On the 22nd of October in my 11th-grade year, I decorated the trunk of my car as an event for the GSA. The trunk was decorated with rainbows and flags as seen below. It was a beautiful day for some Halloween spirit and for the GSA to organize together. I’m not sure this falls anywhere
Iraq Young Leader Program, the summer of 2022
During the summer of 2022, during the month of July, I took part in the Iraq young leader program. During this program, I met high school students from Iraq and learned about their experiences. Together we did leadership workshops, learned about American culture, and became friends. The program took place in three places: Vermont (3-4
The HOBY Leadership Conference
In my sophomore year, I attend the HOBY conference, a three-day conference that took place from Friday, June 3 to Sunday, June 5th. The theme of this conference was leading from the inside out. So to stick with the theme the conference, as much as it was about leadership, was also about our personal well-being.
Birches Reflections
During my tenth grade year, I took a full year of Birches. Here are the reflections for both halves of the year. Semester one: Semester two: Doing a Birches project has given me a lot of space to work on the GSA and as result, the GSA has run several big events throughout the year.
Mothers Day Makers Market
Due to the success of the first Makers Market, my school decided to host a second one. This was admittedly much smaller due to the lack of marketing. However, my stand did improve and looked much better this time. Boasting new pin designs and new bracelets my stand went in with a fresh face. Here
The new target pride collection, and what it means
Following the release of binders at target I made a short social media post about target selling binders and how it was significant the post is embedded below. My analysis of this pride collection is that is incredibly well done. It includes binders and packers, which means that transgender and nonbinary youth can now easily
Transgender Day of Visibility Bakesale
Transgender Day of Visibility takes place on March 31st and is a day to celebrate the visibility of transgender and nonbinary people in the media. About two weeks before the 31st the members of the GSA and I began to prepare to host a bake sale on that day. All of the funds would go
Transgender and Nonbinary issues: a new section on the GSA board
A couple of weeks ago I made a new section on the board titled Cisgender and Nonbinary Issues. For this section, I made three new infographics for this section. One was about cisgender privilege, which is an infographic that is heavily based on this wonderful list of cisgender privileges from It’s Pronounced Metrosexual. The second
Heritage Dinner in a Year of COVID-19
During 2020 the school did the heritage dinner, an event to celebrate the diversity community, online. But in 2021 school year we realized that we needed something that was more tied into the community and made sure everyone could be involved. Thus the monthly heritage spotlight was created and a new way to celebrate heritage
Update for the GSA Bulletin Board
here are the new things I put on the board as of 12/15/2021: Heres what they looked like on the board: side note keeping the hearts on the board up has become an issue, each one needs a reprint almost every couple days. Heres where this fall in my diploma: