The National Day of Silence is a day when students from across the world take a vow of silence for one Friday in April every year. The National Day of Silence for 2017 is on April 21. This day is a protest against the silence that the LGBT+ community is faced with. Sophomore Cierra Dillon, who is a part of the DHS Gay-Straight Alliance, is planning on participating in the Day of Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very important cause for me because I have been silenced for a very long time before I came out of the closet,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cMy family silenced me. They didn\u2019t want me to come out at all.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Dillon was inspired to take part in the 2017 Day of Silence because of how little participation she saw on the last Day of Silence. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI saw one girl, who doesn\u2019t go here anymore, she was a senior last year, and she participated in the Day of Silence and she was the only one I saw,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cGSA is, like, a big thing. And I thought it\u2019d be really cool if I did it too, because I think it\u2019s a very important cause and it means to much to me. I\u2019m glad I can do it this year.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Day of Silence is a day when students from across the world take a vow of silence for one Friday in April every year. The National Day of Silence for 2017 is on April 21. This day is a protest against the silence that the LGBT+ community is faced with. Sophomore Cierra Dillon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1224,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1702],"class_list":["post-12049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-news","tag-olivia-drlik","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"\n