SAFE SCHOOLS FOR QUEER KIDS ALONG THE MEXICAN/U.S. BORDER.
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>Organization: Mexican Border Web Projects
>Subject: CON SAFOS, AMIGOS #1
>To: QSTUDY-L who-is-at LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
>Status:
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>THIS IS A MULTIPLE LIST SENT BCC.
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>PLEASE SEND AND POST THIS MESSAGE FREELY
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>CON SAFOS, AMIGOS http://www.netscorp.net/~jaimel/
>is the web site of the Mexican Border Projects, and its theme is
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>SAFE SCHOOLS FOR QUEER KIDS ALONG THE MEXICAN/U.S. BORDER.
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>I have:
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>1.built the web site (Sept. 1997)
>2.contacted you.
>3.Sent out several messages - The "Time Magazine" (Dec.8 issue) notice;
>President
>Clinton calls for a report on violence in the nation's schools - etc....
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>4.e-mailed President and First Lady Clinton requesting them to include
>violence against queer students in their study.
>5.developed and utilized a small e-mail list for the media - Laredo,
>Texas, and national.
>6.created a cyber-community around the world
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>NOW, I NEED YOUR HELP AND COOPERATION TO REACH A COMMON GOAL.
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>That goal is to develop one or more =93real world=94 chapters of the Gay,
>Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) along the Mexican Border. I
>hope you find this a goal that you can work for. But don't be
>deceived; the work is difficult.
>
>The culture here is =93macho=94, a culture which sexually uses and socially
>brutalizes =93sissies=94 - =93jotos=94. Family comes first and individuals,
>especially queers, macho and joto, alike, are personally suppressed and
>collectively isolated and closeted.
>Fortunately, GLSEN has both straight and gay elements. To be associated
>with this work is NOT to identify one's sexual orientation, merely one's
>compassion for students abused by their schools.
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>We need your help to develop =93real, live=94 members of GLSEN in Laredo
>and other
>Border cities. We need any cyber contacts you have in Laredo,
>Brownsville, McAllen, Zapata, Del Rio, El Paso, Tijuana or in other
>cities and counties along the border who might be willing to serve on a
>work-group (proto-board of directors).
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>Members of GLSEN are both queer and non-queer. Teachers, students,
>administrators, parents, tax-payers, professionals and others are
>welcome to join GLSEN. However, participation in the work of CON SAFOS,
>AMIGOS does NOT require membership in GLSEN.
>
>
>Please X the following options which you wish to apply.
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>I live along the Mexican Border and am willing to help form a chapter in
>my area _____.
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>I live along the border, but I am willing to be a =93cyber member=94,
>only_______.
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>I do NOT live along the Mexican border, but am willing to be a cyber
>member
>of the CON SAFOS, AMIGOS Project as an ADVISOR _______.
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>I want to participate in an e-mail list which include responses from
>others on BCC_____.
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>Please remove my name from your list. _____.
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>Please offer any suggestions you have and any special skills or
>interests you may have regarding schools, public or private_______ .
>
>Please contact anyone you know who lives along the border, and get them
>a copy of this communiqu=E9. Friendly ministers, professors, teachers,
>administrators and other professionals as well as parents and other
>community leaders are especially urged to participate.
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>
>A.K.A JAIME LOPEZ,
>Teacher
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>Please respond.
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>OFFICIAL . LAREDO, TEXAS.
>HELLENISTIC EDUCATION. SITE.
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>"Empower Queer Kids - Celebrate Them!"
>"Con Safos, Amigos" Web Page Project.
>by Mexican American Border Projects.
>http://www.netscorp.net/~jaimel
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"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."
Ani Difranco
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diane celia hodges
faculty of education
university of british columbia
vancouver, bc canada
tel: (604)-253-4807
email: dchodges who-is-at interchange.ubc.ca