Stonewall Communities continues look at Safe Schools movement

Stonewall Communities Lifelong Learning Institute, a program for gay and lesbian people over 50, will hold its second program looking at the history of the Massachusetts Safe Schools movement on June 3 with a panel discussion called "Liberty & Justice for LGBT Students: What the Safe Schools Movement Teaches Us About Organizing." The panel, which will be held at Wheelock College, will feature John Auerbach, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, Pam Chamberlain, a researcher at the Political Research Associates think tank, and the Rev. Irene Monroe, a religion columnist and public theologian.

The panel is part of a larger initiative of the Lifelong Learning Institute to document the history of the Safe Schools movement. Last November the institute held a panel featuring many of the teachers, students and activists involved in advocating for safe schools policies when the movement began about 20 years ago. The institute is also currently offering a course documenting the movement through oral histories. The initiative is sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.

The panel takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wheelock College, 43 Hawes St., Brookline. To RSVP or for more information e-mail [email protected].