Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Pink Shirts

In 2007 a Nova Scotian guy wore a pink polo on his first day of high school, and for doing so was bullied. Older students were calling him homosexual and threatened to beat him up -on his first day of school, for the colour of his t-shirt-
Two grade twelve students -Travis Price and David Sheperd- realized how unacceptable this treatment was -and is- So the two of them went out and bought 50 pink tops to bring to school and wear the very next day. Their movement was called "The Sea of Pink" and quickly included the rest of the school.
The bullies were never heard from again in this case. But still over 70% of us have experienced some form of bullying, one MILLION children are bullied each week in Canada, and twenty of these children commit suicide.
Enough is enough.
Show your support.
Join the Sea of Pink campaign,
Wear your pink shirt tomorrow!
-em

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