[LM_NET] Fw: Live Chat: Helping Gay/Lesbian Students

[Barber Ray <rbarber@PENNCHARTER.COM>]

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From: "edweek.org" <EducationWeek@clickaction.net>
To: rbarber@penncharter.com
Sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:53:18 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Live Chat: Helping Gay/Lesbian Students

Dear Raymond Barber,

LIVE CHAT: Gay and Lesbian Students: Finding Their Voices

WHEN: Wed., Nov. 30, 3-4 p.m. Eastern time

WHERE: http://www.edweek-chat.org/

According to the National Mental Health Association, 28 percent of gay 
students--almost three times the national average--end up dropping out of 
school. In this chat, Kevin Jennings, the executive director of the Gay, 
Lesbian, and Straight Education Network and the subject of the recent TEACHER 
MAGAZINE article "Straight Talk," will take questions on the challenges 
facing gay and lesbian teens and his organization's sometimes controversial 
efforts to help those students advocate for themselves. 

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Kevin Jennings is the executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight 
Education Network. A native of North Carolina, he is a graduate of Harvard 
University and a former high school teacher. Along with advocating for safer 
schools, GLSEN is best known for supporting students starting gay-straight 
alliances--school-based clubs that foster discussion of issues surrounding 
sexual orientation. 

Please join us for this discussion:
http://www.edweek-chat.org/

Submit advance questions here:
http://www.edweek-chat.org/question.php3

For more information on Kevin Jennings and GLSEN, read "Straight Talk," an 
article from the November/December issue of TEACHER MAGAZINE:

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2005/11/01/03jennings.h17.html

No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in 
this text-based chat. A complete transcript will be posted shortly after the 
chat is finished. 

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Dr. Raymond W. Barber
Director of Libraries
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