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National Day of Silence
Where
Across the Commonwealth
When
April 16, 2010
The Day of Silence is a student-led action where concerned students, from middle school to college, take some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to the name-calling, bullying and harassment—in effect, the silencing—experienced by LGBT students and their allies.
What can the Day of Silence do?
The Day of Silence can be used as a tool to affect positive change – both personally and community-wide. The Day of Silence is designed to draw attention to the bullying and harassment faced by LGBT students everywhere.
Silence is used as a tactic to provide a space for personal reflections about the consequences of being silent and silenced. The Day of Silence is an effort that can raise awareness on this issue, prompting people to talk and think about it. Think about what change is needed in your community and how the Day of silence can be a building block in your efforts to create change.
No two Day of Silence events look exactly the same. Students everywhere design the day in ways that make sense for their particular school. Many students make t-shirts with slogans supporting LGBT students and their allies. Students pass out “speaking cards” that state the intention of the day and ask for understanding and consideration from their peers, faculty and administrations.
Events range in size from a single student to a thousand students spending an entire day in silence plus hundreds more wearing or showing signs of support.
REPORT PROBLEMS FROM SCHOOL OFFICIALS
OR STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR TEACHER AND
THEN YOUR PRINCIPAL! IF THEY DO NOT
ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS IMMEDIATELY, CONTACT
KENTUCKY EQUALITY FEDERATION'S DISCRIMINATION,
SCHOOL BULLYING, AND HATE CRIMES
COMMITTEE
NOTICE: If you experience
discrimination, or problems from school
administration during the National Day of
Silence, please immediately notify Kentucky
Equality Federation's Discrimination, School
Bullying, and Hate Crimes Committee:Kentucky Equality
Federation
Discrimination, School Bullying, and Hate Crimes Committee
Committee Members
CONTACT US:
Online Contact Form
Telephone: (877) KEF-5775 - Ext. 6
KENTUCKY
EQUALITY FEDERATION POLICY:
Discrimination, School Bullying, and Hate Crimes Committee
Committee Members
CONTACT US:
Online Contact Form
Telephone: (877) KEF-5775 - Ext. 6
The academic consequences of bullying are severe, not to mention the mental and physical well-being of targeted students and bystanders alike. Bullying is not a new phenomenon, of course, but neither is it an unalterable fact of childhood. School-wide anti-bullying projects, involving parents and non-teaching staff along with teachers and student leaders have been shown to reduce harassment by as much as fifty percent. - Safe Schools Coalition
The bottom line is ... You deserve to be able to be yourself, without having to face verbal or physical violence … and to be able to get an education without having to lie about being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender or about having gay friends or family members or about believing in civil rights for gay people.
And no matter how alone you may sometimes feel, you deserve help and support.