• Exercise, meditation, muscle relaxation, and breathing exercises are good ways to cope with stress.
• If exams or classes seem overwhelming, talk to a teacher or school counselor, or find ways of improving how you manage your time.
• If you’re struggling to fit in or dealing with relationship, friendship, or family difficulties, talk your problems over with someone - your school counselor or a professional therapist. 
• If you have a health concern you feel you can't talk to your parents about,  such as a pregnancy scare or drug problem, talk to your school counselor or seek medical attention at a clinic or see a doctor.  They can guide you towards appropriate treatment (and help you approach your parents if that's necessary).

• Does your virtual classroom include visible signs, like Zoom backgrounds or posters, showing that you are LGBTQ affirming?

• Are you establishing trust with LGBTQ students by using gender-inclusive and non-heteronormative language such as “students” instead of “boys and girls” and “family” or “caring adult” instead of “mom and dad”?

• Can you confirm a private, virtual connection with an LGBTQ student that is not supported at home, so you can check-in with them about their family dynamic and brainstorm self-care strategies?

• Have you addressed the greater risk for LGBTQ cyberbullying — as students overall spend more time online during this period of social isolation — by using teachable moments to stop negative anti-LGBTQ language and behavior?

• With LGBTQ drop-in centers closed and LGBTQ student clubs (i.e. GSA’s) no longer in session, are you sharing direct, online LGBTQ resources with your students that provide affirming support and connection for LGBTQ youth in virtual settings day or night — including the Trevor Project which offers 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year confidential and online support for LGBTQ youth?

Kitsap Council for Human Rights Annual Conference
8:00am - 4:00pm at Olympic College 

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
11 am - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

25th Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 22, 2018, 300 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
11 am - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

24th Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 23, 2018, 300 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
11 am - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

23rd Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 24, 2017, 350 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
11 am - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

22nd Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 25, 2016, 350 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
Noon - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

21st Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 20, 2015 over 300 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
Noon - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

20th Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 21, 2014 over 300 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Straighlaced ~ How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
A free community screening
From girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image to boys who are sexually active just to prove they aren't gay, the students in Straightlaced illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all of our lives. By Academy Award winning director Debra Chasnoff 

The film will be followed by a discussion with Kitsap youth, facilitated by Leak Kyaio, Kitsap Safe Schools trainer'.

November 15, 2013, 7:00 pm at Ground Zero Center, 16159 Clear Creek Rd, Poulsbo 98370

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
Noon - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

19th Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
On March 22, 2013 over 300 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

Kitsap peninsula GSAs and the Q Center organize No Name Calling Week activities at their schools, providing students and educators with the tools and inspiration needed to confront bullying.  

Presentation to Central Kitsap School District Culturally Responsive Leaders group

Kitsap County Council Human Rights Conference
Staffed information table for Kitsap Safe Schools and the 2013 Kitsap Youth Human Rights Conference.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and other materials for your school.
Noon - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

Kitsap Youth Rally for Human Rights
On March 23, 2012 over 300 junior and senior high school students from the Kitsap Peninsula will gather at Olympic College to educate one another and celebrate the human rights of all students.  For more information go to kitsapyouthrally.org.

With Respect events, Leah R. Kyaio trainer
Co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network

Go to http://withrespect.webs.com/events.htm for details and to register. 

Kitsap peninsula GSAs and the Q Center are organizing No Name Calling Week activities at their schools, providing students and educators with the tools and inspiration needed to deal with bullying in our schools. 

Thursday, October 27th &

Monday,

October 31st

With Respect & the Kitsap Safe Schools Network are holding two 3 hour workshops on bullying at Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Thursday, October 27th and Monday, October 31st, from 4:00-7:00 pm.

• October 27th: We Can Stop the Bullying! - A skills-based adult training for all professionals, community members, and individuals who know, witness, and want to stop bullying

• October 31st: Victim Bully <--> The Cycle! - A skills-based adult training for all professionals, community members, and individuals who want to understand the behavior of bullying to interrupt and prevent the cycle.

Leah R. Kyaio, M.Ed., is the trainer/facilitator for both workshops, and her interactive workshops are grounded in some of the most recent research and thinking about bullying. Clock hours, CEUs, and CLEs are in process and anticipated to be available. Pizza, fruit & beverage will be provided by Kitsap Safe Schools Network

Workshop fee: $25/ea Need a scholarship? Please contact Kitsap Safe Schools at info@kitsapsafeschools.org.

TO REGISTER:
Go to http://withrespect.webs.com/registration.htm or
Call 360-710-4632.

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and a chance to win a Kindle.
Noon - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

GSA's across the Kitsap Peninsula are observing the National Day of Silence, a student-led day of action on which students recognize and protest the discrimination and harassment experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and their allies.

3 hour training for South Kitsap classified staff

17th Annual Youth Human Rights Rally
co-sponsored by Kitsap Safe Schools Network
8:00 am - 1:30 pm
Olympic College, Bremer Student Center
300 high school students from across the Kitsap Peninsula will gather to learn from one another's presentations and workshops.
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Day of Silence educator and youth trainings

South Kitsap secondary principals

South Kitsap educators gathering
5:00 pm at the Puerto Vallarta restaurant

Straighlaced ~ How Gender 's Got Us All Tied Up
A free showing of the documentary film from Academy Award winning director Debra Chasnoff
For high school students and the adults who care about the issues they face
5:00 pm at the Firehouse Theater
11171 NE Highway 104. Kingston

South Kitsap educators gathering
5:00 pm at the Bay Street Bistro

Kitsap Pride
Visit our booth for free posters, visibility stickers and a chance to win a Kindle.
Noon - 5:00 pm at Evergreen Park, Bremerton

GSA's across the Kitsap Peninsula are observing the National Day of Silence, a student-led day of action on which students recognize and protest the discrimination and harassment experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and their allies.

Schools across the Kitsap Peninsula are participating in No Name Calling Week, an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing students and educators with the tools and inspiration needed to deal with bullying in our schools.