- Ally Week Action instructions
- Ally Week Pledge Form
- Ally Week Pledge Card template
- Gay-Straight Alliances
- Ally Week Event page
- GLSEN
-
Day of Silence
MySpace
- MySpace.com/allyweek
- MySpace.com/dayofsilence
Twitter
- Twitter.com/glsen
- Twitter.com/dayofsilence
Ally Week is dedicated to identifying, supporting and celebrating Allies against anti-LGBT bullying and harassment. And how do you find Allies? You TAKE ACTION!
Here are a few ways you can participate in Ally Week. From speedy pledges to longer organizing activities, this list provides ways that everyone can contribute. Find one that works for you.
Take the ALLY PLEDGE! It only takes a minute and demonstrates your support against anti-LGBT bullying and harassment.
Register
your Ally Week event - SIGN UP HERE
Students and GSAs are strongly encouraged to register for GLSEN's Ally Week
in order to receive free resources and to help us determine the total number
of schools and students taking part. You can also contact a student organizer
from the Jump-Start leadership team for support.
Organize an Ally Week Action: A great way to take action is by organizing the Ally Week action at your school. With this action you'll identify Allies in your school or community, get people to sign the Ally Pledge, and collect email addresses for future organizing. You'll need to download all three documents below to get started.
Ally Week Organizing Manual
This easy-to-read manual has everything you need to start planning Ally Week
at your school, including organizing tips, activity ideas and more! Download
the manual - 18 pages [pdf 765kb]
10 Things You Can Do for Ally Week
This quick guide has helpful ideas for your Ally Week. Whether you have lots of time to plan or only a few hours, there are activities here for everyone! Click to download.
Ally 101 Workshop Guide
Facilitating an Ally 101 workshop is a great way to encourage people to act
as Allies to LGBT students in your school. Use this guide to help you facilitate
your own workshop to engage participants in activities that will get them
thinking critically about where they stand as allies and how they can become
better allies to LGBT people. Download
the PDF here.
Be an Ally to Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Students
The identities, experiences and needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming people are often overlooked in schools.
This guide provides some easy tips you can use to make sure that all students, including transgender and
gender-nonconforming students are safe and respected in school.
Download
the PDF here.
Allied Clubs Meeting Guide
One of the best ways to increase the number of Allies at your school is by
building coalitions with other student clubs. This guide provides step-by-step
instructions on how to have your own meeting to build a coalition of allied
clubs in your school. Download
the PDF here.
Sample Letters
Administration
- Write a letter to your school?s administration requesting support for Ally
Week. Download
WORD.doc
School Clubs
- Send a request support from student clubs at your school. Download
WORD.doc
Email to
Participants - Send an email to people you know asking them to be allies.
Download
WORD.doc
Get Support
Connect with other students on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Share your ideas about Ally Week and learn what others are doing to make safe schools everywhere. Get in on the conversation here:
GLSEN Jump-Start Guide
GLSEN created this resource for new and already-established Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) or similar clubs. There are eight separate guides that will take you through the process of establishing or re-establishing your group, identifying your mission and goals, and assessing your school's climate. To see a more detailed description of the Jump-Start Guides and to download copies, click here.
Check out more awesome resources on the Get Stuff page.