Day of Silence at CdS-
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GSA is getting ready for April 15th....
and what's happening on April 15th?... you maybe asking yourself. Well... on April 15th, 2011 will be the Day of Silence.
On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of students nationwide take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.
INFO ABOUT THE DAY OF SILENCE
Sponsored by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country take some form of a vow of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. Through their activities students can speak out against harassment and organize for change for their schools and communities.
The Day of Silence is a Tool for Change. Organizing a Day of Silence (DOS) activity or event can be a positive tool for change-both personally and community-wide. By taking a vow of silence, you're making a powerful statement about the important issue of anti-LGBT bullying. When you organize others to join you that message becomes louder and louder. You can use this attention as a building block in your plans for larger action. Find out more about the Day of Silence at the links below.
GLSEN is the nation's leading education organization working to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. GLSEN has been the official sponsor of the National Day of Silence since 2001. Learn more at GLSEN.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question? Want to know more? Just check out answers to some common questions about the Day of Silence here.
Your Rights during the Day of Silence
While you DO have a right to participate in the Day of Silence between classes and before and after school, you may NOT have the right to stay silent during instructional time if a teacher requests for you to speak. According to Lambda Legal, "Under the Constitution, public schools must respect students' right to free speech. The right to speak includes the right not to speak, as well as the right to wear buttons or T-shirts expressing support for a cause." However, this right to free speech doesn't extend to classroom time. "If a teacher tells a student to answer a question during class, the student generally doesn't have a constitutional right to refuse to answer." We remind participants that students who talk with their teachers ahead of time are more likely to be able to remain silent during class.
Legal Help: Report it!
If you think your rights are not being respected, or want to report your experience of resistant administration, go to dayofsilence.org/legalhelp. GLSEN and Lambda Legal will review your situation.
Promoting Day of Silence (the following information is brought to you by your own GSA Club)
GSA is getting ready for Day of Silence and we are in the proses of making more posters for our Club. In our Home page you can see some of the posters that have been made for the club by Mr. J.
The posters for Day of Silence will future Celebrities who are gay and are open about their homosexuality. The club will ask one simple question on the posters which is "Would you silence them?" and by "them, he, or she" we mean would you silence a Celebrity just because they are homosexuals? We want students to realize that there is no difference between someone famous and someone who is not famous in the end we all want the same thing which is to love and be loved in returned. Our hope is to really make an impact on students this Day of Silence.
On April 15th we will also do a shout out at the end of the day at Corona del Sol in the amphitheater of the school for more info you can go to our Facebook page (Corona del Sol Q&A Club [GSA] ) allso follow us on Twitter you can find the links for Twitter and Facebook in the Home page.
Please check the pictures of our new posters and stay tone for when we include the pictures of the Day of Silence posters... they will be awesome!!
The posters for Day of Silence will future Celebrities who are gay and are open about their homosexuality. The club will ask one simple question on the posters which is "Would you silence them?" and by "them, he, or she" we mean would you silence a Celebrity just because they are homosexuals? We want students to realize that there is no difference between someone famous and someone who is not famous in the end we all want the same thing which is to love and be loved in returned. Our hope is to really make an impact on students this Day of Silence.
On April 15th we will also do a shout out at the end of the day at Corona del Sol in the amphitheater of the school for more info you can go to our Facebook page (Corona del Sol Q&A Club [GSA] ) allso follow us on Twitter you can find the links for Twitter and Facebook in the Home page.
Please check the pictures of our new posters and stay tone for when we include the pictures of the Day of Silence posters... they will be awesome!!
Bonfire 2011!!!
At the 2011 Corona del Sol bonfire the Q&A raised money by selling our awesome T-shirts (picture to the left) and Q&A had a little marriage stand where anyone who wanted to get hitch could do so.