Projects

=CDO GSA Projects=

Here's an index page of sorts that lists the different projects the CDO GSA works on and taken part in this past year.


 * Day of Silence project is the biggest project/event GSA puts on each spring. More info on the [|Day of Silence] project page.
 * [|AIDSWalk] each October as a benefit for [|SAAF] (Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation.) GSA members sign up pledges for the 4K walk, witness the unfolding of the Names Quilt, walk as a group, have snacks -- simply spend a Sunday morning together for a fantastic cause. GSA raised over $450 last October (2005) to benefit People With AIDS (PWAs) and HIV.
 * The month of October is [|LGBT History Month] in the U.S. with [|National Coming Out Day] typically falling on Oct. 11. Great time to provide CDO teachers and students with information about the important contributions which LGBT individuals have made. Here's a page where GSA students can add their ideas, include LGBT historical individuals to include in class discussions and posters on campus.
 * World AIDS Day is on December 1st each year and GSA makes red AIDS remembrance ribbons which they hand out to teachers and staff and sell to students ($0.25 each). GSA raised over $100 last October (2005) which they turned in to the Bookstore and had the money donated to SAAF.
 * GSA also sponsored a discussion panel with the [|Tucson chapter of PFLAG] (Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays) along with a showing of the "Voices of GLBT Youth" movie that featured past CDO GSA members. Nice attendance by the principal, a number of teachers, and a few parents as well as GSA members and other supportive/interested students.