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About Us
Vision Statement
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (GSA for Safe Schools) envisions educational systems where all students thrive regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
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Mission Statement
GSA for Safe Schools is a public benefit organization committed to safe middle schools and high schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youths and all students.
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Our Impact
Student Stories: Past Student Award Recipients
We recently tracked down a majority of our past scholarship and youth award recipients to find out where they are at and how they view their past involvement in the GSA movement still impacting their lives today. We were newly delighted with each update that rolled in. It is clear that the award recipients have continued pursuing life with the same passion and sense of social justice that drew our attention to them back when they were in high school. All of them are thriving in their own way as they pursue big lives.
Read on to hear in their own words about their adventures – big and small.
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NOTE: We are still trying to track down a few more past recipients. If you can help, please drop
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1998-Tim Michael
1999-Jeanne Fahrenbach, Brian Wiedenmeier, Katie Wilkin
2000-Elyn Blackman, Jeremy Dowd, Michael Hartman, Hope Mueller
2001-Becky Carvin, Carrie Stellpflug
2002-Jennifer Forecki, Marc Korobkin, Sam Stiegler
2003-B.J. Warren
2004-Asha Bennett, Erica C. Bowman, Tyler Stevermer, Jean Wennlund
2005-Sol Kelley-Jones, Anthony Reuter, Stephanie C. Wear
2006-Brianna Buhr, Elise Ganser, Kat Koslov, James Schoenemann,
David Seitz,
Emma Zeldin
2007-Ben Pollok, Ellie Crean, Jared Genova, Kat Miller,
Teddi Hereid
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1997 – Adam Estes, Megan Lemke
1998 – Josh Kading
1999 – Gillian Hayward
2000 – Madeline Olesky
2001 – Francesca Johnson, Jared Kassof
2002 – Emily MacDonald, Lane Morein
2003 – Jess Lord, Bridget Finnegan, Josh Coleman
2004 – Bryan Utley
2005 – Danielle Wakefield
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Service Statement
GSA for Safe Schools provides public awareness, leadership development for youth, skill development for GSA advisors and other secondary school educators. The primary recipients of GSA for Safe Schools programs are LGBT middle and high school students and their allies, educators, and the public and private educational systems in which they learn and work.
GSA for Safe Schools focuses its programs in South Central Wisconsin and, in concert with other strategic partners, extends its public awareness and skill development efforts more broadly in Wisconsin through workshops, as well as print and electronic resources, thus affecting systemic change.
Necessity of GSA for Safe Schools’ Work
The harassment and discrimination experienced by LGBT students places them at an increased risk for clinically significant distress as they enter adolescence. Numerous studies, including the DPI Youth Behavioral Risk Survey, show that sexual minority adolescents report greater depression, feelings of hopelessness, and past and present suicidal tendencies than do demographically similar heterosexual adolescents.
We at the same time recognize the many healthy LGBT students who model leadership in social activism and civic responsibility. We strive to build up this type of leadership in LGBT students and to build up the capacity of other adults to work with students within school systems.
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