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OUR CORE OFFERINGS

Anti-Bullying Programs for Students:
These programs help schools meet Common Core Standards while supporting compliance with the NYS Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) by addressing bullying, harassment, and discrimination.  Age-appropriate sessions are led by trained community educators. These programs are often integrated into health, history, or social science syllabi or offered as school-wide assemblies.  

• Stopping Bullying: This is a fun, interactive, and age-appropriate program to reduce bullying.  The session uses quick-paced activities to talk about stereotypes, sexual orientation, gender identity, school experiences of LGBT students, and how youth can help prevent and stop bullying to create safer and more supportive environments for all students.  
• LGBT 101: Creating Safer Schools, Student Edition: This interactive workshop is a fun and age-appropriate educational program to reduce bullying.  The session uses quick-paced activities to talk about stereotypes, sexual orientation, gender identity, and how youth can help prevent and stop bullying to create safer and more supportive environments for all students.   

• Supporting Trans Youth, Student Edition:  This interactive program builds upon the Stopping Bullying  and Creating Safer Schools education programs and provides practical information and strategies to support transgender and nonbinary student peers.  

• Being an Upstander: This interactive program empowers youth to intervene when they see bullying. Students learn how to identify bullying and how to move from a bystander to an upstander through roleplays that help them practice effective ways to stop bullying.   

• Charge Up Your GSA:  This program is specifically for afterschool Gender & Sexuality or Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Clubs. Get your GSA club re-energized with opportunities to empower and train your club members, attract new members, and plan and organize various “days of action” to stop bullying.  

Professional Development for Educators and Staff 

• Creating Safer Schools:  This interactive professional program provides educators and school staff with key information for supporting LGBT students. Engaging activities address stereotypes, sexual orientation, gender identity, and the effects of bullying on students and school climates. We close with best practices for creating safer schools for all students. 

• Supporting Trans Students:  This interactive professional program builds upon the Creating Safe Schools training and provides practical information and strategies for educators to support transgender and nonbinary students at high risk for bullying and harassment in schools.  

Additional Programs Not Listed Here:  We offer additional programs beyond these core offerings such as LGBT History and Representation in the Media.  We are also able to create or customize programs for your specific school and/or interests.  Select this option to be connected with an educator to work with you to identify the best program for your school.   

Health & Human Service Providers and other Organizations are encouraged to visit our Health Access Initiative page for more Education Program Options