QuASA and IFC host Day of Silence


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In partnership with the Queer and Ally Student Assembly, The Interfraternity Council hosted a Day of Silence event on Friday to protest the harassment of LGBTQ individuals and create a safer campus for students.

Greek ally · IFC Director of Diversity Sebastian Maya hands out an advocacy button to junior Jim Stone at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house. - Austin Vogel | Daily Trojan

Greek ally · IFC Director of Diversity Sebastian Moya hands out an advocacy button to junior Jim Stone at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house. – Austin Vogel | Daily Trojan

Day of Silence is a national campaign to raise support for LGBTQ students on school campuses and bring an end to the bullying of LGBTQ individuals. Events have taken place yearly since 1996.

USC’s event took place on Friday on The Row, where attendees were served food and received buttons to show their support. During the event, a minute-long moment of silence was held to comply with the Day of Silence tradition of using a moment of silence to raise awareness.

QuASA representatives were supposed to appear at the event as ambassadors for the LGBTQ community and provide attendees with more information about how to get involved but were unable to due to a scheduling conflict. They were also scheduled to speak to the attendees about LGBTQ rights and the purpose of Day of Silence.

Despite the setback, Sebastian Moya, IFC’s director of diversity, was happy with the turnout and believes the event had a positive effect overall on USC’s Greek community.

“Plenty of people came and were really interested in learning more,” Moya said. “I think the main purpose of the event was to make sure Greeks knew what was going on, and they’re becoming more aware of the problems that need to be addressed and how to resolve them.”

QuASA was not able to be reached for comment.