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National Day of Silence is Friday, April 22, 2022.
The Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ students and allies all around the country—and the world—take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.
Over 4 in 5 LGBTQ students don’t see positive LGBTQ representation in their curriculum, nearly 9 in 10 experience harassment or assault, and almost a third miss school because they feel unsafe or uncomfortable. (Kosciw, J. G., Clark, C. M, Truon, N. L., & Zongrone, A. D. (2020). The 2019 National School Climate Survey: The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth in our nation’s schools. New York: GLSEN)
Where LGBTQ+ people in schools are often silenced and erased, this direct action is a reclamation of that forced silence and erasure. This time LGBTQ+ students and educators are choosing to be silent on their own accord and demonstrate the impact on the entire school community when LGBTQ+ people are silenced and erased.
The Day of Silence was started in the mid 90’s by two college students, and has expanded to reach hundreds of thousands of students each year. Every April, students go through the school day without speaking, ending the day with Breaking the Silence rallies and events to share their experiences during the protest and bring attention to ways their schools and communities can become more inclusive.
More information, palm cards, videos, planning guides can be found at https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence.
Santa Fe High School GSA will be breaking the silence with a Night of Noise, also April 22 from 6:30-8pm on the SFHS plaza. The Night of Noise will be a celebration of our LGBTQ+ students and there will be music, crafts, and snacks. Please share this with any of your students who may be interested, and please feel free to attend and support our LGBTQ+ community!
The Safe Zones Program at Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) is a district-wide program designed to create more welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environments by identifying and training staff to provide extra support for students dealing with bullying, harassment, discrimination, bias, or other issues. Safe Zones is especially aimed at supporting those students most often marginalized: those who are LGBTQ+, a person of color, undocumented, pregnant/parenting, of any body size, of any income level, have a disability, experience housing instability, or are targeted for any other reason.
As a Safe Zones Partner I will do my best to create an environment where EVERY student feels supported, welcomed, valued, and affirmed, especially those who are LGBTQ+, a person of color, undocumented, pregnant/parenting, of any body size, of any income level, have a disability, experience housing instability, or are targeted for any other reason. Ms. C's pronouns are she/her/hers/elle. (See www.mypronouns.org to learn more)
Look for these Safe Zone signs that are posted outside classrooms and offices of campus Safe Zone Partners.
Look for these Safe Zone signs that are posted outside classrooms and offices of campus Safe Zone Partners.
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