Ally Week is October 15-21, 2006

Join the national youth-led effort empowering students to be allies against anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) bullying, harassment and name-calling in K-12 schools.

Who can help us the most to end anti-LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) bullying and harassment in your school? ALLIES!

GLSEN is proud to be encouraging students to end anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in K-12 schools with the 2nd Annual Ally Week! What better way to kick-off the school year than to have student clubs commonly known as gay-straight alliances (GSAs) identify and support allies in your school? Ally Week can be simple, passing out stickers to allies who sign the pledge, or more advanced with an event or series of events planned throughout the week.

Remember, Ally Week is about identifying and supporting allies in your school and asking them to sign the Ally Pledge to intervene in bullying and harassment throughout the school year. Your Ally Week activities will be most successful if they help support allies to know how to intervene but also make them feel good and proud to be allies!

		Register for Ally Week here Oct 12, 2006
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		FAQs: About Ally Week Sep 26, 2006 The reasons for Ally Week, it's history, and ways to respond to critics of student activities.
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		Ally Week Resource List Aug 16, 2006 Find lots of tips, links to buttons and stickers and other resources.
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		GSA Action Kit: Five Ways to Be An Ally Jun 19, 2006
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		I love being a straight ally! Aug 21, 2006 "When I look at people, I look at people for who they are, not what they are. A person’s sexual orientation or gender presentation is not something I judge someone over."
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		Safe Space Kit 00, 0000
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		What Do We Really Think? A Group Exercise to Increase Heterosexual Ally Behavior Dec 14, 2001 This simple group exercise helps participants to understand the ways in which faulty assumptions perpetuate anti-LGBT bias and encourages heterosexual ally behavior.
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