Stop Homophobic Bullying in Schools

A quick update:

• We are thrilled to report that we have signed on for another year of training teachers for the Beginning Teachers Support and Assessment (BTSA) program in Orange County, California.  We are making some exciting changes to the program, including using videos to help teachers assess their own comfort and competence in handling specific situations of homophobia in the classroom.  The teachers will be able to do the self-assessments online before attending our training - this will allow us to customize the training and to have more time for the interactive component

• .We have a new partnership with two excellent organizations that are working to change school environments - Western Justice Center and Community Matters.

• Our program will now be offered through the Institute for Safe and Inclusive Schools which will allow us access to a larger number of schools.

• We've been approached by a student filmmaker who wants to do a documentary about the program- from the perspective of the student actors.  This student was part of our original cast so we are excited to have her play a role in telling our story. More on this soon!