I agree 100000%. Maybe we could do an awareness week? Sell support bracelets and hold a vigil for all those poor kids? We should have a meeting and set something up with the pride union.

Bracelets is an amazing idea! Something flashy, maybe in the same style as my epilepsy awareness bracelets. Like this or these? I think we should donate the money to something cool, like a.. idk, a youth shelter or something. Or youth groups in the city? I'll look into it and at the meeting we can see what we have to choose from.

I think Sera is going to talk to the pride union, and then we can go from there. But I'm sure they'll be onboard for a vigil. Any decent person would be, really. Now the question is, how many decent people are going to stand up with us?

I really like the bracelet idea too.

And I also just came across a few more stats that I thought maybe we should consider.

~ Twenty-eight percent of gay students will drop out of school. This is more than three times the national average for heterosexual students.
~ GLBT youth feel they have nowhere to turn. According to several surveys, four out of five gay and lesbian students say they don’t know one supportive adult at school.

That said..
I think it's important that we get the teachers involved as much as we can too. For one to implement policy since we can't do it all on our own but also even just one teacher that people can talk to. Somebody they know they can trust and can go to if they're having any problems.

I think listing the facts on a poster might be a good idea, to get the awareness out there. We could do a bleak design, list the facts, and then have the date and time for the vigil at the bottom, and mention something about it being for people who want to change these sad stats.

And I think having the faculty involved is an amazing idea, and I'm sure some of them will be willing to help us out. But a central rep would be really great. The question is, who?

And another thing, what do you guys think we should do for the vigil? I think it'll be pretty boring if we all just stand around. We should be remembering, but also celebrating who we are they were. Maybe we can get some 'it gets better' speeches from people, or performances with music, or.. whatever people wanna do. Maybe like a get-up-on-stage and be yourself type of thing? Sound plausible?