last year in partnership with lausd we sat down and talked about the importance of out visible allies on school campuses. and there is a his tansy. how can we create an awareness around this and do so in a way that impacts young people's lives? and that's when we created the idea of an employee badge that says i'm out for safe schools. it has the word ally in seven different languages. and on the back it has a list of resources that any school member could use. we purchased 30,000 badges which was roughly one-third of all the staff in l.a. unified. and we passed them out. and we asked people to opt in to wear them. it went along with the tool kit and several other different supports to the school. obviously, along with us there. and we were blown away with the response. you'll see even today around l.a. unfied not only the employee badge but the badge that says that they are out for safe schools. en that was really a visible way for people in all schools to be able to identify where they could feel the safest. we've heard so many testimonials from staff who never felt they could come

last year in partnership with lausd we sat down and talked about the importance of out visible allies on school campuses. and there is a his tansy. how can we create an awareness around this and do so in a way that impacts young people's lives? and that's when we created the idea of an employee badge that says i'm out for safe schools. it has the word ally in seven different languages. and on the back it has a list of resources that any school member could use. we purchased 30,000 badges which was roughly one-third of all the staff in l.a. unified. and we passed them out. and we asked people to opt in to wear them. it went along with the tool kit and several other different supports to the school. obviously, along with us there. and we were blown away with the response. you'll see even today around l.a. unfied not only the employee badge but the badge that says that they are out for safe schools. en that was really a visible way for people in all schools to be able to identify where they could feel the safest. we've heard so many testimonials from staff who never felt they could come