On February 27, the Trump administration released a new Department of Education website that allows people to report their school districts for participating in training or content related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This …
Tips and Techniques for Effective Public Comment at A School Board Meeting
Craig White (he/him or they/them) is the Director of the Supportive Schools Program at the Campaign for Southern Equality. Once again, we find schools on the front lines of the culture wars. For people who …
Girl Scout Troop Mails Banned Books to Kids Living Under Book Bans
In the spring of 2024, a North Carolina Girl Scout troop volunteered for a banned book project with a local bookstore. Stacks of censored books had been saved from the shredder in Florida, and the …
How to Request A “Determination of Title IX Compliance”
North Carolina’s new law, SB49, is deliberately complicated and confusing. One important thing to know is that, in most of its elements, it does not target LGBTQ+ students directly; instead, it directs school districts to …
The Resistance to Anti-LGBTQ+ School Policy is Emerging – Stories from the South
What starts a movement is not just the leader but the first follower – and every follower thereafter. It is the people who show up in Love, who disrupt the ordinary and willingly get uncomfortable because …
Supportive Schools: Building Communities Where LGBTQ Southerners Can Thrive
Each week our Supportive Schools team at the Campaign for Southern Equality fields messages from parents and students about issues that queer youth are experiencing at school. We aim to provide resources, tools, and care …
WATCH: Q&A on the Paycheck Protection Program, a Webinar on The Front Porch
Do you run a nonprofit? Own a small business? Are you self-employed? Have you applied for funding under the Paycheck Protection Program? If you said yes to any of those things, you may want to …
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Students in the Age of At-Home Learning
Up until last week, as the Supportive Schools Coordinator for the Campaign for Southern Equality, I was driving around to schools doing faculty training, meeting with administrators, and visiting student groups. Young people are coming …
Southern Equality Book Club: ‘Girl Made of Stars’ by Ashley Herring Blake
I love reading Young Adult fiction. You may be thinking it’s all angst-ridden vampire teen romance, but… – actually, I’ll give you that, there may, in fact, be a disproportionate amount of both angst and …
