Page 38 - 2018 Yearbook

By Jack Smith, Makena Serughetti, Donya Fotovatjah, and Sarah Park
1. A “Love is Love” button in the process of being finalized is just one of the many being produced en masse by the Priory PRISM club to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Like this button, the club’s mission is to show that love is complex and can take countless forms.
2. Grant Whitman (10) serves as the leader of PRISM. According to Grant, the club is all about “helping to spread knowledge and awareness of LGBTQ+ facts and issues in order to promote a loving, supporting and understanding community.” Grant shares that the best part of PRISM is the people. He explains how loving and hardworking everyone is. These buttons normalize non-straight relationships, and celebrate the wide spectrum of identities.
3. Sage Thomas (9) draws out her button design using a variety of colors. These buttons, in conjunction with baked goods, are sold at fundraisers that PRISM organizes to benefit an LGBTQ+ charity called Rainbow Road.
4. Cassia Jones (9) and Evan Hughes (9) work together on cutting out the templates that will turn into buttons that will be shared with the Priory community. They laugh and have a good time together as they work, illustrating the strong bond between the members of PRISM.
5. Cassia and Sonia Kulasooriya (9) discuss the very relevant topic of LGBTQ+ issues as they make their own buttons. They personalize their buttons, which are meant to spread awareness about LGBTQ rights. It must feel incredibly rewarding to be a part of such an important movement!
6. Jasmine Tang (12) works on the button activity with the rest of club. This activity was not only about having fun, but also about raising funds to help support important pro-LGBTQ+ efforts in the community.
7. Evan draws out her designs. “It was really fun and we cranked out several hundred buttons,” she said. During the process of designing the buttons, they jammed out to Cassia Jones’s (9) Christmas music and had a blast bonding with each other.
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