Minutes 2/23/2010

February 23, 2010

Attending: 18

Check-ins: Name, preferred pronoun, highs and lows

March Event:
-Vote on “Think About What You’re Saying” vs. “Think About What You’re Buying”
--“Think About What You’re Saying”: 7 votes
--“Think About What You’re Buying”: 6 votes
-Where: Red Square
-When: next Wednesday and Thursday, 10 am-3 pm
-What:
--Signs (ideas)
---“That’s so .”
---“Think before you speak – words have power”
---“Words can hurt”
---“An identity is not an insult”
---“When you say ‘that’s so gay’, what do you really mean?”
---“Gay ≠ stupid”
--Duct tape over mouths
---If you want to write something (“THINK” or “NO H8”) on the duct tape, you can
--Table
---Why not to say it
---Don’t say: “No homo”, “that’s so gay”, “that’s retarded”, “f**”
---Do say: “that’s stupid”, “that’s unfavorable”, “that’s harsh”, “idiot”
--We can make signs after next week’s meeting

Protest in Florida
-Strangers marrying each other to make a point that they can get married just because of their gender
-Check out Kitty Lambert, who started it (speech online)