GLSEN 2005 Students of Color Organizers (SOCO) Retreat during MLK Weekend

Nov 23, 2004

The goals of the retreat are:

1. To network students of color organizers, GLSEN staff and organizational allies;
2. To build skills of student of color organizers (in particular in organizing as students of color and/or in communities of color); and
3. To develop action plans for student of color organizers to implement

   Courtesy of The King Center

   projects which address issues of communities or students of color in safe schools organizing.

Approximately twenty student of color organizers from across the United States will be selected to participate in the GLSEN 2005 Student of Color Organizers (SOCO) Retreat representing a diverse spectrum of students from many different communities and backgrounds. LGBT students and straight allies, students from various ethnic and racial backgrounds who identify as people of color and students with diverse gender identities and expressions will be chosen -- all with one common identity, wanting to implement a project in their community that will serve communities or students of color and safe schools issues.

GLSEN will provide hotel, meals (from Friday dinner through Monday lunch), transportation (from the home community to Minneapolis and escorted travel to and from the airport or other location to the hotel) and other costs associated with the weekend including any programmatic costs. Participants are responsible for transportation to the airport or other location in their home community (unless other arrangements have been made), meals while traveling and spending money for snacks or souvenirs. GLSEN staff will escort students and be available 24-hours a day for participants and parent(s)/guardian(s) to contact with any emergency.

APPLY ONLINE TODAY - CLICK HERE.

Note: The general deadline has passed however, in order to meet our goals for representation, applications are still being considered for Asian/Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and/or Native American students.

GLSEN strongly encourages transgender students and straight ally students to apply.