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Welcome the 2012-13 Statewide Advocacy Council!
Oct. 4, 2012 — yvonna“Our GSA Statewide Advocacy council trip was amazing :). We split up into legislative and administrative advocacy committees and spoke to different leaders and partner groups. We were all really nervous, but in the end it went really great.
Push Out Victories -- and More Work Ahead
Sep. 28, 2012 — yvonna
Heading into this weekend’s fall Statewide Advocacy Council retreat, we’ve got some exciting updates from Sacramento.
Who inspires YOU? October is LGBT History Month!
Sep. 26, 2012 — Jill
Who inspires you?
Is it Gloria Anzaldua, queer feminist Chicana theorist? Glenn Burke, the first out Major League Baseball player? RuPaul?
Notes from School-to-Prison Pipeline Action Camp
Sep. 21, 2012 — yvonna
In New York last weekend, I experienced my first School-to-Prison-Pipeline Action camp.
Education Update: SB 1540 & the FAIR Education Act
Sep. 13, 2012 — JillOn Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1540, which allows the state to adopt a new framework for public schools' social science and history coursework. Why does this matter for GSA activists?
4 Year-Start Lessons from Activist Camp
Sep. 12, 2012 — amanda
This summer over 60 youth activists convened in San Francisco and Los Angeles for three jam-packed days of anti-oppression organizing and skills building at GSA Network’s youth-led Activist Camps.
Ask Governor Brown to Protect LGBT Young People from Dangerous Psychological Abuse
Sep. 7, 2012 — Jill
The California State Assembly made history last week by passing a landmark bill that will ban psychological abuse inflicted on LGBT young people by deceitful mental health professionals who falsely claim to be able change their sexual orientation or gender expression.
(Fruit) Salute to Ohio Organizing!
Sep. 4, 2012 — LatreeceLatreece Whitfield is the Network Program Coordinator at Ohio's Kaleidoscope Youth Center, which is part of the National Association of GSA Networks.
Holding CA Schools Accountable
Aug. 28, 2012 — yvonna
I hadn’t been Policy Manager at GSA Network for a full day when already GSA leaders scored another huge win for safe schools for all students.
Lawsuit: Clovis Students Need Comprehensive Sex Ed
Aug. 21, 2012 — Carolyn
Gay-Straight Alliance activists have a message for California schools: you cannot keep ignoring the rights and the health needs of LGBT students. If you do, you will be held accountable.
