[NEWS] strictly fyi: nominate someone for an award, workshops available, grant opportunity, tweet about bullying

Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

(1) Who Inspires You in the Fight Against Bullying & Discrimination? Nominations Open for 2012 Out In The Silence Award for Youth Activism—deadline June 30^th

(2) workshops about healthy relationships, sexuality and gender identity development now available in Seattle area for groups serving LGBTQQ youth

(3) grant opportunity: U.S. Department of Education’s OESE/Office of Safe and Healthy Students Announces the FY 2012 Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs Grant Competition Technical Assistance Webinars (first TA webinar is TOMORROW)

(4) On May 4^th (TOMORROW) tweet what you are doing about bullying … let’s include some tweets that address bias, homophobia, racism, etc

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(1) Who Inspires You in the Fight Against Bullying & Discrimination? Nominations Open for 2012 Out In The Silence Award for Youth Activism—deadline June 30^th

The Out In The Silence Campaign announces the Call for Nominations for the 2012 Out In The Silence Award for Youth Activism. The deadline for submission of nominations is June 30, 2012.

The award was established in 2011 to honor courageous and unheralded young people who are leading the way in making schools and communities safe from bullying and welcoming for all, especially in places where silence and indifference have rendered lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and their allies invisible, marginalized, fearful, and powerless for far too long.

Nominees should be bold and dynamic individuals or groups leading important efforts to ensure that all youth are safe and free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, and they should be based in places that don't get the kind of attention and support they need and deserve.

"There are no specific guidelines for what might make the most successful nominee," said Wilson. "Their activism could range from policy advocacy to protest to creative outbursts for justice and equality heretofore unimagined, unseen and unheard. Nominees should simply offer inspiring examples of the change that is possible when silence is broken and action is taken at unexpected times, in unexpected places."

Winners will be announced in November 2012 and receive cash awards totaling $2,500. They will also be featured on The Huffington Post and have a chance to be featured in Out Magazine's OUT100, a list of "the year's most influential people in gay culture."

To submit a nomination, or apply yourself, just send a brief (one-page max) essay to make your case, by the June 30 deadline, to: YouthAward@Ymail.com.

Be creative - links to articles, blogs, videos, etc. to support your nomination are welcome!

Nominees should be youth, or groups serving LGBTQ youth, between the ages of 14 to 21.

For more details see: wpsu.org/outinthesilence/award.

Watch for news and updates at: Facebook.com/OutintheSilence.

Contact:

Joe Wilson, Director

Out In The Silence Campaign

T: 808-629-9864

E: qwavesjoe@yahoo.com

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(2) workshops about healthy relationships, sexuality and gender identity development now available in Seattle area for groups serving LGBTQQ youth

Powerful Voices has passed the baton. The project they were calling Q&A will now be morphing into an offer to you:

The Northwest Network for BLGT Survivors of Abuse who will deliver nine workshops to various community groups serving up to 30 LGBTQQ youth around Seattle. So, if you know of youth who would benefit from workshops about healthy relationships, sexuality and gender identity development geared towards queer and questioning youth, please get in contact with the Northwest Network for more details: Shannon Perez-Darby - (206) 568-7777 -shannon@nwnetwork.org.

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students will sponsor two technical assistance webinars on May 4 and 8, 2012, to help applicants better understand various aspects of the 2012 application for grants under the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (ESSC) (CFDA 84.215E). Specific information regarding this technical assistance opportunity is listed below. The ESSC power point presentation will be available in the webinar presentation. Applicants can join the online meeting and dial into the teleconference to participate in the webinar. You can submit questions to be read and answered during the Q&A portion of the presentation.

Dates and times: Friday, May 4, 2012 at 11:00 – 12:30 (ET)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 2:00 – 3:30 (ET)

Call in info: 1-877-951-6686

Participant Code: 5828011

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To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)

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1. Go to http://bit.ly/IZCI2A

2. If requested, enter your name and email address.

3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: OSHS

4. Click "Join".

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: http://bit.ly/IZCI2A

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To join the teleconference only

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Please call: 1-877-951-6686 Participant code: 5828011

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(4) On May 4^th (TOMORROW) tweet what you are doing about bullying … let’s include some tweets that address bias, homophobia, racism, etc

Safe Schools Coalition is frustrated when anti-bullying efforts avoid the elephant in the corner: oppressive attitudes and systems. We hope our members and subscribers will ensure that this isn’t another self-congratulatory, over-simplifying, wasted opportunity:

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and StopBullying.gov ask, “how have you taken action against bullying?”

Marking the first annual “Stand4Change” against bullying day on Friday, May 4, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and StopBullying.gov are asking what you have done or will do to stop bullying. On May 4, use Twitter to tweet what you’re doing using #stopbullying or respond to a thread on the StopBullying.gov Facebook page.

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