Pat Skillen Receives Love Hero Award for LGBTQ Support & Advocacy
“I can’t change the world by waving a magic wand, but I do hope that I can change one person at a time by making them think about their values.”
—Pat Skillen
Blog
April 11, 2011 - 4:34pm
Some exciting announcements for Spring:
April 6, 2011 - 10:52am
An Interview with activist Alina Verhofskaya
March 31, 2011 - 6:12pm
"One of the reasons why I like NIOS Week is that it reminds staff and students that it’s OK to actively participate in what’s going on around you, and that you should be supported for standing up against something that isn’t right."
This week Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Calif. held its annual Not In Our School Week. Kristy Blackburn, English teacher and Not In Our School program coordinator, reflects on the first day of Gunn’s 2011 NIOS Week.
March 30, 2011 - 12:10pm
This guest blog post comes from a concerned member with Not In Our Town Princeton, a vibrant group in the NIOT community. In this opinion piece, the author addresses hate crimes and discrimination against the Muslim community in the U.S. The author finds hope in civil rights organizations, good Samaritans and interfaith movements.
The tragedy of 9/11 struck all of us very hard but perhaps the community most affected by this tragic event in the history of our nation is the American Muslim community. While American Muslims grieved on 9/11, they also worked side by side with ground zero rescue workers and first responders. American Muslims also gathered supplies for the rescue workers at Ground Zero.