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by Judy Montgomery

Cleveland-Every year in June, the Cleveland chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network comes together for the annual awards dinner. At this celebratory event, local students, educators, organizations, community activists and GLSEN activists are honored with Pathfinder Awards. The winners of the Robbie Kirkland Memorial Scholarship ($1,000) and Creative Writing Contest ($250) are also awarded.

This year, the dinner will be held on Friday, June 20 at Sweetwater Landing in Lakewood at 6:30pm. Ted Wammes, who was recently appointed to the Community Relations Board for the City of Cleveland, will be our keynote speaker. He is the first openly gay man to be appointed to this board.

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is the leading national organization fighting to end anti-gay bias in schools. GLSEN Cleveland is northeast Ohio's local organization, in existence since the fall of 1995.

Its mission is to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Such an atmosphere engenders a positive sense of self, which is the basis of educational achievement and personal growth.

GLSEN believes that the key to ending

anti-gay prejudice and hate-motivated violence is education, and it is for this reason that the group brings together students, educators, families and other community members to reform America's educational system.

The Cleveland chapter has monthly meetings with a wide range of topics that endeavor to meet the needs of the spectrum of our members as well as move us towards our goal of making schools safer for all students.

Over the next few years, GLSEN Cleveland is determined to reach groundbreaking goals in northeast Ohio, like getting resource packets to all schools in northeast Ohio, providing support to area high school and college Gay Straight Alliances, and advocating for inclusive policy changes for area school districts.

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If you are concerned about schools and youth, consider joining GLSEN Cleveland. : more information, visit www.glsencleveland.org or e-mail info@glsencleveland.org. Individuals with many different skills, from helping to prepare the newsletter for mailing to public relations, are needed:

GLSEN welcomes as members any and all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or occupation.

Judy Montgomery is the co-chair emeritus and co-founder of GLSEN-Cleveland.

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