Welcome back from WRA's Gay-Straight Alliance! You're probably all wondering what the heck happened to the blog in the month of December. Although we had many meetings, in the crunch to study for exams and (for Ai) finish college application, the blog unfortunately became not a top priority. Luckily, we got a lot of rest over the winter break and are charged and ready to make this a great semester for GSA!
This week we welcomed everyone back from their breaks and introduced some exciting things for the upcoming months. The first of these is a video project to create a PSA so we can reach out to the entire school community and not just GSA members. Our treasurer/resident video expert, Irene, is going to be in charge of that, so if you're interested in writing or being a part of the production team for that, please contact her at lii [at] wra[dot]net!
Secondly, the week after next is going to be No Name-Calling Week! We held this event last year and are hoping to hold it again this year to great success. If you want to go ahead and make a poster for the week, please feel free to do so! We'll have more information coming up, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
This Wednesday is Community Service Day--you may have noticed an option to work with GSA on that day. We're hoping to get some planning done for No Name-Calling Week, as well as lay some groundwork for a future workshop similar to the one we held in the fall (but with different activities, obviously). If you're interested, please sign up and we'll see you Wednesday!
Finally, in reviewing the surveys you took before break, we noticed a request to not simply have Max and Ai do all of the meetings. We think it's a great idea to get other people up there talking about issues and ways that GSA members can help our community. If you would like to volunteer to moderate a meeting, please email any of the club officers; if you need an idea, we're compiling a list of topic ideas, so get in contact with us! We'd love to hear from you.
That's about it! Next week we plan to do a mini-workshop during the meeting on how to successfully call others out when they use harmful language around you--get excited! Welcome back, and we hope you have a great semester!
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