ALLY WEEK RESOURCES
• FAQs: About Ally Week
• Organizing Resources
• Activities
• Pledge Cards
• Buttons & Stickers

GLSEN RESOURCES
• 5 Ways to be an Ally
• Anchor in Alaska: Being an Ally
• I Love Being a Straight Ally
• GLSEN Safe Space Manual
• GLSEN Jump-Start VI
• What Do We Really Think? A Group Exercise to Increase Heterosexual Ally Behavior

Ally Week - October 14-20, 2007!

Check out these resources below, be sure to register your participation, and contact a student organizer from the Jump-Start leadership team for support, advice, or just to show-off the awesome work you're doing!

ALLY WEEK SIGN UP FORM - Click Here
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Ally Week Resource
An easy-to-read 2-page resource outlining 5 awesome steps towards organizing Ally Week at your school, including:
• Introduction
• Getting Permission
• Build a Core Group & Action Plan
• Numbers & Visibility
• Being Safe
• Making An Ask

Download [pdf]

Ally Week Activities
Here are two organizations that can give you ideas for Ally Week: Advocates for Youth, funded by Girls Best Friend Foundation, lists suggested activities, and GLAAD whose "Be an Ally and a Friend" initiative offers a list of downloadable resources:

Advocates for Youth [web site]

"Be an Ally and a Friend" [web site]

Ally Week Pledge Cards
One of the most important parts of Ally Week is working to get your classmates to take a stand against anti-LGBT bullying, harassment and name-calling. Use these Ally Week Pledge Cards to have folks "Sign On The Line" in support of being an ally throughout the year!

Download [pdf]

Buttons!
Check out these awesome buttons you can use to support your Ally Week organizing activities! You can order either of these individually for $1.75, a 10-pack for $12.00 or get a 100-pack for only $80.00!*

NOTE: GLSEN does not directly make or ship any of these products. They are available using Yahoo Stores. They accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Shipping & handling are not included in the above costs and start from $1.00 - 4.00 per item. Please visit the store (link below) to learn more.

2.25"x2.25" round BUTTONS: [single, 10-pack, 100-pack]
For the GLSEN Store, Click here

Stickers! Ally Week - Download Sticker Templates
You asked, we listened!!!

We are already hearing terrific success stories from across the country and several of you said "more stickers, we need more stickers!" So, here they are! You can download these and print them onto Avery 5160 or 8160 mailing/address labels and pass them out to everyone who signs a pledge card!

Download now: [pdf] [word]