The board of directors of Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Nerwork) have announced that the organization’s Founder and Executive Director, Carolyn Laub, will transition out of the organization at the end of August. The announcement comes as Laub concludes a 3-month sabbatical, which she used to reflect on her 16 years of leadership at GSA Network…
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the national youth empowerment organization Gay-Straight Alliance Network launched a campaign for GSA clubs to demand their districts adopt the recommendations around restorative practices outlined in the educators’ toolkit released Thursday by prominent educator and advocate organizations. The #GSAs4Justice campaign empowers youth to push back against punitive discipline policies that create…
Transgender students, and their parents, educators and friends today are both relieved and concerned that that while the California School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266), which helps schools better understand how to provide a fair opportunity for transgender students to participate and succeed, failed to qualify for a referendum based on a random count…
Local school boards and communities this week continued their progress towards implementing the School Success and Opportunity Act, which Governor Brown signed earlier this year. The new law, AB1266, restates existing anti-discrimination law to ensure that all students, including transgender students, have the opportunity to fully participate and succeed in schools. Kane Tajnai, a student…
