabs, Muslims, & All Our Immigrant Brothers
& Sisters
Monday, August 26th @ 7pm
Rockridge Library
5366 College Avenue, Oakland
What's happened to the Arab, Muslim and South Asian communities since 9-11: Disappeared, Brutalized, Murdered, threatened. İCome to this forum brought to you by the Paul Robeson Chapter of the ACLU and Refuse and Resist. İWith Liliana Garces, ACLU immigrant right project, Joe Kamiya, former concentration camp internee, Rep from the Youth & Student Network of R & R and Others.
For more info, Paul Robeson-ACLU: 510-596-2580 or Refuse & Resist:
510-704-5293
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13. NEWS: Emotions run high as Novato debates diversity curriculum
August 21, 2002
Marin Independent Journal
Emotions run high as Novato debates diversity curriculum
By Jane Futcher
The Novato Unified School District Board of Trustees heard hours of emotional testimony last night as it considered diversity materials proposed for use in district schools in the upcoming school year.
"This controversy is turning our schools into a three-ring circus," said Julie Devoris, who opposed the proposed diversity curriculum.
Nearly 300 people packed into the trustee chambers as the seven-member board considered late into the night five supplementary diversity programs to be used on a pilot basis for a one-year period. Also under discussion was a highly contentious sixth pilot program for grades 4 to 8 that features a documentary film titled "That's a Family" which includes, among other things, gay-parented families.
The film - used in 78 school districts in 41 states - drew the most pro and con comments during the public discussion part of last night's meeting, which was not unexpected since it has served as a lighting rod in a controversy that has engulfed the district for more than 18 months.
Jesus Alvarez, whose group United for Safe Schools in Novato strongly endorsed "That's a Family" and the entire diversity curriculum, said:
"I look here and I see a bunch of white faces. Let me tell you it is very difficult to be a person of color in a white community - so wake up."
Many parents who spoke against "That's a Family" were members of the newly formed Novato Parents and Family Coalition. The group solicited 1,200 signatures in 12 days, according to one of its members, Edison Fowler. Many from that group said they did not object to diversity training but think sexual orientation issues should be discussed by parents at home and not in the schools.
"The whole thing that is happening here is that they are putting down regular heterosexual marriages," said Novato parent Joyce Klig.
Late last year, in response to concerns of some parents that the school board was attempting to implement an untested diversity curriculum without adequate parental review and feedback, the school board expanded the 40-member Diversity Advisory Committee to include parents who think gay and lesbian issues should only be discussed by parents at home, not by teachers at school.
Voicing support for diversity materials that include lesbians and gays are members of United We Stand Novato, which has won support from U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D- Petaluma, Novato Police Chief Brian Brady and state Senator John Burton.
The five other supplemental diversity pilot programs materials being considered by the board last night included:
- "Bully Proofing," a K-12 program designed to help staff, students and parents respond to bullying.
- "Different and the Same," a K-3 program that uses videos of puppets to promote friendship, kind interactions and appreciation for individual attribution.
- "Get Real About Violence," a K-12 program that addresses and promotes civility and acceptance and suggests specific consequences for infractions of established behavior guidelines.
- "Giraffes and Heroes," a K-12 program that promotes positive role models for everyday people who demonstrate courage and support for one another.
- "World of Difference," a K-12 by the Anti Defamation League with specific lessons on differences that are aligned with specific grade levels and themes.
Novato resident Bob Koch took issue with a "World of Difference," which, he said, " trashes America and the majority of its people past and present. It relentlessly portrays America as a purgatory of oppression of its powerless victims."
Vanessa Wills, the parent of three boys, said, "you are not going to stop name-calling and bullying by teaching kids about name calling at schools." Instead, she added, "Call the parents on the carpet. Whoever is raising that child deals with that issue."
A number of Novato teenagers spoke in support of the diversity curriculum, as did the mother of Jed Levine, who was the victim of a hate crime at Novato High School last year.
"He (Jed) told us that even his close friends routinely ridicule gay or gay-appearing students," she said. "How soon is too soon to learn that differences can be celebrated rather than ridiculed."
Contact Jane Futcher via e-mail at jfutcher@marinij.com
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14. NEWS: Inner strength came only after trial by fire
FresnoBee (http://www.fresnobee.com)
Monday, August 19, 2002
Inner strength came only after trial by fire
By Duran Hernandez
I am 18 years old, and for the last six months I have engaged in the most important and influential acts of my life.
Precisely six months ago, I was invited to a meeting concerning the formation of the Clovis High School Gay Straight Alliance. The meeting took place in the house of a woman named Diana, who would become a great mentor and friend to me. She was the coordinator of the Valley GSA Network, an organization devoted to empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth to promote tolerance and combat homophobia in schools.
Little did I know at that point that this small seemingly ineffectual gathering would be the turning point from which the entire direction of my life would change; and that this small group of strangers would become my new family.
Grown immensely
The next few months saw the successful passing of the Clovis High GSA
and my appointment as a GSA network youth council member. Since then I
have grown immensely to become an enlightened, more outgoing and tremendously
more self-confident person. That is all fine, dandy and true, but hardly
the point or
reason for me writing this. The points I would like to put forth are
the travesties that have occurred in the time leading up to the present,
and how to prevent them in the future.
Though my torment began in fifth grade and followed me through sixth, it did not escalate dramatically until I entered seventh grade at Tehipite Middle School; ironically, the name of a shamelessly persecuted people.
This time proved to be -- and still remains -- the darkest time in my
life. Within the first days at this new school, I was targeted as a "faggot."
These six letters followed me day after day as I walked to and from classes.
The shelter of a classroom proved to be less than that. Frequently students
would come up to me and scream "faggot" in my face. I was pushed and
shoved into the buildings' concrete walls walking to class. Too afraid
to defend myself, I would just put up with it. In gym I would get balls
kicked and thrown at me.
In class, it was garbage and at lunch it was food. One day I was actually
spit on. I clearly remember a day in history class. We were asked to say
one thing we liked about ourselves.
During my turn, I was interrupted by two boys who said loudly, "Nothing,
'cause you're a fag!" The whole class began to laugh and, although our
teacher and student aide were both present, nothing was said about the
comment. I wanted to
cry, but I knew I could not. All of this occurred, I should note, without
ever my once saying I was gay. Soon after this incident, I could no longer
withstand the harassment, and I was forced to move. I attended Alta Sierra
Middle School
and later Buchanan High School. The six letters still followed me,
but both schools seemed uneventful compared to Tehipite.
Learning leadership
About six months ago, I became a regular at the GSA Network meetings and just returned from an activist conference in San Francisco. It was an event I will always treasure. There I learned about an incredible tool called the Day of Silence Project. It was a nationwide student protest, protesting the silencing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students in public schools.
I decided I would organize Buchanan's first event. It was a tremendous success. More than 80 people participated, and we raised attention for the growing need of a GSA at Buchanan.
Sadly, the satisfaction was not shared by the staff or administration. Aside from the two wonderfully positive responses from my past and present English teachers, I received disgusting e-mails from teachers and some disturbing words from the principal. It was at this point that I realized how many people were actually against me and what I was trying to change. After a second attempt to bring positive change to Buchanan by inserting books which dealt with gay issues into Clovis Unified School District libraries had ended in a hostile board meeting, I soon graduated.
Today, now that I have left high school, I know there is much work still
to be done. The sad fact remains I am not the only victim of homophobia.
There are many. Students in schools across the country are being targeted
every day.
One of our goals in the GSA is to promote tolerance.
The definition of "tolerance" is to put up with or endure. A person
must tolerate a severed limb or the death of a loved one. A group of people
should not have to be tolerated. But the fact is that we are so far from
acceptance that we are pleading for just that, pleading to not be tormented;
not
be detached, pleading to not be ignored.
I leave this plea to the gay students still in school and those willing to help: stand up and unite. Together you can prevent these atrocities from happening again. The future is yours to shape. Be yourself, change the world.
Duran Hernandez is a resident of Fresno.
In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
GSA Network Highlight
GSA Activist Camps a huge success!
GSA Network Announcements
1. Free Zone Celebration: Liberation Ink
2. Become a Make It Real Leader! Help implement California's
school
nondiscrimination policy!
Other Announcements
3. Free tickets to Six Flags Marine World
4. Diversity 2002 Youth Conference (Oakland)
5. Trans/Formation (Santa Monica)
6. Horizons/Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund 2002
7. NCCJ Information Sessions
8. Job Description: QYTC/Bay Positives Outreach Worker
9. Job Description: UCSB Resource Center for Sexual and Gender
Diversity
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GSA Activist Camps a huge success!
The third annual Northern CA GSA Activist Camp (August 6-8) and second annual Southern CA GSA Activist Camp (August 9-11) were both awesome this year. In total, 36 participants had the chance to network with other GSA organizers, make friends, and receive intensive training in GSA leadership skills, political education, and student organizing. Keep your eyes out for these knowledgeable and kick-ass activists!
A special thanks to our fabulous GSA Activist Camp youth trainers: Lauren/Charlie
Bruton, Chelsea Collonge, Katelyn Dorroh, Andy Duran, Newman Howell, and
Laura Vilchez.
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1. Free Zone Celebration: Liberation Ink
Liberation Ink!
GSA Network, LYRIC, and Mission Grafica invite you to join us Friday, August 23, 6:30-8pm, to celebrate the work of:
Perry Bradstreet
Natasha Brinsko
Lauren Bruton
Marco Colón
Newman Howell
Evelyn Krampf
Cass Leung
Devin Thompson
This summer in Free Zone we created a series of political posters to be used as an organizing and education tool by GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) clubs in schools throughout California. Free Zone is a collaborative project of Gay-Straight Alliance Network and LYRIC (Lavender youth Recreation and Information Center) in conjunction with Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.
Location:
Mission Cultural Center lobby
2868 Mission Street between 24th and 25th St., SF
This Event is Free!
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2. Become a Make It Real Leader! Help implement California's
school nondiscrimination policy!
Make It Real Youth Leaders Wanted! Get paid to train other youth about the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 (AB 537) and how GSAs can get their schools to protect students from harassment and discrimination.
Training Dates: September 21st and 22nd
2 Locations: San Francisco and Los Angeles
Application Deadline: September 10, 2002
If you are a passionate, committed person who cares about social justice, youth activism, and LGBT rights, be a part of Make It Real, a project of the GSA Network that works to empower youth to ensure implementation of the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act, which protects students from harassment and discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.
* Help end anti-LGBT harassment and discrimination in California
schools
* Get valuable experience working with students and activists
* Learn about the rights of LGBT youth, the school system and
how to create safe schools, activism strategies, and teaching and community
organizing skills
Compensation: $50 stipend per 3 hour workshop.
Responsibilities:
* Attend two-day MIR Leader Training on September 21st and 22nd
* Attend quarterly MIR Leader meetings
* Facilitate trainings about activism strategies and AB 537 at local
high schools
* Work with LGBT students by assisting them in grassroots organizing
and filing complaints about harassment and discrimination
All youth 18 and under encouraged to apply. Youth 21 and under who have had GSA experience may also apply.
For more information, contact:
Northern & Central CA: Cathy Sakimura, mailto:cathy@gsanetwork.org,
415.552.4229
Southern CA: CC Sapp, mailto:cc@gsanetwork.org, 323.662.3160
*** Make It Real Leader Application 2002 ****
Application Deadline: September 10, 2002
Name:
Address:
City:
Zip Code:
Phone:
Do we need to be discreet when calling you? (yes or no)
E-mail:
Name of school you attend:
Name of GSA or LGBTQ-related organization:
Current Age:
Year in School (for 2002-2003 year):
GSA Network strives for diversity in all aspects of its programs. The
following information is optional but very important to us:
Gender:
Sexual orientation:
Race/Ethnicity:
On a separate sheet of paper, please answer the following questions:
- Please describe your involvement and experiences with the LGBTQ
movement and any other movements or anti-oppression work you have
been a part of.
- Describe some of the leadership, organizing, and/or activism
experience you've had both as a part of your GSA and beyond your GSA.
- Why are you interested in being a Youth Leader for the Make
It Real Project?
- What motivates you to be an activist?
- Share some ways that racism, classism, sexism, and other oppressions
have affected you and your activism.
Reference:
Please provide contact info for a reference who knows about your work
with a GSA or LGBTQ youth group and/or can attest to your abilities as
a youth leader. It can be a peer, friend, teacher, or anyone else.
Name:
Relationship to You:
Phone:
Email:
*** Please send applications to: ***
Northern and Central CA: cathy@gsanetwork.org
or fax to 415.552.4729
Southern CA: cc@gsanetwork.org
or fax to 323.662.3167
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3. Free tickets to Six Flags Marine World
Queer Youth Feed the Giraffes!
The Empowerment Program has five free tickets to Six Flags Marine World for Monday, August 26th.
If you're interested in joining us, contact Adam Kahn at (925) 687-8844 x304.
The group will meet at the Center for Human Development office at 391 Taylor Blvd., Suite 120, Pleasant Hill.
Arrive between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. & return around 7:00 p.m.
First come, first served.
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4. Diversity 2002 Youth Conference (Oakland)
SMAAC Youth Center Presents....
DIVERSITY 2002 YOUTH CONFERENCE
When: August 22-25
Where: Oakland Marriot Convention Center
1001 Broadway
Oakland CA 94607
Cost: Free to all local Bay Area Youth
The purpose of SMAAC's Diversity 2002 National Youth Conference is to
bring together Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ)youth
of color and their allies to train them in four key areas:
* Community Mobilization
* Leadership Development
* Networking & Coalition
* Public Policy Education
For more information about Diversity 2002 or the SMAAC Youth Center please log on to http://www.smaac.org
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5. Trans/Formation (Santa Monica)
Trans/Formation Curated by Ilya Pearlman
Two Nights of Transgender/Transgenre performance and video
Friday à Saturday August 30-31 8:30pm $12
What forms transgender performance? What informs it? What forms are included in it? Is it FTM, MTF, TG, TS, Drag King, Drag Queen, boys, boyz, bois and/or girls, grrrls, gyrls? Is it film, video, theater, performance art, spoken word, song, dance, drag? We donÇt have the answers, so weÇre putting on a show! Come join our many Forms of Trans artists and help us play with these questions.
at HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACE
1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
located in the 18th Street Arts Complex
Reservation Line: 310-315-1459
web: www.highwaysperformance.org
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6. Horizons/Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund 2002
Now Accepting Applications
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and videomakers are encouraged to apply to Frameline for the 2002 Horizons/Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund. Grants in a range of $2,000 to $3,000 are available for projects in the final stages of production.
The Frameline Completion Fund was established nine years ago to assist
artists
in the final stages of production. To date more than 64 productions
have been completed with assistance from the Fund, including Yvonne Welbon's
Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @100, Tom Shepard?s Scout?s Honor and David
Weissman
and Bill Weber?s The Cockettes.
In 2001, grants were awarded to the following four projects: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK dirs. Harry Dodge & Silas Howard, BAREFEET dir. Sonali Gulati, MAKING MEDIA THAT MATTERS dir. Liz Miller, KE KULANA HE MAHU: REMEMBERING A SENSE OF PLACE dirs. Kathryn Xian and Brent Anbe.
Submissions are being accepted for documentary, educational, narrative,
animated or experimental projects about or of interest to lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people and their communities. The fund also seeks
to bring new
work to underserved audiences; with this in mind, we especially encourage
applications by women and people of color.
The postmark deadline for this year's submissions is October 14, 2002, entries must be postmarked by this date. Awards will be announced on December 16, 2002.
For more information or for application materials, contact Frameline at (415) 703-8650 or visit http://www.frameline.org/fund/
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7. NCCJ Information Sessions
Are you...
- Someone in Northern CA interested in human relations and social justice
work?
- Someone interested in participating in NCCJ Anytown Youth Leadership
Camps?
- Someone interested in participating in and facilitating dialogue
on issues of prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination and all forms of oppression?
- Someone interested in exploring their own role and responsibility
in perpetuating and combating the "isms"?
- Someone interested in becoming a trained NCCJ facilitator?
If you answered YES to any of these statements, then mark your calendar for...
"An Introduction to NCCJ"
The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) Northern California Region is holding a series of INFORMATION SESSIONS for you to learn about WHO we are, WHAT we do, what we can do FOR YOU, and how YOU can get involved.
Choose a session that fits your schedule:
Monday, August 26, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (B.Y.O.Lunch!)
Tuesday, August 27, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Both sessions will be held at the NCCJ office in San Francisco:
The Presidio Thoreau Center for Sustainability
1009 General Kennedy Avenue, 2nd Floor, 1009 Conference Room (parking
lot off of Edie)
Please contact Traci Lato at 415.561.2283 or mailto:tlato@nccj.org for information or directions, or visit http://www.thoreau.org/Location/mapdir.html for directions.
The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), founded in 1927 as The National Conference of Christians and Jews, is a nonprofit human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in the United States. NCCJ promotes understanding and respect among all people regardless of race, religion, culture, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, age or ability status through advocacy, conflict resolution and education.
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8. Job Description: QYTC/Bay Positives Outreach Worker
The mission of Bay Area Young Positives (BAY Positives) is to help young people (26 and under) living with HIV/AIDS, live longer, happier, healthier, more productive and quality-filled lives. As a peer-based organization, we provide emotional support, education, outreach, retreats as well as social and recreational events for our members.
Title: Outreach Worker
Status: Part-time, flexible schedule
Hourly Rate: $9.00/hour
Supervisor: Education and Outreach Coordinator
Outreach
Complete the BAY Positives Outreach Training; Conduct street outreach
as part of the BAY Positives Outreach Team in neighborhoods, schools, social
services providers, night clubs and other locations as appropriate; Prepare
outreach materials and supplies before designated outreach shifts; Document
outreach activities by preparing "field notes" after each designated outreach
shift; Provide BAY Positives information and supplies at local street and
health fairs; Present information about BAY Positives to various providers
and groups, as needed.
Administrative
Answer agency phones, provide appropriate information and referral,
if necessary; Fax and copy documents; Assist with filing and general office
organization; Respond to requests for information about BAY Positives;
Update and organize agency resource room; Other duties as needed.
The Queer Youth Training Collaborative agrees that all program efforts
will be designed to promote the following core values:
* To encourage young people to identify and achieve their goals by
giving young people respect, support, care, a nurturing environment, positive
reinforcement and economic support.
* To teach young people how to access resources in order to achieve
their goals.
* To acknowledge and encourage the contributions of queer youth to
society at large.
To provide young people with the skills and opportunities to participate
in and strengthen their communities.
For more info or to apply, contact:
Christian Alvez
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Bay Area Young Positives
518 Waller Street San Francisco, CA 94117
fax (415) 487-1617
mailto:christian@baypositives.org
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9. Job Description: UCSB Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR POSITION
The UCSB Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity is currently recruiting for an Assistant to the Director.
This is a 9-month limited appointment position (September-June). It is classified as an SAO-I (50%) position. Salary is $1390-$1850/month, commensurate with education & experience. The Assistant will support the Director in upholding the mission of the Center, and help in the program planning and office oversight of the RCSGD. Applicants should possess an understanding of LGBTQI issues in a campus environment and have an appreciation and sensitivity of the cultural diversity within the LGBTQI community. Experience with the UCSB community preferred.
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to:
Kyle Richards, Director
Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity
3135 University Center
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6080
For more information about the position or application procedures, please contact Kyle Richards at 805-893-5847.
RCSGD Mission Statement:
The Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity at UCSB is designed
to be a safe and supportive environment for all students, staff, and faculty,
offering resources for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
intersex (LGBTQI) community, as well as allies and those who are questioning
their sexual and/or gender identity. The Center welcomes a diversity
of racial, ethnic, religious, political and cultural values, while advocating
for the welfare of those who have historically been marginalized because
of their sexual and/or gender identity. The Director and staff are
committed to serving the campus and larger community with professionalism
and respect. The RCSGD provides educational programming, social activities,
advocacy, and consultation with the goal of enhancing safety, acceptance
and quality of life in the UCSB community.
UCSB is an AA/EOE Employer
In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
GSA Network Highlight
GSA Network and Visalia Unified School District Reach Historic
Settlement in Anti-Gay Case!
GSA Network Announcements
1. Become a Make It Real Leader! Help implement AB 537!
Other Announcements
2. Youth and Adults Sought for the Outlet Mentor Program (Palo
Alto)
3. New Transgender Group! (LA)
4. Upset the Setup 4 (Bay Area)
5. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education Seeking Youth
Submissions
6. Male High School Athlete needed for video on Homophobia in
Sport
7. Teen Line Cell Phone Drive (LA)
8. Job Announcement: Health Educator, Logan Health Center (Union
City)
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GSA Network and Visalia Unified School District Reach Historic Settlement in Anti-Gay Case!
SAN FRANCISCO, August 13, 2002 - An historic settlement in an anti-gay harassment lawsuit was filed in federal court today, the first filed under a recent California law that protects students from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Visalia Unified School District, the defendant in the case, and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network), the lead plaintiff, agreed on a comprehensive plan to prevent the discrimination brought to light by George Loomis, a former VUSD student and also a plaintiff in the case.
"This settlement is a real milestone for California students," said Carolyn Laub, Executive Director of the GSA Network. "It demonstrates that when students challenge a hostile school culture, they can win. The agreement also provides a model to school districts that want to make changes to comply with California's school non-discrimination law - as well as a warning to school districts that have resisted or ignored it."
The three-year agreement between GSA Network and VUSD includes requirements
that the district:
* Develop and disseminate clear harassment and discrimination policies
and procedures,
* Conduct mandatory, annual training for K-12 teachers and other staff
on preventing harassment and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,
* Conduct mandatory, annual, peer-to-peer training for all 9th graders
on preventing sexual orientation harassment or discrimination, and
* Assign a compliance coordinator in each school to handle sexual orientation
harassment and discrimination reports.
More information can be found at http://www.gsanetwork.org.
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1. Become a Make It Real Leader! Help implement AB 537!
Make It Real Youth Leaders Wanted!
Get paid to train other youth about AB 537 and how GSAs can get their
schools to protect students from harassment and discrimination.
Application Deadline: Northern & Central CA: 9/10/02, Southern
CA: 9/16/02.
If you are a passionate, committed person who cares about social justice,
youth activism, and LGBT rights, be a part of Make It Real, a project of
the GSA Network that works to empower youth to ensure implementation of
AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act, which
protects students from harassment and discrimination on the basis of actual
or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.
* Help end anti-LGBT harassment and discrimination in California
schools
* Get valuable experience working with students and activists
* Learn about the rights of LGBT youth, the school system and
how to create safe schools, activism strategies, and teaching and community
organizing skills
Compensation: $50 stipend per 3 hour workshop.
Responsibilities:
* Attend two-day MIR Leader Training
* Attend quarterly MIR Leader meetings
* Facilitate trainings about activism strategies and AB 537 at
local high schools
* Work with LGBT students by assisting them in grassroots organizing
and filing complaints about harassment and discrimination
All youth 18 and under encouraged to apply. Youth 21 and under who have had GSA experience may also apply.
For more information, contact:
Northern & Central CA: Cathy Sakimura, mailto:cathy@gsanetwork.org,
415.552.4229
Southern CA: CC Sapp, mailto:cc@gsanetwork.org,
323.662.3160
*** Make It Real Leader Application 2002 ****
Application Deadline: Northern & Central CA - September 10, 2002, Southern CA - September 16, 2002
Name:
Address:
City:
Zip Code:
Phone:
Do we need to be discreet when calling you? (yes or no)
E-mail:
Name of school you attend:
Name of GSA or LGBTQ-related organization:
Current Age:
Year in School (for 2002-2003 year):
İİ
GSA Network strives for diversity in all aspects of its programs. The
following information is optional but very important to us:
Gender:
Sexual orientation:
Race/Ethnicity:
On a separate sheet of paper, please answer the following questions:
- Please describe your involvement and experiences with the LGBTQ
movement and any other movements or anti-oppression work you have
been a part of.
- Describe some of the leadership, organizing, and/or activism
experience you've had both as a part of your GSA and beyond your GSA.
- Why are you interested in being a Youth Leader for the Make
It Real Project?
- What motivates you to be an activist?
- Share some ways that racism, classism, sexism, and other oppressions
have affected you and your activism.
Reference:
Please provide contact info for a reference who knows about your work
with a GSA or LGBTQ youth group and/or can attest to your abilities as
a youth leader. It can be a peer, friend, teacher, or anyone else.
Name:
Relationship to You:
Phone:
Email:
*** Please send applications to: ***
Northern and Central CA: cathy@gsanetwork.org
or fax to 415.552.4729
Southern CA: cc@gsanetwork.org or fax
to 323.662.3167
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2. Youth and Adults Sought for the Outlet Mentor Program (Palo Alto)
FOR YOUTH:
WHO? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth,
ages
13-18.
WHAT? A queer mentor who you can hang out with, have fun, and ask all
those
questions about being queer.
HOW? Wanna know more about how to get a mentor? Attend the information
session:
Monday, August 19th at 6pm at the YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula (4161 Alma
Street in Palo Alto). If you can't make it, contact Paula at Outlet (see
contact info below).
FOR ADULTS:
WHO? LGBTQ adults at least 20 years old who are able to dedicate at
least 12
hours a month to mentoring a queer youth. You should have a strong
desire
to work with queer teens and be a strong, positive role model.
WHAT? Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer adult role models
needed to
mentor queer and questioning youth.
HOW? Attend an information session on Wednesday, August 21st 6:30-7:30pm
at the YWCA in Palo Alto (4161 Alma Street in Palo Alto).
To register for the information session or to request an application,
contact:
Paula Harris, Mentor Program Coordinator
YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula
Outlet Program
Phone: (650) 494-0972 x 336
Email: paula@ywcamid.org
Website: www.ywcamid.org/rcc/Outlet
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3. New Transgender Group! (Tarzana)
Starting Friday August 9, 2002 Tarzana Treatment Centers will be hosting a support group facilitated by MAP at our main facility. The address is:
Tarzana Treatment Centers
18646 Oxnard St.
Tarzana, CA 91356
2:30PM TO 4PM
Room: Outside Trailer
Please go directly to trailer no need to check in at reception area.
For more info call Barbra Spille at (818)996-1051x 1187.
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4. Upset the Setup 4 (Bay Area)
Saturday, September 21st, 9:30am-5:30pm
McClymonds High School
2607 Myrtle ST. @ 26th St.
Youth Force Coalition proudly presents our 4th Annual Statewide Youth conference to resist and educate ourselves about the Prison Industrial Complex (Prisons, Juvenile lockup facilities, jail, police, and all those who profit off of the loss of our communities freedom).
For More info, Contact Rocio @ 510-451-5466 ext 315 or e-mail mailto:rocio@youthec.org
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5. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education Seeking Youth
Submissions
Youth Submissions Sought by new publication: The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education
The new international Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education will publish several brief (250-400 word) essays penned by GLBTQ youth on the topic "How do words such as 'gay' or 'queer' describe who I am?" Anyone 23 years of age or under is invited to submit a previously unpublished essay. Submissions should be sent electronically to: jglie@jtsears.com
Deadline is October 1, 2002.
Educational issues relating to glbtq individuals can be expressed visually as well as textually. The new international quarterly Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education welcomes submissions of original art (e.g., photographs, silkscreens, painting) that speaks to queer issues in education and/or is produced by glbtq youth. Images are published in black & white format in the journal. For the next issue submissions are sought from glbtq youth. For additional guidelines or to submit your work, contact Jim Sanders at: mailto:jsanders@netunlimited.net
For more information about the journal: http://www.jtsears.com/jglie
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6. Male High School Athlete needed for video on Homophobia in Sport
This request was sent to our colleagues at the Coalition for Safer Schools of New York State:
My name is Lisa Thompson, Project Director for the Eliminate Homophobia in Sport at the Women's Sports Foundation. We are in the process of making a short Educational Video that will be part of an Education Kit we are going to promote and distribute nationwide to high school and college athletic departments to address Homophobia in Sport. Because we are trying to include a diverse group of male and female athletes, we are looking for male athlete to interview on camera for the video. We have Corey Johnson's story, an out
high school athlete, and need another male athlete to balance the gender representation in the video.
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7. Teen Line Cell Phone Drive (LA)
Help the environment while helping TEEN LINE !
Donate your discarded cellular telephone to TEEN LINE. TEEN LINE gets between $1 and $10 for every phone that we collect, depending on the condition of the cell phone.
Please send your discarded cell phones to the TEEN LINE office: P.O. Box 48750, Los Angeles, CA 90048-0750. For more information, call 310-423-1602.
For more info about TEEN LINE, visit http://www.teenlineonline.org
(Don't forget to "turn off" all local and long distance services pertaining
to the phones you wish to donate.)
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8. Job Announcement: Health Educator, Logan Health Center
POSITION AVAILABLE
Health Educator
Logan Health Center
Full-time Health Educator position available in school based Health Center of James Logan High School in Union City. Environment reflects youth empowerment, sex-positive, anti-racist and social justice perspective.
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Job Duties: Provide individual family planning education and counseling; HIV counseling; Run after-school youth empowerment programs; Coordinate health education outreach in school; Co-teach a peer education/peer counseling class; Teach violence racial justice and violence prevention curriculum to youth; Training is available.
Requirements: Bachelor's degree in related field and or experience with adolescent population; Experience working with multiracial populations; Passion for social justice; Understand principles of peer education/peer counseling, youth empowerment, community health outreach, adolescent health issues; violence prevention; conflict mediation. Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
Preferred: Bilingual/bicultural; Computer literate; Experience with counseling/case management; Experience in school or health care setting; Experience in the Arts.
Both men and women of color encouraged to apply.
Position will remain open until filled.
Send resume and cover letter to:
Logan Health Center,
33255 9th Street,
Union City, CA 94587
Fax to: (510) 476-0404
Email: mailto:loganhealthcenter@loganhealthcenter.org
In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
GSA Network Highlight
GSA Network Bids Farewell to Mikhel Pignatiello!
GSA Network Announcements
1. Training for students on using "CLIPPED!" video to support
Central Valley GSAs
Other Announcements
2. Free Training for California Schools on Family Diversity
3. NEWS: Hayward Teacher suing for right to speak out on homophobia,
racism
4. Job Announcement: Program Coordinator at Kids First in Oakland
5. Job Announcement: Openings with the LA Gay & Lesbian
Center
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GSA Network Bids Farewell to Mikhel Pignatiello!
Mikhel Pignatiello, a former board member of the GSA Network who has been serving as the Volunteer Coordinator for the northern part of the Central Valley is on his way into the Air Force! Mikhel is no newcomer to living dangerously. He started the GSA at Tracy High School in the midst of a very hostile climate and he has continued to support student activists undertaking the same task in the northern part of the Central Valley.
Best wishes, Mikhel. Thank you for all of your work and your dedicated
spirit. We will miss you!
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1. Training for students on using "CLIPPED!" video to support Central
Valley GSAs
The student-created video, CLIPPED, will become the centerpiece of a one hour training session on the purpose and goals of GSAs which students will become prepared to lead in their schools.
On Saturday, August 24th at 2:30pm at the GSA Network office in Fresno (4403 E. Tulare Ave.), all students wishing to become trained as discussion leaders for this program will receive a copy of the video, a study guide and detailed training on how to facilitate the session in their schools or at community events. For more information contact Diana at (559)442-4777 or mailto:diana@gsanetwork.org.
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2. Free Training for California Schools on Family Diversity
That's a Family!: A Film for Kids About Family Diversity
A Women's Educational Media production
Directed by Academy Award-winner Debra Chasnoff / Executive Producer: Helen Cohen
California Outreach & School Staff Training Program
California administrators, counselors, and teachers of students in elementary and middle schools can now receive free training on how to use the award-winning film That's a Family! as a powerful foundation for helping children understand and respect diversity. Schools that sign up for training also receive complimentary copies of the film and 60-page teaching guide.
The film, teaching guide, and training are a must for California school districts that want to take affirmative steps to teach children about diversity, build community relations, reduce bias-related incidents in the classroom or on the school campus, debunk stereotypes, implement state curriculum laws and guidelines, and support children in the community. That's a Family! features children from many different family structures, including those who
- Have parents of different racial or ethnic backgrounds
- Live with a single parent
- Have divorced or separated parents
- Were adopted
- Live with a guardian or foster parent(s)
- Have gay or lesbian parents or relatives
The film uses the concept of family as a familiar reference point for children in grades K-6 to begin thinking about differences and similarities in a respectful way. Told from the perspective of young people, That's a Family! allows kids to hear their peers describe different family configurations in ways that are age-appropriate.
The lively and interactive staff training is designed to provide school staff the tools they need to use the That's a Family! video and teaching guide effectively. The training format was developed and is delivered by experienced trainers, many of whom are or were teachers themselves. Trainings typically take place at individual school sites as part of in-service staff development days or staff meetings, as well as through district-wide training sessions, continuing education classes and teacher workshops. Each training typically lasts 90 to 120 minutes and includes the following:
- Introduction to safe schools and violence prevention issues, including
why it is necessary to do diversity education in California
- Introduction to That's a Family! and Respect for All series
- Viewing of entire film (35 minutes)
- Exercises designed to elicit impressions and themes from film
- Introduction to That's a Family! teaching guide
- Demonstration of activities for the classroom
- Small-group brainstorming on teaching challenges/possible solutions
- How to get additional resources or help
That's a Family! is the first video in a three-part series for kids called Respect for All. Other films in the series, now in production, will address name-calling and bullying, and stereotypes. The series is a project of Women's Educational Media (WEM), a nonprofit group founded in 1978 that produces and distributes inspirational films and videos on economic and social justice issues.
The California training program is generously funded by grants from the California Endowment and the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund.
To learn more about the film and our FREE training program for California educators, contact Bob Kim, Director of Outreach and Training, at 415-641-4616 or bkim@womedia.org.
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3. NEWS: Hayward Teacher suing for right to speak out on homophobia,
racism
Teacher suing for right to speak out
Reprimanded for discussions of homophobia, racism
By Elizabeth Schainbaum
STAFF WRITER
HAYWARD -- In what could be a landmark case, veteran San Leandro High
School English teacher Karl Debro is fighting for teachers' rights to speak
out
against homophobia and racism. In 1999, the 18- year teacher filed
a civil rights lawsuit against Superintendent Thomas Himmelberg and the
San Leandro
Unified School District because he believed the school district had
violated his freedom of speech and unjustly punished him, according to
court documents.
The trial for Debro's 3-year-old case began last week in Alameda County
Superior Court. Debro, who was disciplined for breaking district policy,
contends he was targeted because he's African American and outspoken
about supporting gay rights and racial diversity, according to his lawsuit.
Debro was reprimanded in the 1997-1998 school year, after parents had
complained about his classroom discussions. Citing the district's
"Controversial Issues Policy," administrators argued that Debro should
have sought the school principal's permission before launching into
"controversial" topics. Debro, who still works at San Leandro High,
countered that the policy is too broad, and therefore violated his freedom
of speech.
Parents of Jason Godkin, a student in Debro's 11th-grade honors English class in 1997-1998, filed a lawsuit against Debro. They claimed that Debro, who has a wife and children, was trying to indoctrinate their son in his gay agenda.
That suit was thrown out of federal court in October 1999. Debro's current
trial left off with the cross-examination of Leigh Akins, San Leandro High's
principal at the time. She is the fifth plaintiff witness to take the
stand. Himmelberg is expected to testify next. Like the other witnesses,
Akins
testified that racial tensions at San Leandro High were high and homophobia
rampant, prompting teachers to discuss social issues with their students.
She told the jury that Debro was not the only teacher raising these
topics. Akins said talking about homophobia, racism and oppression fit
in with the
curriculum. "They hadn't been doing anything wrong," she said. Akins,
who now works as assistant principal at Arroyo High in San Lorenzo, even
sat in on one of Debro's discussions in question and commended his handling
of the topic.
"Debro had not done anything seriously wrong," she said. Another witness,
Terry Minton, who is still a drama teacher at San Leandro High, said the
action against Debro created an atmosphere of fear.
If Debro wins, he hopes to receive money from the district and to have
the controversial policy revoked and his letters of discipline removed
from his
personnel file.
For more information, please contact:
The Daily Review
401 13th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
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4. Job Announcement: Program Coordinator at Kids First in Oakland
Accepting applications through August 16, 2002.
Mission
Kids First is a multiracial organization working to create opportunities
for Oakland youth to become visionary leaders capable of transforming our
schools and communities - through advocacy, alliance building, creative
arts, and leadership training. Realizing the struggle for justice is
bigger than any one person or organization ? we organize across race,
age and neighborhood, to build our collective power and increase our ability
to win lasting changes that positively impact our lives.
Position Description
Kids First is seeking a full-time Program Coordinator to develop our
youth organizing program, REAL HARD(Representing Educated Active Leaders
Having A Righteous Dream). The Program Coordinator will supervise 15 YouthOrganizers,
develop a curriculum workplan and support the youth in the
creation and implementation of a youth-defined campaign. The Program
Coordinator will work closely with the Executive Director and Youth
Membership Coordinator to set goals and a reasonable timeline for the
program. The Program Coordinator must be open to working as a team,
creating new models of organizing, and committed to putting vision
into real practice.
Program Coordinator Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting Youth Organizers and Youth Members to
work together and recruit other youth in the implementation of a youth-led
campaign for educational justice.
- Responsible for developing, researching and documenting curriculum
that provides a foundation for youth to become effective organizers -
incorporating youth development, creative arts, culture and hip hop.
- Responsible for program related administrative work
- Support Youth Organizers to develop and distribute quarterly newsletters,
performance workshops, and a compilation CD.
- Support the Membership Coordinator to coordinate monthly membership
meetings and events.
- Work with Youth Organizers to set up three REAL HARD student chapters
at select high schools
Minimum Requirements
Experience working with Oakland schools and community
Experience with both youth development and youth organizing practices
Detail-oriented, innovative and skilled at working as a part of a team
Effective communicator with strong writing skills, phone and
organizational skills
Proficiency in word processing, database and spreadsheet programs
desirable (on a Mac).
CA drivers license and access to an automobile helpful
Committed to unlearning and ending all forms of oppression
Salary:
Salary range from $30,000 - 35,000 per year, commensurate with experience.
Employer provided health and dental benefits, staff development resources
and training, and vacation benefits.
Send resume and cover letter to:
Kim Miyoshi, Executive Director
kim@kidsfirstoakland.org
Kids First, 1625 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612
Phone: 510-452-2043 Fax: 510-452-2075
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5. Job Announcement: Openings with the LA Gay & Lesbian
Center
There are two job openings with the LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Anti-Violence Project:
Lead Victim Advocate
Victim Advocate
To view the job descriptions, and for information on how to apply, visit:
http://www.laglc.org/section10/S1003.htm