Paly GSA spreads word about Day of Silence with presentations

By Anna Bastidas of The Paly Voice

Palo Alto: Paly's Gay-Straight Alliance members are pleased with the addition of short fourth period presentations to the Day of Silence, which students observed on Tuesday at Paly.

"A lot of the criticism in past years was that some people felt that minority groups such as the LGBTQ community should speak up instead of being silent," senior GSA president Alex Rose-Henig said. "Our goal this year was to combine the two."

In each presentation, one presenter described the meaning behind Day of Silence, while a partner sat quietly.

"It was kind of like we were a prop," said one of the presenters, junior Macy Stewart. "But I think that it was really for the presentation to have more of an impact."

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