1. Provide food at your meeting

2. Put an announcement in the daily bulletin or assembly

3. Advertise at club day - have a table and pass out ribbons or lollypops with a sticker with the name of your GSA

4. Participate in school pride or spirit week at your school

5. Set up an info table at lunch or special events in a visible place

6. Pass out rainbow ribbons or GSA buttons to GSA supporters

7. Make flyers or posters about specific meetings, topics, or events and post around campus

• Example: Make flyers defining what a straight ally is with information about your GSA at the bottom

8. Ask teachers to permanently post your group's general flyer in their classroom

9. Get an article about your group in the school paper

10. Hold a "bring-a-friend day" at your GSA meeting

11. Have an open GSA meeting where you show a movie or have a speaker

12. Make presentations at other clubs' meetings about your group, invite these clubs to make presentations at your GSA meeting.

13. Send group representatives to classes to make an announcement about your group's meetings or activities

14. Put together a panel of speakers for a conference or similiar event

15. Set up a time to speak to teachers at faculty meetings or help conduct a teacher in-service/teacher training

16. Create a display in your library (i.e. for Queer History Month) or display case in a hallway

17. Practice Guerilla Theater: stage a public exchange between GSA members about homophobia or transphobia and your GSA

18. Partcipate in the Day of Silence Project: www.dayofsilence.org

19. Invite teachers, faculty, and staff to GSA meetings

20. Write a letter to your school board asking for support

21. Spread the word! Tell others about your GSA!

For more information or for hard copies of our resource sheets, contact GSA Network: Statewide Office: 1550 Bryant St, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94103, ph: 415.552.4229, fax: 415.552.4729 Central Valley Regional Office: 928 N. Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93728, ph: 559.268.2780, f: 559.268.2786 Southern California Regional Office: 605 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 610, Los Angeles, CA 90015, ph: 213.534.7162, f: 213.553.1833