In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:

GSA Network Highlight
GSA Spotlight:Hamilton High School GSA, Los Angeles

GSA Network Announcements

1. San Diego GSA Leadership
2. Join the GSA Network Youth Council!
3. GSA Network Launches New Gender Identity Campaign
4. New Anti-Slur Manual for Student Activists

5. LGBTQQI and Straight Ally Youth of Color Conference (Los Angeles)
6. St. Helena GSA Benefit Punk Concert (Napa)
7. Day of Silence
8. Breaking the Silence Events (Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Jose)
9. Alphabet Soup, LGBTIQQ and ally conference (Santa Cruz)
10. LGBT Youth Prom (Los Angeles)
11. 6th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards (Santa Cruz)
12. DiversityWorks Anti-Oppression Program for Youth (Bay Area)
13. Models of Excellence Scholarship
14. Colin Higgins Courage Awards
15. Seeking Participants for "No Name-Calling" Project
16. Rolling Stone Magazine Seeks Transgender Youth
17. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:Center for Human Development

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GSA Spotlight:Hamilton High School GSA, Los Angeles Recently, in an attempt to recruit more students into our GSA, especially straight allies, we created a "social marketing campaign." The big question was, "what can we do that's inexpensive and will give us visibility to all students?" Announcements and posters created by GSA members worked fine, but they didn't create a visual presence of supporters. We decided we would make stickers that said "I support the Gay Straight Alliance" and just get GSA members to wear them, and if anyone wanted one, each member would have a few stickers on hand for them. The response was overwhelming, we got rid of 600 stickers, and for that week, The GSA stickers were as trendy as "99% angel" shirts. Though the stickers didn't last, our new members from the project did. We added 15 more members to our club! -- Brigitte Tolson, Hamilton GSA Founder and President

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1. San Diego GSA Youth Leadership/Make It Real Training

Wanna learn about your legal rights as a GSA activist?
Wanna meet other people fighting homophobia?
Wanna learn how to improve your GSA?
Wanna become a leader?
Wanna learn about the law that protects students from harassment and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity?

Then attend our upcoming GSA Youth Leadership Training!

San Diego:
Saturday, April 5, 10am-5pm
The Hillcrest Youth Center
3777 4th Ave, San Diego, (at Robinson)

Please RSVP:e-mail Cathy at cathy@gsanetwork.org or call (415) 552-4229.

Co-sponsored by GSA Network and the Hillcrest Youth Center

Spread the word!

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2. Join the GSA Network Youth Council!

The GSA Network Youth Council is a diverse group of youth leaders who care about fighting homophobia and transphobia in schools. There are 3 Youth Councils: Northern California, Central California, and Southern California. Each Youth Council is responsible for making decisions about and guiding the programs of the GSA Network in their region. Youth Council members will represent the needs of GSAs and youth activists from their geographic region as well as set goals and establish priorities for the entire GSA Network.

The Youth Council meets once a month, generally on a Saturday. Meetings will take place in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Fresno. Typically, Youth Council members are also involved in planning and/or implementing other trainings and conferences, most of which happen on weekend days as well.

For more information and to apply, visit:http://www.gsanetwork.org/about/ycapp.html

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3. GSA Network Launches New Gender Identity Campaign

Thanks to grants from the Queer Youth Fund and the Kicking Assets Fund, both of the Tides Foundation, GSA Network is launching a new Gender Identity Campaign that will help implement the state's gender identity non-discrimination policy in California schools.

We are looking for GSAs that are interested in working on campaigns that address gender identity issues at their schools. For example, a GSA could work on making a single stall bathroom available for transgender students or organize presentations about gender identity to educate students and teachers.

GSAs that participate in our Gender Identity Campaign will receive resources and campaign support from GSA Network. We can also provide referrals to lawyers if legal help is necessary as part of the campaign. These GSAs will also have the opportunity to contribute to a Gender Identity Campaign manual to be distributed to GSAs and student activists throughout the country.

If your GSA is interested in getting involved, visit http://www.gsanetwork.org/gender to fill out the Gender Identity Campaign Questionnaire.

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4. New Anti-Slur Manual for Student Activists!

GSA Network is excited to release a new publication for GSAs, Take It Back:A Manual for Fighting Slurs on Campus. This manual will walk you through the steps for planning and implementing a campaign against slurs at your school.

Visit http://www.gsanetwork.org/takeitback to view and download Take It Back.

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GSA Network News is a publication of Gay-Straight Alliance Network. Events, resources, and news items listed under "Other Announcements" are not sponsored or written by GSA Network, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of GSA Network.

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5. LGBTQQI and Straight Ally Youth of Color Conference (Los Angeles)

Manual Arts High School's Project 10 & (qycca) queer youth of color for community action invite y'all to ...

"It's All About Love..." Youth Conference, "The Sequel"

A day for queer/same-gender loving/lgbtqqi youth and allies to come together in joining us for our second year in ...

"letting the world have it"!!!

When: Saturday, April 26, 2003
Time: 9:00a - 5:30p
Where: Manual Arts High School, 4131 South Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90037
Cost: It's all Free (workshops, entertainment, resource fair, breakfast and lunch are free for all participants)

To register & for questions...
Contact:Cristina @ 323/823-1257 or email us:qycca@hotmail.com

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6. St. Helena GSA Benefit Punk Concert (Napa)

St. Helena High School Gay-Straight Alliance/St. Helena High School Music Club Benefit Punk Concert.

April 11th, 6-11PM
At The Tucker Farm Center
Located on Highway 29, between St. Helena and Calistoga
$5 per ticket - bring extra cash for food and/or donations
Featuring

• Faith Said No
• Instrument
• Sputnik
• The Furies

more info:gsa94574@hotmail.com

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7. Day of Silence

This year's Day of Silence will be April 9th, 2003! If you haven't done so already, this is a great time to start planning your GSA's participation.

For more info about Day of Silence:

Check out http://www.dayofsilence.org -- this offical Day of Silence website has everything you need to know.

You can also download GSA Network's one-page resource sheet on the Day of Silence at http://www.gsanetwork.org/resources/dos.html.

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8. Breaking the Silence Events (Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Jose)

Santa Cruz
National Day of Silence, April 9, 2003
student march and "Breaking the Silence" rally in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender students

March:4:30 pm, Cathcart & Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
Rally:5:00 pm Pacific Ave. & Front St., Santa Cruz

Press contact:Tam Welch, UCSC GLBT Resource Center, 459-2468

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Los Angeles

Breaking the Silence Rally, April 9
USC Auditorium, Los Angeles
Contact alyn@dayofsilence.org

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San Jose
Can YOU hear it coming?

Break the silence of oppression by being yourself!
Celebrate diversity, freedom of expression and individuality with the Night of Noise!

Billy DeFrank QKids! presents...
the NIGHT of NOISE

a LGBTQ and Allies Event
2 Live DJs!

Friday, April 11th - 8:00pm-12:00am
Ages 13-20
$2.00
at the San Jose State University Dining Commons
corner of 8th and San Salvador in San Jose
for directions go to:http://www.sjsu.edu/directions.html
for more information contact Rick at youthprg@defrank.org or
408-293-3040x111

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9. Alphabet Soup, LGBTIQQ and ally conference (Santa Cruz)

Intersex, Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Queer, Questioning, Queer Friendly Youth AND Allies Conference at Watsonville High School

Saturday, May 17th

Workshop Leaders Needed
contact STRANGE at sccstrange@yahoo.com or 425-3155.

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10. LGBT Youth Prom (Los Angeles)

The LGBT Youth Prom, sponsored by Friends of Project 10, will be held on Friday, May 16, 2003, from 8 p.m.-12 midnight, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel 333 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City. The prom is open to youth 14-23 years old.

Reduced-price tickets are $25 and includes buffet dinner, unlimited soft drinks, parking, and an evening of dancing to the music of DJ Rick Dominguez. Tickets must be purchased by May 9.A limited number of tickets can be purchased at the door for $35.

Please visit http://www.modelsofpride.org or call (323) 692-9320 for more information. Youth, ages 14-23, are welcome.

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11. 6th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards (Santa Cruz)

The Santa Cruz County Task Force for LGBTQ Youth proudly presents ...
6th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards

Sunday, April 27, 2003 Watsonville High School / Mello Center

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Variety Show and Awards Ceremony 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Buffet / Refreshments / Social

Get Your Tickets Now!
Watsonville:Mello Center Ticket Office or Ritmo Latino
Santa Cruz:Herland, Streetlight Records, UCSC Ticket Office or The Diversity Center
Soquel:The Ugly Mug
Felton:White Raven

Note, a service charge may apply at some locations.

Tickets are $20 Adult, $15 student/senior, $10 youth 18 years and younger.

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12. DiversityWorks Anti-Oppression Program for Youth (Bay Area)

The Works for 2003-2004:
Creating Community, Consciousness, and Action in the Spirit of Gandhi.

The Works is a year-long program (May 2003-May 2004) for high-school and college-aged youth who are dedicated to community-building, deepening their understanding of power and oppression, and making a difference in their worlds through peer diversity education. The Works begins with an intensive six-week program (June 30-August 11, non-residential) in which 25-30 youth come together in the San Francisco Bay Area for educational workshops, service learning and community events. Through these activities, participants gain a deeper understanding of racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, ableism, ageism, and other forms of oppression. Youth will also develop their own skills as leaders and gain tools for bringing about positive change in their communities. As a result of the program, we expect that each and every youth will themselves see the world in a different way and impact hundreds of other young people outside of the program through social justice work that they design and implement.

The 2003-2004 program will be dedicated to the teachings of Mohandas K. Gandhi and we will thus approach community, consciousness, and action in the spirit of his work and life.

The Works will be held in downtown Oakland. Applications are due April 14, 2003 and are now available for distribution. You may request an application by calling 510-763-9300 or download one through our website at http://www.diversityworks.org. Interviews will be held in late April and early May and applicants will be notified by the middle of May.

Anyone interested in the Works is encouraged to call DiversityWorks at 510-763-9300. We would be happy to send out past participants to speak with groups of young people and make available materials describing all of our programs. Thank you for your interest in DiversityWorks.

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13. Models of Excellence Scholarship

Models of Excellence (MOE) scholarship program, sponsored by Friends of Project 10, invites all graduating senior high school students to apply for MOE scholarship. Students need to demonstrate a commitment to LGBT civil rights and must be accepted to any form of higher education. Students must be graduating from any California public, private, or parochial school. The deadline for entry is May 2, 2003. Contact Friends of Project 10 at (626) 577-4553 or e-mail project10@hotmail.com for more information.

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14. Colin Higgins Courage Awards

The Colin Higgins Foundation proudly opens nominations for the 2003 Courage Awards. The Foundation annually honors individuals who have shown exceptional bravery in the face of discrimination, intolerance and bigotry based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The awards recognize queer youth and their allies who are working towards equality in the trenches of the LGBT civil rights movement. The Courage Awards seeks to honor activists from geographically and demographically underserved communities, such as small town and rural America and communities of color, transgender communities and low-income communities.

For the first time this year, in addition to a $5,000 grant, honorees will receive a scholarship to attend the 2003 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Creating Change Conference in Miami Beach, FL, this November.

Past Courage Award winners have ranged from Boy Scout Steven Cozza of Scouting for All, who has tirelessly campaigned to end discrimination in the Scouts, to California teacher Dana Rivers, who lost her job when she came out as a transgendered woman and became a nationally recognized gender rights activist to former GSA Network Youth Council member Andy Duran.

Deadline for Courage Awards Nominations
Nominations must be received by May 23, 2003. Online nominations must be received by 5pm (PDT) on that date. Nominations received after the due date/time will not be considered and must be resubmitted in 2004. Self-nominations are not accepted. For further information, or to nominate online, please visit http://www.colinhiggins.org.

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15. Seeking Participants for "No Name-Calling" Project

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) is seeking organizational partners, and middle school educators and students to help plan and implement a new "No Name-Calling Week" project targeted at 5th through 8th graders.

GLSEN aims to create safer schools by making bullying, harassment, and name-calling unacceptable through public education campaigns that motivate youth to change their behavior and mobilize students and educators to take school-based action around the problem of name-calling and verbal harassment.

We are looking for planning team members who are interested in generating project content, developing resource materials, helping with outreach/publicity, and/or implementing a "No Name-Calling Week" in their schools.
If you are interested, please send a brief letter explaining who you are (student, educator, advocate, etc.), your grade level (if you are a student or educator), where you are located, why and how you want to be involved, and your experience with this issue. We regret that we may not be able to involve all applicants. All questions and letters should be forwarded to:

Scott Hirschfeld
Director of Education, GLSEN
121 W. 27 St., Ste 804, NY, NY 10001
tel:(212) 727-0135 x108; fax:(212) 727-0254
shirschfeld@glsen.org

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16. Rolling Stone Magazine Seeks Transgender Youth

Rolling Stone Magazine reporter, Jimmy Jellinek, is writing an article about what life is like for transgender young people under 18. If you are interested in talking to him or knows anyone who is, call:
Jimmy Jellinek at 917-225-7269.

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17. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:Center for Human Development
Empowerment Program Director
Pleasant Hill, CA

The Empowerment Program offers support and advocacy
to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth

Background
Center for Human Development (CHD) is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to promote the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. We envision physically and emotionally healthy children, youth, and adults of all ages living in safe communities. We value people of diverse backgrounds and experiences, the collaboration of staff and trained volunteers to accomplish our mission, and group process and teamwork. CHD offers a strong team environment and an outstanding benefits package. The agency is family friendly and offers flexible hours to meet the needs of working parents.

The Empowerment Program offers support, advocacy, leadership, and HIV prevention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Through the Empowerment Leadership Group (ELG), the Queer Youth Action Team (QYAT), youth-led Bump 'n Grind with Safe Sex in Mind Workshops, support groups, and social events, LGBTQ youth have the chance to become empowered and express themselves. Staff members work with youth on the QYAT and ELG to facilitate the various activities.

Job Description
The Program Director is responsible for ensuring that all program components for which he/she is responsible meet or exceed all fiscal, programmatic, contractual, and implementation commitments. The Program Director reports to the Executive Director and maintains a link with his/her program staff and the overall agency. The position is currently funded for 32 hours (80%) FTE with the potential to become 100% in the near future.

Principal Duties of Program Planning and Administration:

• Supervise the recruitment, training, and management of all program staff and volunteers;
• Identify staff development needs and ensure that these are met;
• Maintain a program which is consistent with the overall agency mission and strategic plan of CHD and which is evaluated and revised as necessary;
• Develop and maintain an outcome-based evaluation model;
• Implement the program based on objectives in order to ensure compliance with contract and other funding sources;
• Prepare all necessary reports including monthly, monitoring, mid-year, and final reports for funding sources and CHD;
• Develop, with the assistance of the Executive Director and Fiscal Manager, program budget(s) and amend as needed, with supervisor's approval;
• Authorize planned expenditures consistent with budget(s);
• Participate in annual planning/updating of agency strategic plan;
• Work closely with supervisor to research and identify potential funding opportunities in the form of contracts, grants, fees for service, donations, promotions, events, etc.;
• Coordinate or participate in fundraising events as directed by supervisor;
• Advocate for program and CHD with funding sources as directed by supervisor;
• Represent the program and CHD to the community and make public presentations on behalf of program and CHD;
• Establish relationships with key media contacts and coordinate press releases with Executive Director;
• Actively seek visibility for the program and CHD through participation and attendance at conferences, meetings, and related events;
• Seek opportunities for promoting and marketing the program and CHD through special events, materials, spokespersons, promotional items, and collaborative efforts with community sponsors;
• Attend community, county, and all necessary meetings, including Leadership Team;
• Other duties as assigned.

1. Bachelor's degree in health, human services, or related field. Master's degree preferred. Work or volunteer experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
2. Two to three years of program management experience.
3. Two to three years experience working with LGBTQ youth and HIV prevention.
4. Demonstrated skills in proposal development and writing, employee supervision and development, training, budget management, public speaking, coordination of volunteer efforts, and fundraising.
5. Ability to work as part of a leadership team.
6. Experience in working with diverse communities.
7. Knowledge of Contra Costa County preferred.
8. Comprehensive knowledge of prevention principles and practices, working with youth volunteers, working with youth in several different capacities, positive youth development, and community health promotion.

Salary: Five step salary range:$31,865 - $38,732 based on 1.0 FTE (Full Time Equivalent). Benefits are based on FTE and include medical, dental, three weeks of vacation, one week of administrative leave, 12 holidays, long-term disability, and a retirement plan.

Application Process: Send cover letter and resume to arrive no later than April 15, to Executive Director, Center for Human Development, 391 Taylor Blvd, Suite 120, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. Fax (925) 687-6903.

Center for Human Development is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex; sexual orientation; race; color; religious creed; marital status; national origin including language limitations; ancestry; medical condition (cancer/genetic characteristics); age (40 and above); disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS; pregnancy disability leave or reasonable accommodation; gender identification; or Vietnam Era and special disabled veterans status. Smoke-free environment.

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empowering youth activists to fight homophobia in schools

Carolyn Laub
Executive Director
Gay-Straight Alliance Network
160 14th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
ph:415.552.4229
fax:415.552.4729
carolyn@gsanetwork.org
http://www.gsanetwork.org/
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