BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e116f4b0-e500-4fd8-929c-113598db576c.178737@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170224T185826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170224T185826Z LOCATION:To Be Determined SUMMARY:Day of Silence DESCRIPTION:The Day of Silence is the Gay\, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) annual day of action to protest the bullying and haras sment of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender (LGBT) students and t heir supporters. Students take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students and their supporters.  The Day o f Silence has been held every year in April since 1996.\n\n\nOn the appoi nted day\, students maintain verbal silence either for the entire day or a portion of the day\, such as during the lunch break. During their perio d of silence\, participating students may hand out printed cards explaini ng the nature of their protest. This may be supplemented by additional te xts or images.\n\n\nSome school organizers also create or purchase pins o r stickers to put on lockers and t-shirts. Others dress in all black\, wi th rainbow ribbons or gags to emphasize the cause and their presence.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th e Day of Silence is the Gay\, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (G LSEN) annual day of action to protest the bullying and harassment of lesb ian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender (LGBT) students and their supporte rs. Students take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students and their supporters.&nbsp\; The Day of Silen ce has been held every year in April since 1996.</p>\n<p>On the appointed day\, students maintain verbal silence either for the entire day or a po rtion of the day\, such as during the lunch break. During their period of silence\, participating students may hand out printed cards explaining t he nature of their protest. This may be supplemented by additional texts or images.</p>\n<p>Some school organizers also create or purchase pins or stickers to put on lockers and t-shirts. Others dress in all black\, wit h rainbow ribbons or gags to emphasize the cause and their presence.&nbsp \;<a href="http://www.dayofsilence.org/"></a></p></body></html> DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170420 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170421 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR