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Bullying + Zero Tolerance ≠ Safe Schools
Aug. 14, 2012
Ray Ferronato is a Gay-Straight Alliance Network youth leader and senior at Antioch High School in Antioch, California. Shaquille Carbon is a recent graduate from Northwestern High School in Northwest Baltimore, and is an active leader in the Baltimore Algebra Project and the Alliance for Educational Justice.
EQCA and GSAN Call For Audit Of Compliance With Anti-Bullying Laws
Aug. 10, 2012
Equality California and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network have partnered with Assemblymembers Ricardo Lara and Besty Butler to ask that the Joint Legislative Audit Committee authorize an audit of California’s school districts to investigate the level of compliance with laws that protect students against discrimination, bullying and harassment.
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SACRAMENTO- "No me siento suficientemente segura, ni bienvenida.Calif. lawmakers want to know if anti-bullying laws actually protect gay students
Aug. 8, 2012
California lawmakers plan to request a state audit on how schools and local education agencies apply anti-bullying and harassment laws in response to recent incidents in which students were targeted for their sexual orientation.
Audit Will Hold Schools Accountable for Protecting All Students
Aug. 8, 2012
Audit Requested to Hold Schools Accountable for Protecting All Students
Legislators and LGBT Organizations Question School Districts' Compliance with Anti-Bullying Laws in California Schools
UPDATE: Audit request approved in 9-4 bipartisan vote by Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Distritos escolares avanzan en enseñanza de LGBT
Aug. 6, 2012
SACRAMENTO.- Los distritos escolares de California se encuentran en distintas etapas de la implementación de una ley que obliga desde enero de este año a las escuelas públicas de California a enseñar a los estudiantes en las clases de ciencias sociales, la historia y aportaciones de la comunidad gay, lésbica, transexual y bisexual (LGBT).
Gathering to Advance National Gay-Straight Alliance Movement
Aug. 1, 2012
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Youth Activists from 25 States Gather in Louisville, KY to Advance National Gay-Straight Alliance Movement
The 7th annual National Gathering of Gay-Straight Alliance Networks will focus on ending bullying and creating safe schools for all students
Best of the Bay 2012: Best Superfriends
Jul. 24, 2012
The "It Gets Better" campaign may get all a lot of press when it comes to encouraging queer teens to hang in there in the face of bullying and fear, and not succumb to depression. But there's an amazing organization that, for the past 14 years, has been working to empower teens to make it better right now.
Why I Stay in School
Jul. 12, 2012
Hallie is a seventeen-year-old GSA activist and student at the Haven Program at Peninsula High School. This piece was originally written for and posted on KQED's American Graduate blog.
