GLSEN Inc
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EIN Number: 90-0781417
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Phone: 212-727-0135
Hours: No Set Business Hours - Call to Inquire
Website: https://www.glsen.org/chapter/tennessee
Email: chapter@tn.glsen.org
NTEE Code: R26: Lesbian & Gay Rights
MISSION - WHAT WE DO
GLSEN Tennessee is a chapter of GLSEN, a national organization fighting for every student’s right to a safe, supportive education. GLSEN Tennessee is a grassroots initiative, working locally in our community to ensure safe schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. There are 43 Chapters around the country doing this important work. Join us today! Our chapter supports students and educators locally, organizes around LGBTQ-affirming public policy, plans teacher trainings, and hosts events for students, educators, parents, and allies. Chapters like ours play an important role in bringing GLSEN’s programs and visions to right where we live, work, and learn. While some chapters have full-time or part-time staff, most are entirely volunteer-based. We're always looking for new volunteers to help us ensure safe schools for all students. Explore our website to find out more about our work here in Tennessee and to learn about how you can get involved in local and national events.
VISION - GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS
At GLSEN, we want every student, in every school, to be valued and treated with respect, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We believe that all students deserve a safe and inclusive school environment where they can learn and grow.
SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT
We accomplish our goals by working in hallways across the country -- from Congress and the Department of Education to schools and district offices in your community -- to improve school climate and champion LGBT issues in K-12 education. Every day GLSEN works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. Together, we can transform our nation’s K-12 schools into the safe and affirming environment all youth deserve. Day of Silence GLSEN’s Day of Silence is a student-led national event where folks take a vow of silence to highlight the silencing and erasure of LGBTQ people at school. GLSEN's Day of Silence is one element of a larger effort to create safe and inclusive schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Ally Week GLSEN's Ally Week is a student-powered program where LGBTQ K-12 students and LGBTQ educators lead the conversation on what they need from their allies in school. No Name-Calling Week GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week is a week organized by K-12 educators and students to end name-calling and bullying in schools. Safe Space Kit Bullying and harassment are the norm for far too many LGBTQ youth. But the presence of a supportive educator is proven to make a difference. GLSEN’s Safe Space Kit comes with resources to help educators create safe, more inclusive learning environments for LGBTQ students. With a Safe Space Kit schools have access to our 42-page guide filled with concrete strategies, and an informative poster and stickers that help students identify supportive educators in their school. Student Leadership Spearheading our efforts to encourage youth leadership internally and across the country, each year, GLSEN selects outstanding LGBGTQ students from across the country to form our National Student Council. This GLSEN-sponsored youth leadership and engagement program supports student members as they dedicate their time, passion, and commitment to our mission for safer schools while also elevating the voices of marginalized groups within the LGBTQ community, including youth of color, rural, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth. National Student Council members advise GLSEN programming and campaigns, offer valuable insight to GLSEN’s staff and Board of Directors, and share their stories in popular media and policymakers. They are the experts regarding their experiences and their insights bring depth and breadth to GLSEN’s student work. In addition to this, GLSEN is on a misson to register 10,000 GSAs during the 2018-2019 school year. We know, from our National Scool Climate Survey (first-of-its-kind research) that students involved in GSAs are more than twice as likely to describe their classmates as accepting (54.7 vs 28.3), less likely to feel unsafe at school (51.7 vs 67.3), and are less likely to miss school because of safety concerns (28.7 vs 41.8). LGBTQ thrive when given an opportunity to lead with expertise in their own experiences.
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- Children & Youth
- LGBTQ+ People
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Nashville, TN, USA
https://www.glsen.org/chapter/tennessee
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