LBCC GSA Club sponsors Day of Silence!

Can silence make a statement?

The Gay strait alliance (GSA) plans on holing a Day of Silence on April 22 to help bring awareness to the suffering and silence that the Lesbian ,Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) community is forced to often endure because of society’s intolerance.The GSA is also  planning on having a pride panel on April 22. This panel will include member of the LGBT community who will speak and answer questions on their experiences. The  GSA for those who don't know is a support group for the LGBT community and their allies.

The GSA does its best to both provide education to the general community and to give member of the LGBT world a place where they feel comfortable and safe. To give them a place where they feel like they belong.

               

The advisor Karelia Stetz-Waters who is also a professor at LBCC wanted to give back to the LGBT community. “I grew up in Corvallis”, says Stetz-Waters

“When I came out at 16 there was no group at the time for gay teens. So when I came back I wanted to reach out to other LGBTS, I wanted to make this exist for someone else.”

    
Cory Warren the student leader of the GSA looks forward to the day of silence. “The issues that do with equality relate to the intolerance of any kind in our society”. Say warren, Warren goes on to quote Martin Luther king Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a fret to justice everywhere.”

The GSA is a place where people who are allies and members of the LGBT can come and find a place to feel safe and to share their own experiences. So please support them on their day of silence on April 22

At a glance 
Meeting times- Mondays at 2:00 to 3:00
Place- Diversity Achievement Center  (D.A.C)
Adviser - Karelia Stetz-Waters (541-917-4556)
Next event - Day of Silence April 22
Student contact- Cory Warren (cm.warren@yahoo.com )