GLSEN Rise Up D.C. Program Journal – March 14, 2024

MARCH 14, 2024

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For more than 30 years, GLSEN has been the leading national organization working to create safe and inclusive school environments for LGBTQ+ youth.

With more than 475 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced this year alone, our work has become immeasurably harder.

Now more than ever, we must come together as a collective and Rise Up for LGBTQ+ youth.

Rise Up is GLSEN’s ongoing campaign supporting, celebrating, and protecting LGBTQ+ youth.

Rise Up is about taking action and declaring that every LGBTQ+ student has the right to exist and live their full and authentic lives.

It’s about all of the ways we as LGBTQ+ people unapologetically claim our dignity and worth, and specifically how we amplify the visions and needs of LGBTQ+ young people.

For the more than 2 million LGBTQ+ youth across the country, we’re working as a collective power to show more than 2 million displays of public support.

However, we know the outcome we want will not happen tomorrow, or next week, or maybe even next year.

Hope is a discipline.

It’s not just wishful thinking.

As the leader of GLSEN, I promise to do my best every single day to fight for racial, gender, and disability justice and maximize our impact for LGBTQ+ youth.

This evening, I ask you to join me in Rising Up — like wild seeds we Rise Up out of the places we are planted, often where we are told we don’t belong and where we are denied the nourishment we need.

Together, we can make change.

Thank you all for the amazing work you do.

Your advocacy and generosity are making a difference, and you’re bettering the lives of students and educators everywhere.

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers (they/she) GLSEN Executive Director

THANK YOU TO OUR HOST COMMITTEE!

BEN-JAMES BROWN

Wells Fargo

RYAN BUTLER

The Recording Academy

DAVID BUTTON

Fifth & Hardy

MATEO CRUZ, PH.D.

Bentley University

SHAWN GAYLORD

The Raben Group

JONATHAN D. LOVITZ

DAVID HISH & ADAM KEPLINGER

Joyce Koons Automotive & Casaplex, LLC

AARON MERKIN

NEA

AARON RIDINGS

PFLAG

NATHAN SMITH

Civitas

CAMERON TITUS

Fifth & Hardy

KAREN WHITE

NEA

HOST JONATHAN CAPEHART

Anchor, The Saturday/Sunday Show on MSNBC & Associate Editor, The Washington Post

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart is host of “The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart” and “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” which airs Saturdays and Sundays, respectively, at 6pm ET on MSNBC.

In addition to hosting “The Saturday/Sunday Show,” Capehart is also Associate Editor at The Washington Post, where he hosts the weekly podcasts “Capehart” and “First Look.” Further, he serves as a political analyst on “PBS NewsHour” and is featured on the popular Friday segment, “Brooks and Capehart.” In addition to hosting his show on MSNBC, Capehart has also hosted several specials on the network. In 2021, his MSNBC special “A Promised Land: A Conversation with Barack Obama” was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis. Additional specials include the “Pride of Stage and Screen” and “Pride of the White House,” the latter earning him a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism — Long Form in 2022.

Capehart was deputy editorial page editor of the New York Daily News (2002 to 2004) and served on its editorial board from 1993 to 2000. In 1999, his editorial campaign to save the Apollo Theater earned him and the board the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. Capehart left the Daily News in July 2000 to become the national affairs columnist at Bloomberg News, and took leave from this position in February 2001 to serve as a policy adviser to Michael Bloomberg in his first successful campaign for New York City Mayor. His memoir will be published by Twelve Books in January 2025.

ABOUT GLSEN

We are a multi-racial, intergenerational LGBTQ+ organization working nationally and locally to transform K-12 educational systems in the United States.

Today, after more than 30 years of leading the movement, GLSEN’s national network is over 1.5 million strong, with students, families, educators, and education advocates working to create safe schools.

• More than 500,000 GLSEN resources are downloaded by students and educators each year.

• Millions of students, educators, parents, and allies engage and uplift GLSEN’s content each year.

• Since 2019, GLSEN’s Rainbow Library has sent 45,000 LGBTQ+ affirming books to schools in 30 states, reaching over 3 million youth.

We are a national network of educators, students, and chapters working to make this right a reality.

These Four Supports are the focus of GLSEN’s programs, advocacy, research, and policy work:

RISE UP FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH

In honor of the over 2 million LGBTQ+ youth who exist in the United States, we rise up and engage affirming communities across the country to show 2 million displays of public support.

Whether it’s wearing a button or shirt, putting up a yard sign, or sharing a digital poster, we are creating symbols of hope that can spread the word far and wide to show we are here, they are not alone, and we will rise up for LGBTQ+ youth.

In response to hate and violence in schools, educators started GLSEN. This was over 30 years ago.

In response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, GLSEN partnered with other organizations to make sure that over 70 million people saw LGBTQ+ supportive billboards across that state.

In response to books being banned, GLSEN started Rainbow Library where we send teachers and librarians LGBTQ+-inclusive books — reaching millions across the country.

And now as a community of advocates, educators, students, allies, and leaders, we all need to Rise Up for LGBTQ+ youth as a collective power.

In late March of 2023, GLSEN launched the Rise Up for LGBTQ+ Youth campaign, garnering thousands of pledges of support across the country within days.

By March 20th, 2023, Congress introduced GLSEN’s Rise Up Resolution in the House and Senate. Shortly after, various states including New York and Massachusetts issued Rise Up proclamations.

Media companies donated billboard spaces across the country, and dozens of celebrities and influencers shared the campaign on their platforms.

We will continue to Rise Up until every LGBTQ+ youth across the country knows they are loved and supported as their authentic selves.

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HOW ANDRA DAY’S ‘RISE UP’ BECAME A PROTEST ANTHEM

Andra Day’s “Rise Up” wasn’t intended to be an anthem. The San Diego soul singer says she originally wrote the song, from her debut album Cheers to the Fall, as a prayer for herself during a difficult time. She wrote the song as a reminder to herself to persevere, “to stand up because if you can stand up then you can take the next step, if you can take the next step, you can take the one after that.” But the rousing song resonated widely with activist communities after its 2015 release — the Black Lives Matter movement in particular. Day performed the song at the 2016 Democratic National Convention; by then, ‘Rise Up’ had become an anthem not just for personal perseverance, but for the wider struggle for social justice in our era, providing a “voice for the voiceless.”

‘Rise Up’ turned out to have a life — and a meaning — of its own.

Many individuals in the LGBTQ+ community believe that “Rise Up” encapsulates the energy America needs to move forward in spite of the anti-LGBTQ+ bills in statehouses across our country as the lyrics of the song targets a group of people who have been overwhelmed by political, social and economic factors.

“You’re broken down and tired / Of living life on a merry-go-round / And you can’t find the fighter / But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out,” Day sings in the first verse. “And move mountains / We gonna walk it out / And move mountains.”

According to Rap Genius, the verse expresses, “The feeling that nothing is moving forward and life is exhausting and repetitive. There’s no courage left to overcome life’s challenges but Andra has seen the light. She sees what it takes to be victorious and strong. Moving mountains is said to be an impossible task but there is now a determination to achieve the impossible.”

And so, we must Rise Up. Rise Up for LGBTQ+ youth and move mountains for them.

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024

6:00pm Reception

7:00pm Dinner & Awards Program

Dessert Reception to Follow

Gotham Hall • 1356 Broadway NYC

Honorees & Special Guests To Be Announced

Join GLSEN for an inspirational evening in support of our work advocating for over 2 million LGBTQ+ youth nationwide.

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HONOREE TRAILBLAZER FOR JUSTICE AWARD

ROCÍO INCLÁN

Senior Director, Center for Racial and Social Justice National Education Association (NEA)

Rocío Inclán brings over 30 years of dedication to equity and justice in education, working daily in support of students, educators, families and communities to advance racial and social justice. Rocio’s passion for her community has shaped her career — from her early days as a bilingual teacher, administrator, and Title VII Director in Arizona to her current work as a leader and prominent advocate in the nation’s top education organization.

Rocio has worked for the National Association for Bilingual Educators, where she focused on assessments, curriculum and professional development and served as an advocate for English Language Learner (ELL) students and educators. Since joining the National Education Association staff, Rocío has worked to strengthen NEA local associations as an Organizational Specialist. She served as liaison to the National Council of Urban Education Associations, working with our nation’s largest school districts on issues of equity and reform, and helped create the NEA Priority Schools Campaign, which provided supports for educators in under-resourced schools.

As Director of NEA’s Human and Civil Rights Department, she was responsible for overseeing, providing support and supervising NEA’s work on immigration reform, LGBTQ+ rights, bullying prevention, the schoolto-prison pipeline, cultural competence, ELL education, minority and women’s leadership and racial justice advocacy. She oversaw the creation and launch of http://www.neaedjustice.org, an action-focused site that lifts the voices of educators and students working in a variety of social justice movements.

Now as Senior Director of NEA’s Center for Racial and Social Justice, Rocío is furthering social and racial justice activism for students, educators and communities. The work intently focuses on creating awareness, building capacity, and catalyzing action in support of advancing and achieving racial justice in education.

SPECIAL GUEST & BOARD CHAIR

WILSON CRUZ

Award-winning Actor, Producer, Activist, “Actorvist,” and Humanitarian Wilson Cruz was recently named Board Chair of GLSEN, the nation’s largest organization championing LGBTQ+ issues in K-12 education.

Receiving the Emery S. Hetrick Award from the Hetrick-Martin Institute for Outstanding Contributions to LGBTQ+ Youth, Wilson became the first openly Gay actor playing an openly Gay role on series television. He also starred as Angel in the West Coast premiere of the award-winning musical RENT which earned him both The Ovation and Drama Logue awards before his reprisal of the role on Broadway. Cruz accepted GLAAD’s 2022 Vito Russo Award WATCH: Wilson Cruz Accepts the Vito Russo Award at the 33rd GLAAD Awards | Star Trek and the Make A Difference Award from the Matthew Shepard Foundation. He has also received the Rand Schrader Distinguished Achievement Award from the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center, the Liberty Award from Lambda Legal, the Visibilidad Award from GLAAD, the Fusion Achievement Award from Outfest, the Latino Spirit Award for Achievement in Entertainment and Advocacy from the California Latino Legislative Caucus, the Harvey Milk Equality Award, the Lincoln Aston Public Service Award, Aston-Brooks Award, and the Advocate Award from AdColor.

He previously served as the Director of Entertainment Industry Partnerships and National Spokesperson for GLAAD and devotes considerable time supporting other LBGTQ organizations and political allies.

IMARA JONES

Imara, whose work has won Emmy and Peabody Awards, is the creator of TransLash Media, a cross-platform, non-profit journalism and narrative organization, that produces content to shift the current culture of hostility towards transgender people in the US. She was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People on the planet in 2023. As part of her work at TransLash, Imara hosts the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, which received the 2023 Outstanding Podcast Award from GLAAD; as well as the investigative, limited series, The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality which received the Excellence in Podcasting Award from the National LGBTQ+ Journalists Association. Imara is also the first trans person to ever receive an award from the National Black Journalists Association, having garnered the Journalist of Distinction Award in 2022. Also in 2022, Politico named her as one of the 40 power players at the intersection of race, politics, and policy in the United States. In 2020 Imara was featured on the cover of Time Magazine as part of its New American Revolution special edition. In 2019 she chaired the first-ever UN High Level Meeting on Gender Diversity with over 600 participants. Imara has been featured regularly in The Guardian, The Nation, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR, Fast Company and GQ. Imara is a 2021 Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow and a 2019 Soros Equality Fellow. She serves on the New York City Commission on Gender Equity. She also serves as Chair of the Board for the Transgender Law Center, the nation’s largest transgender non-profit organization, and as Co-Chair of the New Pride Agenda. Imara is also on the boards of the GLSEN, and the LGBTQ+ Museum. Imara is also part of the Move to End Violence.

The Rainbow Library is a GLSEN program fighting book bans that sends LGBTQ+ affirming text sets to schools across the country — for free.

Any full-time staff member at a K-12 school in a participating state or county is welcome to request a Rainbow Library. All types of K-12 schools are eligible: district, magnet, charter, and independent. Each school that applies will be eligible for one Rainbow Library text set, and sets are provided on a first-come, first served basis. Throughout the event, you will see titles from the Rainbow Library program on display.

Over 4,600 schools in 30 states participate in GLSEN’s Rainbow Library, reaching over 2.5 million students!

For more information or to support GLSEN’s Rainbow Library Program, scan here:

SPECIAL GUEST

CATHERINE E. LHAMON

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education

Catherine E. Lhamon is the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, where she has served since the United States Senate confirmed her in October 2021 following President Biden’s nomination for her in May 2021. From January through October 2021, Assistant Secretary Lhamon served as Deputy Assistant to President Biden for Racial Justice and Equity, where she managed the President’s equity policy portfolio. From December 2016 until January 2021, she chaired the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, to which President Obama appointed her. She also served in California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Cabinet as Legal Affairs Secretary from January 2019 through January 2021. Before these roles, Lhamon had also been Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, to which President Obama nominated her and the Senate confirmed her in 2013. In addition to her government service, Lhamon has litigated civil rights cases at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, National Center for Youth Law, and Public Counsel Law Center. Earlier in her career, Lhamon taught federal civil rights appeals at Georgetown University Law Center in the Appellate Litigation Program and clerked for the Honorable William A. Norris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

In 2023, Disability Rights California honored Lhamon with their National Leadership Award. YaleWomen honored Lhamon with their Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in 2019 and the Feminist Majority Foundation and Ms. Magazine gave Lhamon their Wonder Women Award in 2018. In 2016, Politico Magazine named Lhamon one of Politico 50 Thinkers Transforming Politics and the National Action Network honored Lhamon with their Action & Authority Award. In 2015, Yale Law School named Lhamon their Gruber Distinguished Lecturer and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities awarded Lhamon their Special Recognition Award. Chronicle of Higher Education named Lhamon to their 2014 Influence List as the Enforcer. The Daily Journal listed her as one of California’s Top Women Litigators in 2010 and 2007, and as one of the Top 20 California Lawyers Under 40 in 2007. In 2004, California Lawyer magazine named Lhamon Attorney of the Year for Civil Rights.

PAST BOARD MEMBERS

Through their willingness to serve on GLSEN’s National Board of Directors, the following individuals have advanced GLSEN’s critical mission over the past three decades. We express our sincerest gratitude to these passionate ambassadors for their service to our organization and to the LGBTQ+ youth across the nation. They have truly left a lasting legacy that will continue to impact our community.

Adam Okoye

Aidan Grennell

Alberto Rojas

Ann Acrey

Ann Simon

Anne Gable

Anthony Collerton

Ashleigh Pfriem

Blake T. Franklin, Esq.

Bob Chase

Brenda Freiberg

Brian Graden

Cathy Tanelli

Charles E. Todd

Christie Hardwick Vianson

David Melancon

David Silva

David Waterbury

De Palazzo Tamayo

Deann Sweeper

Deborah Dagit

Deborah J. Keating

Debra Esparza

Dick Barbieri

Donna Crocker

Ed Pierce

Elliott K. Fukui

Eric Nilson

Erik Stegman

Erika Karp

Ernest B VanSeasholes

F. Bennett Cushman

Gail Lopes

Grant F. Peterson

Jackie Duncan

Jared Nayfack

James Johnson

Jane Harper

Jascie Williams

Jeffrey C. Quinn

Joanne E. McCree

Jon Buchmeyer

Joseph McCormack

Joshua Lamont

Joyce Koons

Judy Corman — Deceased

Karen E. Brown

Kathryn Rafter

Kathy Fleming

Larry Miller

Leif Mitchell

Leslie C. Brtek

Lou Alexander

Louis Thomas

Martin Pfeiffer

Martin Seldman, Ph.D.

Mary Bonauto

Mary Gentile

Mary Jane Karger

Michael Balaban

Mitch Heller

Nathan Triplett

Patricia Pollok

Patricia Evert

Paul Cothran

Philip Lovejoy

Raquel Seidel

Reid Williams

Ric Weiland - Deceased

Rikchard Barbieri

Rick Moran

Robert Sanborn

Robert Gregg

Steve Epstein

Steve Salee

Steven Fuchs

Steven Kohlhagen

Susan J. Webb

Susan Karlin

Talia A. Stein

Thomas D. Kraemer, Ph.D.

William Durant-Emmons

Yashar Hedayat

Zita Arocha-Smith

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Follow us and join the GLSEN network of educators, students, parents, and allies across the nation and all around the world.

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NATIONAL STUDENT COUNCIL

The National Student Council (NSC) is a dynamic and empowering youth leadership program for high school students, proudly sponsored by GLSEN. The NSC is a platform for LGBTQ+ youth to cultivate their leadership potential, amplify their voices, and actively contribute to creating more inclusive and equitable environments for all students.

The NSC plays a pivotal role in providing feedback on GLSEN’s processes, programs, resources, and overall strategy. As youth representatives, the students offer their unique perspectives and insights, ensuring that GLSEN’s initiatives remain relevant and impactful. NSC members are passionate about social justice and actively seek to deepen their knowledge and practice around racial justice, gender justice, and disability justice.

This year’s NSC cohort is reflective of GLSEN’s mission to center youth experiences and leadership. GLSEN’s Youth Programs staff have refreshed the NSC program accordingly to ensure that each student is a developed leader, expert, and powerful social change agent for LGBTQIA2S+ students.

NSC students inform GLSEN’s campaigns and days of action; develop youth-led and adult-supported projects; self-select into dozens of external opportunities to advocate nationally for change (e.g., panels at the Department of Education, articles in Teen Vogue and other major outlets, and much more). The NSC also have the opportunity to build power with other youth leaders in our chapters and across the country by 1) developing new resources that are responsive to the most urgent needs of students across the country, and 2) directly connecting with students who are new to GLSEN, and supporting them in finding their own place in the movement to realize safe schools for all students.

With the invaluable support of our partners and generous supporters like you, the National Student Council is able to remain a constant force for social change.

To learn more, visit https://www.glsen.org/nsc

HONOR SOCIETY

The Honor Society gives members the opportunity to partner with GLSEN to develop school climates where difference is valued for its positive contribution toward creating a more vibrant and diverse community. For an annual commitment of $1,200 or more, Honor Society members help steward GLSEN’s vision and work towards creating safer schools for an increasing number of schools and communities.

Addressee

Summa Cum Laude ($50,000$249,999)

John H. Simonds* and Dan Swilley

Kevin Brockman and Dan Berendsen

Tides Foundation

Donald Abram Miller*

Magna Cum Laude ($25,000-$49,999)

Joseph L. Arena and Dr. Thomas D’Eletto

Robert Greenblatt

Eugene Kapaloski

Noah Roskin-Frazee

Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante

The Howard Greenfield Charitable Foundation

Senior ($10,000-$24,999)

Anonymous

Andrew Bly

Jerry E. Magar, Jr.

Dean Pitchford and Michael Mealiffe

David and Meredith Rusoff

Barbara Webster

Esta Rose Fund

The Sank Family Foundation Inc.

Wilson Cruz

David Lapham and Clark Mitchell

Annette Bening

Matthew Schaab and Joe Pinto

Junior ($5,000-$9,999)

Anonymous

Christopher Elmore

Ronald Ansin* and Jim Stork

David Colley

Kaia Ferari

Michael and Susan Gelman

Matthew Gromada

Addie Guttag

Luke Hall

Mr. David Hish and Mr. Adam Keplinger

Brent Joseph

Diving for Life

Mr. Curtis L. Pendergrass

Stan Ponte

Elizabeth Stribling-Kivlan and Rebecca Cleary

Marjorie and Joseph Walsh

Dolotta Family Charitable Foundation

Marcy Shaffer and R. Russell Meyer

Ms. Alison Smith

Erik Gensler

Barbara Gittings*

David Johns

Tim Kilbourn

Wesley McDonald

Ken Prag

Pritchard Foundation

Jonnie Sproul

Sophomore ($2,500-$4,999)

Anonymous

Jennifer Antin

Chely and Lauren Blitzer-Wright

Daniel Rooms

James McNamara and Francisco Laguna

Idina Mentzel

Carlo Steinman

Talia A. Stein

Todd Tiemann

HONOR SOCIETY (CONT’D)

Kevin Williamson

The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation

David Clancy

Sherry Cola

Noah Cyrus

Ulysses De Santi

Margo Dichtelmiller

Tiyale Hayes

Peter C. Miller

Andrew Pickering

Daniel Pitout

Brett Ratner

The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers Fund

Elliott Zivin and David Tisdale

WMDLLC

Freshman ($1,200-$2,499)

Anonymous

Lorrin Brown

Amy Astley and Mimi Snow

Mr. Neil E. Beecher

Kathleen Behrens

Daniel Burnstein and Martin Martinez

Lawrence Cacciatore

Penny and Bruce Castleman

Chris Ciompi

David Clancy

Leslie C. Brtek and Cathi Lamberti

Dr. John R. Cook*

Brendan Culligan

Ms. Allison S. Dendy

Robert P. Denny

Philip Diamond

Mark Dukes

Griff Field

Michelle Fredstrom

D. Grant Gilbert

*Deceased

Mr. Bruce Gillispie

Lisa Graustein

Anthony O. Heilbut

Sara Hill

David Hogan

David and Vicki Huebner

Michael Hughes and Marty Fung

Paul Irwin-Dudek

Joshua Kempner

Steven and Gale Kohlhagen

Lisa Kohn

David Lehn

Carol Leister

Kristen LoPrell

Kelsey Louie

Frank Loulan and Richard Pearce-Moses

Trish McAleer and Rob Baynes

Michael L. Miller

Timothy J. Moshier

Leslie W. O’Loughlin

Susan and Curt Parnes

Dan Peternell

Milo Pinkerton and Virgil Taus

Robert E. Putney, III

Edward H. Richard

Paul Rosenfeld

Eileen Ryan

Sheila and David Schiferl

Miriam Sexton

Mr. Benjamin Short

David Silva

Mr. Ben Stein

Geoffrey W. Tuba

Judy K. Underwood, Ph.D.

Melvyn Vader and Robert Henderson

Wayne Welch

Dr. Peter J. Welch

HONOR SOCIETY (CONT’D)

Karsonya Wise

Wayne J. Zahner

Hitter Family Foundation

Stonewall Community Foundation

Unified For Pride

Pittsburgh CAPA

The Wheeler Family Fund

Tin Chow

Willis Emmons and Azch Durant-Emmons

Nancy Hamilton

Wayne Hempe

Abraham Higginbotham and Steven Petrarca

Winnie Holzman-Dooley

Alana Huszar

Joyce Koons

Kelly Lake

Christopher Linn and Jose Montalvo

WEILAND SOCIETY

Keith McNutt

Amita Mehta

Jordon Moblo

Alan Pilest

Keith Powell and Kevin Martin

Jon Pollock

Samuel Ramsey

Tracey Russell

Scott Shapiro

Philip Siebert*

Theberge Family Fund

Russell Vance

Edgar Villanueva

Tiffany Williams

James Hoffman

Daniel Verdeja

Adam Harpool

The Weiland Society was established to recognize individuals who have created gifts to GLSEN through tax-wise planned giving. Gifts made by Weiland Society members enable GLSEN to plan long-term for the programs, activities, and advocacy that will help us realize our vision of ending anti-LGBT bullying and harassment and providing a safe school climate for all regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Anonymous (6)

Joseph L. Arena and Dr. Thomas D’Eletto

Howard Auerbach and Andy Baker

Julian T. Baker*

Michael D. Balaban

William J. Barnise*

Edward Becker

Kevin Beer and Gregory Cason

Richard Bennett and Jeffrey Berns

Stephanie K. Blackwood

*Deceased

Chely and Lauren Blitzer-Wright

Constance Boland and Gary Cutler

Robert Bole and Artenzio Diorio

Bryan Bridges and Dotan Limon

Martin Brook and Eileen MacMillan

Matthew Brown

Robert M. Browne*

Leslie Brtek and Cathi Lamberti

Marvin Burke and Wallace Hutchins

Eliza Byard and Eva Kolodner

WEILAND SOCIETY (CONT’D)

David Carney

Frank D. Carson

Rhonda Chattin

Michael B. Collins*

John Cook* and Waverly Cole*

John Cooke*

Marilyn Copeland

Douglas E. Cowan

Steve Crowston

Robert W. Davidson

Richard A. Davis

Richard C. de Long

Don S. Disner

Harry Drasin

Michael F. Driscoll*

Zach and William Durant-Emmons

Robert G. Egge

Cristy F. Elkins

Maia Ettinger and Donna Daniels

Patricia M. Evert

Elaine Phyllis Fine*

Family of Charles Fishburn

Susan L. Foulds

Vincent Gambino*

Mary Gentile and Mary Jacobsen

Denis Gerdes and Charles Gerretson

Barbara Gittings*

Thomas Gladwell and Andrew Reynolds

William Gootee and James Golob

Brian Graden

Dane Grams

Allen Greenstein*

Roger S. Haase

John Hannigan

Christie Hardwick and Jane Harper

Bern Hartman

Leonard Helfrich

*Deceased

Mitchell Heller and Jim Morrison

Harold Bryan Hill*

Rand Hoch

James G. Hoffman

John R. Hoffman

John Neral and Richard Huffine

Kevin Jennings and Jeff Davis

Robert Wilson Johns*

Calvin Johnson*

Arnold Kantrowitz*’

Fred S. Karger

Mary Jane and Tom Karger

John P. Kefferstan

Mark Kennedy*

Jon Kiehnau

Herb King*

David W. Knapp*

Danielle F. Knight

Joyce Koons

Thomas Kraemer and J. Adam Miller

Leonard W. Kraisel

Kay Lahusen*

Amy Lai and Carrie Borows

Pam, Robert, and Joshua Lamont

Alba Adelaide Lavino*

Tory Lea and Margaret Penney

F. Elliot Leonard and Roger Marsly

Mr. Edward & Dr. Barbara-Ann Levine

Joseph A. Levy*

David C. Lohse

Maxwell Lowe

Peter McKown and Kenneth Heng

Mark R. McMahon

Rory Michaels

Dee A. Michel

Donald Abram Miller Trust

Anne Millman

WEILAND SOCIETY (CONT’D)

Pamela and Paul Ness

Pieter Noomen

Michael Nutt and Yaniv Dabach

Ian L. Patrick

Vincent J. Patti

Ryan Pedlow

Grant F. Peterson*

“Sally” Sarah Pick

Rodger Pitcairn

Kathryn Rafter

Thomas C. Ragan

Patsy Rogers

Elizabeth Rowell

Mr. Howard A. Rubenstein

Robert Saltzman and Edward Pierce*

William Santee*

Mary Savarese

Kay and Timothy Schermerhorn

Quentin S. Schneider*

Brian P. Schumann

Arnold T. Schwab*

Norman and Ronald* Selander-Carrier

Martin Seldman and Kelly Rae Reineke

Robert Seletsky

*Deceased

Anne Simon and Donald Heller

John H. Simonds* and Dan Swilley

Maria T. Spagnola

William G. Sprague*

Michael D. Stone*

Elizabeth Ann Stribling-Kivlan

John L. Sullivan

E. Tauber*

Charles E. Todd

Darrell L. Tucci

Henry P. van Ameringen*

Larry Vincent*

Dotty Wade* and Nancy Lyons*

Jon Walden* and Ron Estes

Darryl Warner

Peter Waterloo and John Taylor

Richard W. Weiland* and Mike Schaefer

Matthew and John West

Robert Wilde*

Walt Witcover*

James Wozniak*

Rabbi Barbara Zacky

Nicole Zakorchmeny

Linda D. Zwiren

GLSEN STAFF

Director of Operations

Aaliyah Feliz

Associate Director, Philanthropy

Alexander Earles

Digital Engagement Manager

Amanda Miley

Digital Engagement Associate

Ansel Nolting

Policy Research Manager

Bonnie Washick

Director of Public Policy

Brian Dittmeier

Director of Corporate Partnerships

Brigid Palcic

Arizona Director

Carol Tappenden

Director of Finance

Carolina Flores

Community Mobilization Manager

Damon Carbajal

Director of Institutional Partnerships

Danielle Vazquez

Executive Assistant

Danielle Rice

Deputy Executive Director of Communications & Marketing

David Eng-Chernack

New Mexico Managing Director

Erica McDowell

Education Associate

Farris S. Johnson

Arizona Operations & Member Coordinator

Genevieve Benham

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Hasan Inal

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Jaqueline Misla

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Jacqueline Schweiger

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Jamond J. Foree

Director of Youth Programs

k.jones

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Leah Kartun

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Lee Wertz

Senior Manager, Events & Experiences

Luke Blankenship

Director of Communications

Madison Hamilton

Executive Director

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers

Director of Events & Experiences

Michael Chavez

Senior Education Programs Manager

Michael Rady

Youth Programs Manager

nelle mills

Director of Community Mobilization

Nicole Townsend

Deputy Executive Director of Development

Paul Irwin-Dudek

Federal Policy Manager

Rebecca Amadi

Youth Engagement Manager

Rebecca Semik

Finance Associate

Rina Duran Begum

State & Local Policy Manager

Rindala Alajaji

Marketing Communications Manager

Scott Knettle

Director of Research Institute

Shweta Moorthy

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Stephan Peters

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Stephen Mancuso

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Tayshana Williams

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Toni Mc Fadden

Kansas Statewide Organizer

Will Rapp

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Yu-Chi Wang

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Wilson Cruz — Actor, Producer CBS

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Imara Jones — TransLash, Creator

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Connor Franta

Creative Director, Author, Entrepreneur, and Humanitarian

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Amita Mehta Possible (AMP), LLC, Business Strategist and Career Transition Coach

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JPMorgan, Managing Director

Hon. Mauree Turner

Oklahoma State Representative

Karen M. White

National Education Association, Deputy Executive Director

Wayne Hempe

TBWA Chiat\Day, Chief Financial Officer

Mateo Cruz, Ph.D.

Bentley University, Assistant Professor of Management

Christopher C. Strazzella

Goldman Sachs, Global Head of Engineering Recruiting

Jon Tilli

Deutsche Bank, Director in FIC Financing, Global Chair of dbPride

Randall Tucker

Mastercard, EVP Chief Inclusion Officer

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