Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:32:22 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 3/17/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. CA: Job opening in Gay-Straight Alliance Network; Legislative updates 2. FL: Project YES founder receives award ========================================================= X-Sender: cmlaub@pop.slip.net Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:40:19 -0800 From: Carolyn Laub Subject: Job Opening with Gay-Straight Alliance Network Please re-post widely. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Community Organizer REPORTS TO: Director POSITION OVERVIEW: Bay Area Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Network is looking for a Community Organizer to work directly with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and straight ally youth and adult organizers of Gay-Straight Alliance clubs throughout the Bay Area. This is a new position in a small non-profit organization. There is a lot of room for growth, development, and creativity. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Provide support for currently existing and start-up GSAs across the Bay Area through email, phone calls, and on-site visits to GSA meetings. * Assist GSAs in doing outreach and coordinating social, educational and advocacy activities at their high schools. * Work with Youth Steering Committee to organize the annual Overcoming Homophobia Meeting for Youth (OHMY) Conference. * Work with 5 GSAs representing diverse student populations to develop models for on-campus coalition-building and community organizing campaigns. * Help organize regional GSA Leadership Trainings, peer education trainings, networking events, and social gatherings for youth involved in GSAs. * Create program materials and resources on specific topics related to GSAs and anti-homophobia organizing in schools. * Recruit for and coordinate new volunteer program. * Other duties as assigned by supervisor. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: * Ability to relate with and understand LGBTQ youth and their straight allies. * Ability to communicate effectively with youth and adults from diverse backgrounds, familiar with contemporary youth culture and issues, particularly LGBTQ youth issues. * Experience with grassroots community organizing and multi-issue organizing a plus. * Excellent written and oral communication skills. * Ability to work as a team member and independently. * Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. This position requires transportation around the Bay Area. Candidates must have a car or access to a car on a regular basis. ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1998, Bay Area GSA Network is a youth-led organization that works to empower youth activists fighting homophobia in schools by helping youth start, sustain, and strengthen Gay-Straight Alliance clubs in high schools. Bay Area GSA Network currently serves over 100 GSAs throughout Northern California SALARY: Position is a full-time, exempt position with a salary of $26,000-$29,000 plus benefits. Position is open until filled. TO APPLY: Send cover letter and resume to: Carolyn Laub, Bay Area GSA Network, 965 Mission St., Suite 218, San Francisco, CA 94103. Young people, people of color, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities encouraged to apply. **************************************** Bay Area Gay-Straight Alliance Network 965 Mission Street, Suite 218 San Francisco, CA 94103 ph: (415) 442-4726 fax: (415) 442-4727 www.gsanetwork.org carolyn@gsanetwork.org **************************************** ==================================================================================== To: lesbigayLIST Mailing-List: list lesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com; contact lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:06:02 -0800 From: "McBride, Laurie" Reply-To: lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com Subject: [lesbigayCApolitics] Capitol Briefs: 3/10 - Legislative Update Part 2 From: "McBride, Laurie" Capitol Briefs & other musings of the culture wars >From Sacramento // Friday, March 10, 2000 [non-schools-related bills omitted] HATE CRIMES AB 1785 (Assemblymember Antonio Villaraigosa, D-Los Angeles) Would require school districts and county offices of education to add hate motivated incidents and hate crimes to standard school crime reports. STATUS: Passed its first hearing, 7-0 in Assembly Public Safety Committee. Pending its next hearing in Assembly Appropriations Cmte (date not set) AB 1906 (Assemblymember John Longville, D-San Bernardino) Would remove the funding restriction in the Education Code's Hate Violence Prevention Act. The Hate violence Prevention Act requires the State board of Education, at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to adopt policies and establish guidelines relating to prevention hate violence in the public schools (K-12). However, the funding restriction prohibits the use of state monies for same. STATUS: not set for committee hearing yet; probably will go to Assembly Education Cmte AB 1931 (Assemblymember Jack Scott, D-Los Angeles) Would require the department of education to report the number of suspensions and recommendations for expulsion for hate violence in public schools. Would appropriate $150,000 for regional training programs of school staff in the identification of hate violence. It would appropriate an additional $2 million in grants to school districts for tolerance education programs. (for example, the programs conducted by the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance to overcome prejudice, counter hatred, foster ethnic sensitivity, and prevent hate violence.) STATUS: not set for committee hearing yet; probably will go to Assembly Education Cmte AB 2609 (Assemblymember Wally Knox, D-Los Angeles) Would add social tolerance to the subjects that must be addressed in social science studies in grades 1 through 6. STATUS: not set for committee hearing yet ACA 21 (Assemblymember George House, D-Modesto) Would put a constitutional amendment before the voters that "every parent has a fundamental right to control the care and custody of his or her minor children." This is another in a long line of so-called "parental rights" bills; under such laws parents could object to tolerance education as an attack on parental rights. STATUS: not set for committee hearing yet; probably will go to Assembly Judiciary Cmte SB 1326 (Senator Tom Hayden, D-Los Angeles) Would require the Department of Education to develop a human relations school curriculum addressing racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance and other forms of bigotry. To be made available to school districts with a mandate that it is included in the required course of study; a review of current cirriculum and reccos; hate crimes reporting k-12; higher ed hate crimes reporting. STATUS: to be heard in Senate Education Committee, March 15th SB 1734 (Senator Kevin Murray, D-Los Angeles) Would declare legislative intent to enact laws to deter hate-motivated behavior; train teachers, school administrators, and law enforcement personnel regarding hate groups and hate-motivated behavior; improve tolerance and diversity curriculum for students in the lower elementary grades; and encourage community partnerships to minimize the influence of hate groups. STATUS: not set for committee hearing yet News Digest & Comments by Laurie McBride Lesbian and Gay Community Liaison for Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa Speaker of the California State Assembly State Capitol, Room 219 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 319 2470 laurie.mcbride@asm.ca.gov # # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAXIMIZE YOUR CARD, MINIMIZE YOUR RATE! Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click.egroups.com/1/2122/3/_/471485/_/952747077/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: lesbigayLIST Mailing-List: list lesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com; contact lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:07:43 -0800 From: "McBride, Laurie" Reply-To: lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com Subject: [lesbigayCApolitics] Capitol Briefs: 3/10 Legislative Update Part 3 From: "McBride, Laurie" Capitol Briefs & other musings of the culture wars >From Sacramento // Friday, March 10, 2000 Here's the rest of the current legislative update... [again, non-schools-related bills omitted] NON-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS SB 1366 (Senators Monteith and Mountjoy) Would require the DMV to issue a special license plate honoring the Boy Scouts. This license plate would depict the official Boy Scout logo and the words "Scouting Teaches Values." Proceeds would go to the boy scouts for their outreach programs, which presumably would not include gay scouts. This bill will be opposed by CAPE. There are several special license plate bills pending before the Senate Transportation Committee. Their bill analysis suggests that if the Committee approves any of these, they may want to impose the requirements of SB 1329 (above) on them. STATUS: Pending hearing in Senate Transportation Cmte, no date set SB 1804 (Senator Ray Haynes, R-Riverside) Would exempt in the prohibition of unlawful employment practices, under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, the transfer of a student into or out of a classroom by a school district or a county office of education at the request of a student's parent or guardian. STATUS: not set for committee hearing yet BUDGET PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY CAPE (California Alliance for Pride and Equality, California's lgbt lobby) * Social Services funding that targets lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Californians. * Domestic partner registry funding, to insure the implementation AB 26 * Hate violence prevention funding, for the implementation and enforcement of AB 537 in California's public schools * Non-discrimination funding, to insure the enforcement of non-discrimination protections in employment and housing based on sexual orientation. * Hate crime prevention monies * Tolerance education programs News Digest & Comments by Laurie McBride Lesbian and Gay Community Liaison for Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa Speaker of the California State Assembly State Capitol, Room 219 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 319 2470 laurie.mcbride@asm.ca.gov # # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERFORM CPR ON YOUR APR! Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click.egroups.com/1/2121/3/_/471485/_/952747182/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ================================================================================ Miami Herald, March 9, 2000 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL, 33132 (Fax 305-527-8955 or 305-376-8950 ) (E-Mail: HeraldEd@herald.com ) ( http://www.herald.com ) Woman Honored For Supporting Gay Youth Herald Staff The American Cancer Society has chosen Martha Fugate as its Woman of the Year. Fugate is one of the founders and current director of Project YES, a local nonprofit organization that works to prevent suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adolescents. The program educates those who work with adolescents to enlist support for gay youth. "What this award means is that the entire community is concerned with the issues of gay and lesbian youth and that they are recognizing the work that Project YES does in our community to make it safer for all youth,'' Fugate said. The award will be presented at a luncheon Saturday at Keys Gate Golf and Country Club, 2300 Palm Dr., Homestead. For information, call 305-663-7195. ================================================================================ Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) These messages are archived by state on our information-loaded free web site: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/