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For Immediate Release:
March 1, 2006
GLSEN and Metropolitan
Community Churches Partner
to
Bring Educator Trainings to
Cities
Across the
U.S.
Official Launch at
Initial Training of more than 50 Educators
in
New York City March 4-5
New York, NY - March 1,
2006 - GLSEN, or the Gay Lesbian &
Straight Education Network, announced its
partnership today with Metropolitan Community
Churches (MCC) to bring GLSEN’s Training of
Trainers program to cities across the
United States. The Training of Trainers
(TOT) program gives allies in education a
more in-depth understanding of how to address
anti-LGBT bias in their schools and to make them
safer for all students, regardless of sexual
orientation or gender
identity.
"The Training of
Trainers program is a tremendous resource
developed to provide hands-on training experiences
for educators and our allies in education," said
GLSEN’s Founder and Executive Director Kevin
Jennings. "We are delighted to bring this
training to cities throughout the U.S.and excited
by the tremendous response from educators and
youth service providers."
The first
joint training program is scheduled for March 4-5
at New York University, Kimmel Center for
University Life in New York City and has already
reached capacity. Through the partnership,
GLSEN and MCC plan to coordinate an additional
seven trainings throughout the
U.S.
"We know that
teachers, counselors and administrators often do
not intervene in incidences of anti-lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender name-calling and
harassment,"said MCC’s Executive Director Dr.
Cindi Love. "Sometimes educators simply do
not know what to do; through these trainings we
want to encourage, enlighten and empower them to
make change."
Rev. Pat
Bumgardner, who initiated the MCC and
GLSEN partnership, added, "One of the most vital
things any faith community can do is to bring
GLSEN’s Training of Trainers workshop to
their area. It will make our schools safer;
educators desperately need the information
this workshop provides." Bumgardner's
congregation, which provides services to youth in
NYC, is co-host of the NYC launch
event.
"To learn more about
scheduling a "Training of Trainers" workshop
in you area, contact TOT@glsen.org
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Media
Contact:
Riley Snorton, GLSEN
Communications
Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network
646-388-6580rsnorton@glsen.org
Dr.
Cindi Love, Executive
Director
Metropolitan Community
Churches
972-358-5907 - info@MCCchurch.org
About
GLSEN
GLSEN, or the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network, is the leading
national education organization focused on
ensuring safe schools for ALL students.
Established nationally in 1995, GLSEN envisions a
world in which every child learns to respect and
accept all people, regardless of sexual
orientation or gender identity/expression. For
more information on GLSEN’s educational resources,
public policy and public education work, student
organizing programs, research or development
initiatives, continue to visit www.glsen.org.
About Metropolitan Community
Churches
Metropolitan Community Church
(MCC) is a Christian denomination practicing
ecumenical and interfaith leadership as an
official observer of the World Council of
Churches. MCC operates in 26 countries and
in 237 cities in the United States. Founded
in 1968 by Reverend Dr. Troy Perry, Metropolitan
Community Church had the first publicly proclaimed
ministry of welcome to GLBT people. www.MCCchurch.org
About
Metropolitan Community Church of New
York
Metropolitan Community Church of New
York, located in Manhattan, provides a spiritual
home for the through worship, prayer, social
action, education, fellowship, and generosity so
that all people might experience God's liberating
love, wholeness, and justice; come to live in
right relationship with God and all creation; and
have the courage to change the world. www.mccny.org
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