Community Action Alert re: Day of Silence in Sacto

This note was forwarded to me and we should be aware that the from the
right-wing group Capitol Resource Institute is encouraging people to
contact
Sac City board members and show up to the board meeting on April 6 to
urge
them not to adopt the resolution in support of the Day of Silence. Pass
this
on to SCUSD people!

By Wednesay at noon, send an email to Jean Kawahatsu,
Board Secretary at <jeank [at] sac-city.k12.ca.us>
Request that copies of your email be sent board members. Below is a
sample letter. Also, A couple of board members are
asking to have the item pulled from the agenda but the
Superintendent is holding firm. Please encourage her
with phone calls and emails to Maggie Mejia 643-3000
or Maggie-mejia [at] sac-city.k12.ca.us

Subject: Resolution 2451, Acknowledging the Day of
Silence
Dear Ms. Kawahatsu:
Please forward this message to board members. I am
writing you to urge you to vote to support Resolution
2451, Acknowledging the Day of Silence that will be
before you on Thursday.
The Day of Silence is a national student-led day of
action where those who support making anti-lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) bullying and
harassment unacceptable in America's schools
participate in activities to recognize and protest the
discrimination and harassment - in effect, the
silencing - experienced by LGBT students and their
allies.
Unfortunately, students throughout the United States
still face harassment and discrimination because of
their sexual orientation and gender identity, and this
harassment leads to LGBT youth being four times more
likely to commit suicide than straight youth.
Your yes vote on Thursday is a clear testament that
you will support all students in the Sacramento
Unified School District and work to eliminate
harassment and discrimination.
Thank you again for your support.
Sincerely,
Name
Address
Phone
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>From Capitol Resource Institute
* Urgent Action Alert ? Day of Silence Resolution
* Is the Day of Silence coming to your school?
* CRI Emails
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Urgent Action Alert ? Day of Silence Resolution

On April 6, the Sacramento City Unified School District board is
expected to
approve a resolution to proclaim April 26, 2006 as a Day of Silence.

The purpose of this Day of Silence is to ?recognize the silencing of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people due to
discrimination everyday in our society.?

The resolution instructs school districts to notify staff so they can
support Day of Silence and develop lesson plans that will allow
students
observance.

In other words, teachers will be expected to set aside their
regularly-scheduled lesson plans and permit an entire school day to be
hijacked by political activists with a controversial agenda.

The resolution acknowledges that the whole point of students choosing
to be
silent for a full day is to call attention? to the event ? attention
that
would otherwise be focused on learning how to read and do math
computations. Many students have a hard time grasping these basic
academic
skills without this added distraction.

Students who participate in Day of Silence will wear a rainbow ribbon
on
their shirts and carry a small paper that explains about the day to
anyone
who asks why they are not speaking.?

There is no justification for school districts to be forced to give up
an
entire school day to cater to extreme activists. Day of Silence
undermines
education and forces children focus on vague assertions that a group of
people have been denied First Amendment protections because of their
controversial sexual lifestyle.

It is time for parents and all citizens in California to stand up and
denounce Day of Silence. We must unite and urge the school board to
vote
against this destructive resolution.

The vote is coming quickly ? next week! Please take a moment to
register
your opposition to the hijacking of our schools. We urge you to call
the
school board and, if you can, attend the meeting!

Sacramento City Unified Board of Education Office
Phone: (916) 643-9314
Meeting Place: 5735 47th Ave., Sacramento
(in community room?)
Date: April 6, 2006
Time: 6:30 p.m.

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