Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 14:48:07 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 3/3/98 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. NH: News article on LGB youth dance 2. CA: Another scholarship opportunity for SF bay area students; how you can help educational equity in San Leandro ================================================================ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 06:32:22 -0700 From: Penny Culliton Subject: LGB Youth Dance in NH >From the Concord (NH) Monitor A night of normalcy for gay teens No staring, snickering at this dance Monday, March 2, 1998 By PAMELA M. WALSH Monitor staff Concord A few teenagers excitedly scurried over to the deejay to make a request. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] =============================================================================== Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 06:43:35 -0700 From: Jessea NR Greenman Subject: ANOTHER SF Bay Area scholarship [from GLSEN/SFBA newsletter...] GLSEN/SFBA & PG&E LBGEA SCHOLARSHIP PG&E's Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay Employee Association sponsors scholarships with GLSEN/SFBA for graduating high school seniors in all nine of the San Francisco Bay Area Counties. The deadline to apply for this year's scholarship is March 15. Application forms have been mailed to high school counselors in all San Francisco Bay Area counties and an announcement should be posted by now. If you are in a high school in the area, please verify that counselors have received and posted the scholarship announcement. Last year, seven $1,000 awards were made. This year the GLSEN/SFBA & PG&E LBGEA Scholarship Awards Banquet will again be at Gabbiano's Restaurant, 1 Ferry Plaza, San Francisco on Friday, May 15. The dinner price will be $45 and will help raise money for the scholarship fund. More information will be available in future newsletters. =============================================================================== Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 06:45:35 -0700 To: richter@eecs.berkeley.edu From: Jessea NR Greenman Subject: CA: HOW YOU CAN HELP IN SAN LEANDRO [from GLSEN/SFBA newsletter #47, March 1998] HOW YOU CAN HELP IN SAN LEANDRO Gay and pro-gay teachers and the principal at San Leandro High School continue to receive heavy criticism from the "Christian" Right, for trying to make San Leandro High School safer for students who are lesbian, gay, or perceived as gay. This includes Karl Debro who was the featured speaker at our January GLSEN/SFBA Membership Meeting. Debro was co-founder of the Gay Straight Alliance at San Leandro High School. Consequently the following is still needed: 1) Attend one or more of the school board meetings. If you wish to speak during public testimony, fill out a yellow information card when you arrive. Meetings are Tuesdays, at 7pm at San Leandro City Hall, Council Chambers Room, 835 E. 14th St., San Leandro, CA. 2) Send letters, faxes, or make phone calls to the district office and school board, specifically supporting the principal and the teachers of San Leandro High School who are trying to make the school safe and supportive for everyone: Tom Himmelberg Superintendent of SLUSD 14735 Juniper St. San Leandro, CA 94579 phone: 510-667-3522 fax: 510-667-3569 San Leandro Board of Education 14735 Juniper St. San Leandro, CA 94579 3) To receive more info. mail a request to: Parents for Safe Schools Coalition P.O.Box 128, San Leandro CA 94577 or email: bkonecny@aol.com 4) or send a letter to the editor: San Leandro Times 2060 Washington Ave. San Leandro, CA 94577 =============================================================================== Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK OUT OUR INFO-LOADED WEB PAGE AT: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/