NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE
@ INDIANA UNIVERSITY

CALENDAR

• Miss Gay IU
  Friday 4/18, 8pm
  IU Auditorium
  Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door
  
  "Miss Gay IU is the largest collegiate drag pageant in the nation, a tradition in Bloomington for 17 years, held in the Indiana University Auditorium. Miss Gay America, another large pageant, usually brings in around 1000 people from around the country, while Miss Gay IU brings nearly 1200 annually from Bloomington and the surrounding area, and has been an opportunity for returning alumni to gather together every year." (Visit Miss Gay IU on Facebook)
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Date for IU Day of Silence – Wednesday, April 23rd

This year the date set by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) for the National Day of Silence is Friday, April 25 th . This date is much later in April than past years and also the first time it's been set for a Friday. These changes work well for the many of the high schools that participate but as it falls this year on the very last day of classes at IU, the local committee decided to commemorate the day on Wednesday, April 23th.  

 

T-Shirts and “Today I Choose to be Silent” lanyards

•  We are again giving out 1000 FREE T-shirts. This year the t-shirts will say “Embrace Diversity.”

•  If you like it would be nice to include a sample of what the shirt looks like I've attached a pdf art work file.

•  T-Shirts and lanyards will be distributed at the following locations as supplies last:

•  Thursday, April 17 th , 7:00 PM Read Formal Lounge

•  Friday, April 18 th , 7:00 PM Miss Gay IU

•  Monday, April 21 st , 8:00 AM GLBT Student Support Service Office

•  Monday, April 21 st , 11:00 – 1:00 Literature Desk IMU

•  Monday, April 21 st , 5:45 PM McNutt Hoosier Cafe Area

 

Events:

Silent March/Breaking of the Silence

Students are encourage to take a vow of silence for all or part of the day (Wednesday, April 23 rd ). If you do or even if you don't we hope you will join others wearing your t-shirt for our silent march later that day. The march has 4 starting points and all will meet up at the Arboretum at the corner of Fee and 10 th . From there the group will march together to gather in Dunn Meadow. Here are the starting locations and times:

5:00 Showalter Fountain

5:00 Jacobs School of Music Fountain

5:15 Teter in the grassy quad on 10 th Street

5:15 McNutt circle drive

 

Film Screening and Response Panel

The Indiana premier of “For the Bible Tells Me So” co-sponsored by the IU Day of Silence Committee and Union Board will be screened Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 PM, Whittenberg Auditorium IMU. Following the screening there will be responses by Sue Shifron (HILLEL), Pat Efiom (Bethel AME), and Jeff Schacht (Lutheran Campus Ministry) and audience discussion.

Faculty and Staff Luncheon

(By invitation only). This year there will be a presentation of data collected in 2006 by the National Survey of Student Engagement comparing GLB self-identified students on factors related to academic challenge, active and collaborative learning, student-faculty interaction, enriching educational experiences, and supportive campus environment. Those gathered will discuss the results and potential areas for future research and programming.