ALLY WEEK RESOURCES
• FAQs: About Ally Week
• Organizing Resources
• Activities
• Pledge Cards
• Buttons & Stickers

GLSEN RESOURCES
• 5 Ways to be an Ally
• Anchor in Alaska: Being an Ally
• I Love Being a Straight Ally
• GLSEN Safe Space Manual
• GLSEN Jump-Start VI
• What Do We Really Think? A Group Exercise to Increase Heterosexual Ally Behavior

Thank you for taking part in our 3rd Annual Ally Week, held October 14-20, 2007!

Was it a success? It sure was! We had 672 students sign up from 517 schools, and over a thousand pledges signed. That is more than double the number of students who participated last year! That’s a lot of allies that are going to help you end anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in K-12 schools. Congratulations on identifying and supporting allies in your school and asking them to sign the Ally Pledge to intervene in bullying and harassment throughout the school year!

Tell us how many pledges you had signed! We want to know how your activities went and how many people at your school signed the Ally pledge. So go back to www.studentorganizing.org , sign in and click on the feedback form under the red "GLSEN Events" tab.

Who can help us the most to end anti-LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) bullying and harassment in your school? ALLIES!

An "ally" is anyone who supports ending anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) bullying, harassment and name-calling in K-12 schools. The term traditionally refers to straight allies. While straight allies are an integral part of GLSEN’s Ally Week, the term "ally" is more inclusive within the safer schools movement. For example, a bisexual adult can be an ally to students, and a lesbian student can be an ally to a transgender student.

Did you miss participating this year? Check out some of the possible Ally Activities you could organize in your school in 2008!
• Tabling in school cafeteria
• Student and/or Teacher Training
• Lunchtime ZAPs
• Ask allies to attend GSA meeting
• Ally Bagel Breakfast or Ally Lunch/Pizza Party
• Bulletin boards
• After-school activities like LGBT jeopardy or LGBT bingo
• Bring the local LGBT center, theatre group or other speaker to school


VISIT the new GLSEN store at www.glsenstore.org!

Check out other Ally Week supporters:

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has produced a new series of PSAs called “Be an Ally & a Friend.” The spots feature 22 celebrities from your favorite shows like “Ugly Betty” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” The new PSAs can be viewed at www.glaad.org/ally, or embedded from LiveVideo here: http://www.livevideo.com/GLAAD. For more information, or to broadcast these videos at your school during Ally Week, please send an email to entertainment@glaad.org.

The Matthew Shepard Foundation has created a new youth-focused website called Matthew's Place. It links to GLSEN's GSA information, research reports and showcases the new Jump-Start Guides. Just look for the link that says "GSA Info."

TELL ALLIES about the Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 3132) - Ask them to support this federal legislation. Download an info sheet to hand out during Ally Week: CLICK HERE.

You can also take action online at GLSEN's page at the Youth Policy Action Center, CLICK HERE.