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Gay-Straight Alliance
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The Center
offers support and technical assistance for students, advisors and
administrators starting a GSA at their school or who are looking
for fresh ideas to renew their existing GSA. Advisors—join our
listserv and get weekly updates and resources for your club!
For more information, contact Louie Marven at 717-920-9534 or
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Annual GSA
Leadership Summit |
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Common Roads and Dickinson College are pleased to present the 3rd
Annual Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Leadership Summit: an
opportunity for students and professionals to meet, network and
participate in workshops designed to help everyone better
understand and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
questioning and allied students in central Pennsylvania and
beyond.
The GSA
Leadership Summit is the only event of its kind in central
Pennsylvania, where LGBTQA students and professionals have a day-long
safe space to share stories, learn new skills, and work toward making
central Pennsylvania a more welcoming place for all people! |
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The Keynote Speaker for this year’s
event is Erin Davies. On the 11th Annual National Day of
Silence, Davies was the victim of a hate crime in Albany, New York.
Because of sporting a rainbow sticker on her VW Beetle, Erin’s car was
vandalized, left with the words “fag” and “u r gay” on the driver’s side
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initial
shock and
embarrassment, Davies decided to
embrace
what
happened by leaving the graffiti on her car. She took her car, now known
worldwide as the “fagbug,” on a 58-day trip around the United States and
Canada. Along the way, Davies discovered other, more serious hate
crimes, had people attempt to remove the graffiti and experimented with
having a male drive her car. Erin’s mission is to raise awareness about
hate crimes and homophobia in our society, to give voice for those who
are silent, to inspire others to take a stand against bullies, and to be
an example of how to overcome obstacles in bringing a creative project
to life. Read more about Erin Davies and her work at
www.fagbug.com.
Click here
for the Registration Packet for this year’s event.
GSAs registered for the Summit by February
20th will receive a copy of the documentary Out in the
Silence (www.outinthesilence.com)
along with a discussion guide and an event-planning toolkit. This
opportunity is provided by The Philadelphia Foundation.
See examples of past topics below:
2009
Registration Packet
2008
Registration Packet
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