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The meeting will be followed by a screening of the film, “Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up,” produced by GroundSpark, a Bay Area-based nonprofit that creates visionary films and educational campaigns.
The Lake County Respect For All Task Force, a group of local individuals, is striving to increase awareness about safe and inclusive learning environments.
Working to identify possible actions to help the Lake County community, the task force will discuss updates to its action plans and possible next steps.
Individuals interested in attending the meeting should notify coordinator Cristy Chung in advance by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or calling 415-641-4616, Extension 307.
The Respect For All Project, a program of GroundSpark (www.groundspark.org), in cooperation with Lake County Healthy Start and Lake County Family Resource Center, is collaborating with local educators, high school students, community leaders, and representatives from a variety of organizations. Lake County was chosen as one of three California counties for the pilot project.
The task force has been meeting periodically over the last 14 months. Respect For All Project coordinators Chung and Barry Chersky have traveled from the Bay Area on several occasions to facilitate meetings of the group.
GroundSpark’s newest film, “Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up,” will be shown between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., according to Chung.
Task force members who attended the November meeting of the group previewed a screening of the movie and agreed that it should be shown again to allow more members to see it.
The task force discussed presenting the film at future community screenings to help raise funds to assist the group and schools present Challenge Day and other awareness events.
A proposal for the Lake County project explains that GroundSpark, The Respect for All Project (RFAP) “is a nonprofit organization that seeks to create safe, hate-free schools and communities by providing youth and the adults who guide their development the tools they need to talk openly about diversity in all of its forms.”
As part of its work toward safe and inclusive learning environments, the task force used GroundSpark’s Community Readiness Assessment tool to interview community members.
GroundSpark compiled the results of the assessment, and a draft report was distributed to the task force members. Using the report, the group is focusing now on strategies for its next steps.
Individuals interested in helping the task force in its efforts to assist youth and their families in assuring safe and inclusive learning environments are invited to attend the meetings.
More information about the Respect For All Task Force is available on the GroundSpark website, www.groundspark.org .
