But, when we submitted an essay to run
on our HuffPost blog calling for nominations for this year's Out In The Silence Award for Youth Activism, we were told that "The Huffington
Post doesn't publish blogs that promote cash giveaway contests,”
even though a very similar announcement for last year's award program
ran without a hitch!
Now, the purpose of the Award for Youth
Activism is not to offer boatloads of cash or other prizes as a way
to hook unsuspecting participants into the corporate lair.
No, it's simply an effort to shine a little light on bold and courageous young people fighting against bullying and for equality, dignity and respect, and sometimes their very lives, in too-often forgotten and ignored corners of the world?
No, it's simply an effort to shine a little light on bold and courageous young people fighting against bullying and for equality, dignity and respect, and sometimes their very lives, in too-often forgotten and ignored corners of the world?
Small cash prizes do accompany the
awards, but it's really a miniscule sum in the scheme of things, meant
only as an honorific reward for the incredible, and unheralded,
service these young people give to their schools and communities.
Why would The Huffington Post promote
corporate give-aways but not allow mention of a little program aimed
at lifting up LGBT youth and their allies, particularly when too many
bullies still seem to have an upper-hand?
When we asked for an explanation, we
got no response.
But, we will not be silenced quite so
easily – And we're hoping you won't either!
Will you please help us overcome these
“corporate policies” by joining a grassroots campaign to spread the word about the Award for Youth Activism?
And a sharable jpeg:
Thanks for Speaking Out In The Silence!
Joe Wilson & Dean Hamer
Joe Wilson & Dean Hamer
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