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About Our Facilitators
The Respect For All ProjectThe Respect For All Project (RFAP) seeks to create safe, hate-free schools and communities. A program of GroundSpark, RFAP provides youth and the adults who guide their development the tools they need to engage in age-appropriate discussions about human difference, preventing prejudice and building caring communities. |
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Barry Chersky
Barry Chersky is a consultant and professional trainer on issues of discrimination and harassment, multicultural diversity, working with differences, and creating safe educational and work environments. For more than sixteen years he has worked with administrators, educators, parents and youth in public school districts and private educational institutions both locally and nationally. He served as Chair of the Oakland Unified School District's Sexual Orientation Task Force. In that capacity, he created a full-time board approved position, one of only a few that have ever existed in the country, to address sexual orientation and gender identity issues. He is currently working with the San Leandro Unified School District on a comprehensive, multi-year program to address these issues as part of the district's effort to create and maintain safe and respectful schools for all students, staff, and community members. Barry has been a Senior Facilitator with The Respect For All Project since 2000.
Carol Badran
Carol Badran has a Bachelor's Degree in Child Development and a Master's in Public Health, with a specialty in Health Education. From 1988 through 2003 she worked for the San Francisco Department of Public Health implementing programs in San Francisco schools. During that time she managed the Wedge Program, an award-winning comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention education program targeting middle and high school-aged youth. In 1998 she created the Transitions Program, which helps prepare preteens for the major challenges they face as they transition to middle school. Important focuses of this program are on teasing, bullying, and gender roles. She has also worked extensively with youth and families in Latin America. Additionally, Carol wrote a chapter focusing on "sensitive issues" for a middle school health teachers' text book. Currently, Carol teaches health at City College of San Francisco and is a facilitator with The Respect For All Project, conducting professional development workshops.Eileen L. Glaser
Eileen L. Glaser has been working in the field of diversity and social justice education since 1998. She earned her Masters in Sociology in 2001, writing her Thesis on Teaching Race Relations: Anti-racist Theory and Practice in Diversity Training Programs. Ms. Glaser has worked with a range of clients, in health care, non-profit, and preschool through university settings. Ms. Glaser specializes in professional development that creates safer, more inclusive environments for all. She is currently a facilitator for The Respect For All Project. Ms. Glaser lives in the East Bay and is the parent of two daughters.Judy Logan
Judy Logan taught middle school in San Francisco public schools for over 30 years. She worked as a consultant to the National S.E.E.D. (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) program and the Minnesota S.E.E.D. program for 12 years. Her book, Teaching Stories, is used in many education classes across the country. She now works as an educational consultant, writing curriculum and facilitating workshops. She is the author of the curriculum guide to That's A Family!, and co-author of the curriculum guide to Let's Get Real. Judy is currently a facilitator with The Respect For All Project, conducting professional development workshops across the country.
Derrick Miller-Handley
Derrick Miller-Handley has been active in the safer schools movement since 1997. Derrick specializes in real-world prevention and intervention strategies that respond to the diverse needs of school communities- including sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, race, class and culture. He has provided training and education in LGBTQ issues to thousands of staff and students in local school communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater United States. As Program Director for Ally Action, formerly GLSEN San Francisco East Bay, Derrick provided localized, strategic and comprehensive support to Bay Area school districts addressing anti-LGBTQ harassment and violence. Alongside his work in schools, Derrick has been involved with HIV prevention risk-reduction education in LGBTQ youth communities, and the development of innovative skill-building programs for at-risk youth. The belief that all communities must be granted the opportunity to thrive drives the passion and commitment of Derrick's work.
Nancy Otto
Nancy Otto has over eleven years of working with educators, administrators, youth advocates and high school students in both public and private schools to develop safer bias free campus environments for all youth. She was the director of the Howard Friedman Education Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California for eight years, during which time she developed trainings, fact-finding trips, conferences and retreats for educators and youth on safe schools. Nancy is a currently a facilitator with The Respect For All Project conducting professional development workshops across the country.Alan Quinonez
Alan Quinonez has brings years of experience facilitating workshopsfor professionals and adults, and he has worked most recently as a bilingual English-Spanish facilitator with children and young adults. He has worked as a youth facilitator with the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, where he also designed and implemented after-school and family activities. Alan iscurrently a facilitator with The Respect For All Project conducting bilingual family and community workshops across the country. Serian Strauss
Serian Strauss has over 10 years of experience working with educators, administrators, and youth advocates to empower youth and create safe learning environments where young people can express themselves and realize their potential. She is a student at the University of California at Berkeley, in the Graduate School of Education. She works with several non-profit organizations to facilitate staff trainings, collaborate with Youth Leaders to effect change in their communities and provide forums with educators to problem solve issues in after school classrooms. Serian is a currently a facilitator with The Respect For All Project conducting professional development workshops across the country.Nadiyah Taylor
Nadiyah Taylor has been a professional within the early care and education field since 1994, working with young children, parents, educators and administrators. Her particular focus is working with early childhood educators on the exploration of diversity and equity issues at the institutional, cultural and personal levels.