How to Get More Members & Allies

  • Provide food at your meeting
  • Put an announcement in the daily bulletin or assembly
  • Advertise at club day – have a table and pass out ribbons or lollypops with a sticker with the name of your GSA
  • Participate in school pride or spirit week at your school
  • Set up an info table at lunch or special events in a visible place
  • Pass out rainbow ribbons or GSA buttons to GSA supporters
  • 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
  • Ask teachers to permanently post your group’s general flyer in their classroom • Get an article about your group in the school paper
  • Hold a “bring-a-friend day” at your GSA meeting
  • Have an open GSA meeting where you show a movie or have a speaker
  • Speak at other clubs’ meetings about your group; invite these clubs to make presentations at your GSA meeting.
  • Send group representatives to classes to make an announcement about your group’s meetings or activities
  • Put together a panel of speakers for a conference or similar event
  • Set up a time to speak to teachers at faculty meetings or help conduct an in-service/teacher training
  • Create a display in your library (i.e. for Queer History Month) or display case in a hallway
  • Practice Guerilla Theater: stage a public exchange between GSA members about homophobia or transphobia • Partcipate in the Day of Silence Project: www.dayofsilence.org
  • Invite teachers, faculty, and staff to GSA meetings
  • Write a letter to your school board asking for support
  • Spread the word! Tell others about your GSA!
  • Make a website, instagram, or facebook page for your GSA
  • Keep a guest log at your meetings! Personally invite people back with a follow up thank you card
  • Have a contest to see which person can bring in the most new (and consistent!) members
  • Take notes at meetings and send them out. People are more likely to come know what’s going on
  • Make business cards with location, time, and dates of your meetings. Pass them around or just drop them in random places wherever you go.
  • Go out of your way to be nice to new folks! Make them feel super welcome!