By Carrie Maxwell

“About 150 middle and high school youth leaders and gay-straight alliance ( GSA ) faculty advisors gathered for the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance’s ( The Alliance’s ) Education in Action GSA Youth Summit at Roosevelt University Nov. 22. In years past, the summit was geared towards youth leaders, however, this year’s summit was the first to involved both youth leaders and adult allies. The summit, which was co-sponsored by both The Alliance and the Trans Oral History Project, featured a variety of workshops as well as professional development workshops for GSA faculty advisors.” Read more here.