About Us
Grey Johnson
Grey Johnson is a student and diversity practitioner specializing in sexuality, gender, and race. They are currently a senior at Harvard University and previously served as president of the Diversity Council at Gilman School. As Diversity Council President, and formerly co-president of the Gender & Sexuality Alliance, they attended and facilitated conferences around the country including the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference, Baltimore Student Diversity Leadership Conference, and Diversity in the DMV. They are a co-founder of the Day of Dialogue and is an avid writer, having written for Affinity Magazine.
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Ben Levinson
Ben Levinson is a junior at The George Washington University and has been involved in diversity, equity, and justice work for eight years. He is a co-founder of the Day of Dialogue. He has attended the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference, the Baltimore Student Diversity Leadership Conference, the GLSEN Youth Summit, and the ACLU Summer Advocacy Institute.
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The Idea
Our central philosophy is that hatred and violence are born out of ignorance, and it is therefore the responsibility of the educational community to expose students to the world's invisible and vulnerable communities. Day of Dialogue seeks to connect queer identity to core-curricular subjects and provide queer students a chance to see themselves in their schoolwork, as well as exposing their non-queer classmates to the LGBTQ+ community in a way that they may have never experienced before.
The Model
The ideal model for the Day of Dialogue is a week-long experience. At Gilman, teachers give a 20-30 minute subject-relevant Day of Dialogue lesson to each of their classes over the course of a week. The knowledge imparted in class is compounded with a speaker experience followed by discussion. The week ends with a celebration for the school community.