SafeSchoolsNC

Safe Schools North Carolina (SSNC) is excited to announce that we are currently accepting applications for our Board of Directors! Applications are due by October 11, 2021, and the Board will respond to applicants by October 18th. Any questions can be directed to [email protected].
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2021 Safe Schools NC Board Application Hello!! Thank you for your interest in joining the Safe Schools NC Board of Directors! Safe Schools NC is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to creating a safe and positive learning environment for all students and educators in North Carolina, with an emphasis on actual or perceived sexua...

Safe Schools NC is super excited to be hosting a Virtual Q***r Youth Panel on March 25th from 6PM-7:30PM!! SSNC Board members will be in conversation with three NC-based youth about safety, support, and resilience. This event is FREE but spots are limited, so go ahead and register using this link: https://forms.gle/uzotAhmm5DAgtYmg8

Safe Schools North Carolina Virtual Q***r Youth Panel Thank you for your interest in this event! SSNC will be joined by three NC-based q***r youth who will talk with SSNC Board members about ways that teachers, support staff, and other supportive adults in their lives can create safer and affirming spaces in the classroom and beyond. Please note that t...

The COVID-19 Pandemic has challenged our work as K-12 educators and administrators in unprecedented ways. To help manage these challenges, we put together these Pandemic Resources to Support LGBTQ+ Youth. Check out the link in our bio for the PDF version and embedded links!

Safe Schools NC is so proud and in awe of our fellow Board member, Falter, for receiving the North Carolina English Teachers’ Association’s First-ever Anti-Racist Teaching Award!!! We love you Michelle and we are so grateful you are part of the Safe Schools. team!! https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/2020/12/01/assistant-professor-michelle-falter-receives-north-carolina-english-teachers-associations-first-ever-anti-racist-teaching-award/?fbclid=IwAR0LhPLkGTBv4wnffGqqz6jOPYp0JmSb2vy1bW0eX1WIFu_eF489Eq8FT30

Friends! Safe Schools North Carolina (SSNC) is currently seeking information about what our friends and communities would find most helpful for us to offer in the way of programming and events during the 20-21 academic year. We would like to offer training and networking opportunities that will be helpful to all people who work with LGBTQ+ students during this time. Here is a very brief form (should take you no more than 5 minutes) to help us better understand how to support LGBTQ+ students right now. If you are a teacher or support staff in schools, or a parent of an LGBTQ+ student, please fill out this BRIEF form to support SSNC!! We appreciate you!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdul13s_7OL1dN-cFIjNJRGLeImiXAGneycvPCr8reR8t-B7A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Congratulations to the newly elected Chair and Vice Chair of the SSNC Board of Directors, JP Przewoznik and Stephenie Clark, and thank you to departing Chair Holly Jordan for her five years of service on the Board.

Our entire Board of Directors remains committed to making NC's classrooms and school communities safe and inclusive spaces through education that combats anti-blackness, transphobia, homophobia, and other forms of racism and bigotry.

Three more days to apply to be part of the Safe Schools NC Board of Directors. Join us in this important work! Last day to apply is May 25. bit.ly/joinssncboard

Have you heard? We are accepting applications to join our Board of Directors! The deadline is May 25. bit.ly/joinssncboard

Apply to join our wonderful Board of Directors! We are accepting applications from all across the state from now through May 25. bit.ly/joinssncboard

We know these are uncertain times, and we also know that LGBTQ+ students in North Carolina continue to need the support of their teachers and school communities. Join the SSNC Board of Directors to help us accomplish this work. We are accepting applications now through May 25. bit.ly/joinssncboard

We know some of you were looking forward to our annual LGBTQ+ Brunch and Learn event this spring. Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled before we were even able to start advertising it. We'll see y'all at the conference next fall. Wishing you peace and health!

Did you attend the SSNC 5th Annual LGBTQ+ Conference for Educators and School Communities in November 2019?Here's the folder of resources from break-out sessions. We hope you find them helpful!

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Just one supportive adult cuts the chance an LGBTQ youth will attempt su***de by 40% 0ver 1.8 million young LGBTQ people considered su***de each year. Any supportive adult can make a difference - not just a parent...

¡Gracias al periódico La Conexión por compartir sobre Safe Schools NC a las comunidades hispanohablantes de Carolina del Norte!

Thank you to La Conexión Newspaper for spreading the word about Safe Schools NC to North Carolina's Spanish speaking communities!

más de 150 asistentes en su mayoría profesores, se dieron cita en el auditorio de la escuela media de Wendell, con la finalidad de atender la quinta conferencia anual para educadores y comunidades escolares sobre asuntos LGBTQ+, que es llevada a cabo bajo la organización estatal sin fines de lucro Safe Schools NC, la cual se dedica a crear ambientes de aprendizaje seguros y positivos para todos los estudiantes y educadores en Carolina del Norte, con énfasis en la orientación sexual real o percibida, la identidad de género y la expresión de género.

Dicha conferencia está diseñada para entrenar y capacitar a los educadores para saber cómo resolver algunos desafíos que pudiesen enfrentar estudiantes con sentido de pertenencia a la comunidad LGBTQ+, con un personal altamente calificado y un horario de trabajo de 8 a.m. a 3 pm.

Miembros de la organización Safe Schools NC impartieron los temas que estaban en su agenda, compartieron información y recursos a sus participantes, quienes aseguraron que muchas veces no cuentan con la información necesaria para vincularse con la Comunidad LGBTRQ+ y los retos que enfrenta.

Es importante recalcar la meta principal de Safe Schools NC, y es que básicamente ellos les brindan apoyo a los estudiantes a través de la capacitación de sus educadores.

Las buenas historias casi siempre son el resultado de una buena voluntad.

Safe Schools NC es una organización que se ha podido sostener a través de las donaciones y patrocinios de algunos que creen y confían en la lucha que ellos lideran.

Algunas otras organizaciones con apoyo y recursos a la comunidad, también estuvieron presentes en la conferencia con algunas mesas y material didáctico de apoyo que compartieron con quienes se acercaban a solicitar información.

Numerosos talleres, eventos y programas de educación y recursos de inclusión a la comunidad LGBTQ+ en el sector educativo ejecuta Safe Schools NC. Quienes estén interesados en conocer más detalles, pueden consultar el portal electrónico: https://www.safeschoolsnc.org

At the SSNC conference yesterday, we took a moment of silence to remember Grayson, a transgender North Carolina student who died by su***de last week. If you’d like to make a donation in honor of Grayson, here’s the fundraiser set up by his QSA.

Fundraising for The Trevor Project In the honor of Grayson Johnson, all money raised will fund a su***de prevention organization focused on q***r individuals so that more people have access to the resources we wish he had.

We can't wait to see you all tomorrow at the SafeSchoolsNC Conference! There will be plenty of sunshine inside of Wendell Middle School so come on out and let's Embrace Inclusive Advocacy! 🌈