Building Club Membership
1. Provide food at your meeting.
2. Put an announcement in the daily bulletin or assembly.
3. Advertise at club day. Have a table and pass out ribbons or lollipops with a sticker with the name of your GSA.
4. Participate in school pride or spirit week at your school.
5. Set up an info table at lunch or special events in a visible place.
6. Pass out rainbow ribbons or GSA buttons to GSA supporters.
7. Make flyers or posters about specific meetings, topics, or events and post around campus. Example: Make flyers defining what a straight ally is with information about your GSA at the bottom.
8. Ask teachers to permanently post your group's general flyer in their classroom.
9. Get an article about your group in the school paper.
10. Hold a "bring-a-friend day" at your GSA meeting.
11. Have an open GSA meeting where you show a movie or have a speaker.
12. Make presentations at other clubs' meetings about your group; invite these clubs to make presentations at your GSA meeting.
13. Send group representatives to classes to make an announcement about your group's meetings or activities.
14. Create a display in your library (i.e. for Queer History Month) or display case in a hallway.
15. Practice Guerilla Theater: stage random public exchanges between GSA members about homophobia or transphobia and your GSA.
16. Invite teachers, faculty, and staff to GSA meetings.
Adapted from GSA Network – www.gsanetwork.org