Pink is for both genders!
“David
Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest
to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied…[They] took a
stand against bullying when they protested
against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to
all the boys in their school.
‘I
learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do
wonders,’ says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone
stood up for a weaker kid.’
So
Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink
tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning
they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag.
As
they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied
boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It looked like a huge weight was lifted
off his shoulders,’ Mr. Price recalled.
The
bullies were never heard from again.”
Will
you join in by wearing pink on February 29th? Do you have a story about being
bullied, how you stopped a bully or about how bullying has affected a loved one?
Share your experiences here by leaving a comment or calling us direct at (604)
879-6554.
If
you are a student, print off this web page and give to your Principal /
Headmaster / etc. so that your school can get involved. Also, drop us an email to
let me know who you are and which school you attend.
More
information and details about this project will be posted on this website
soon. Until then, be sure to click on the links / menu items at the top of
the page to learn how you, your school, business or organization can get
involved.
Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest
to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied…[They] took a
stand against bullying when they protested
against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to
all the boys in their school.
‘I
learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do
wonders,’ says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone
stood up for a weaker kid.’
So
Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink
tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning
they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag.
As
they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied
boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It looked like a huge weight was lifted
off his shoulders,’ Mr. Price recalled.
The
bullies were never heard from again.”
Will
you join in by wearing pink on February 29th? Do you have a story about being
bullied, how you stopped a bully or about how bullying has affected a loved one?
Share your experiences here by leaving a comment or calling us direct at (604)
879-6554.
If
you are a student, print off this web page and give to your Principal /
Headmaster / etc. so that your school can get involved. Also, drop us an email to
let me know who you are and which school you attend.
More
information and details about this project will be posted on this website
soon. Until then, be sure to click on the links / menu items at the top of
the page to learn how you, your school, business or organization can get
involved.
Freak is the new sheak!
I know what your thinking< what in the world does lady Gaga have to do with bullies and self esteem?! Well, Lady Gaga dresses like she truely doesn't care what she looks like or what other people think. For that reason she is a hero and has accomplished something alot of us never will!
All colors are equal!
Rosa
Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)
was an African-American civil
rights activist, whom
the U.S.
Congress called "the first
lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".[1]
On
December 1, 1955 in Montgomery,
Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James
F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white
passenger. Parks' action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil
rights issue. Others had taken similar steps, including Lizzie
Jennings in 1854,Homer
Plessy in 1892, Irene
Morgan in 1946, Sarah
Louise Keys in 1955,
and Claudette Colvin on the same bus system nine months
before Parks, but Parks' civil
disobedience had the effect
of sparking the Montgomery
Bus Boycott.
Parks'
act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement
and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial
segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders,
including boycott leader Martin
Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil
rights movement.
At
the time of her action, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of
the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
and had recently attended the Highlander
Folk School, a Tennessee center
for workers' rights and racial equality. Nonetheless, she took her action as a
private citizen "tired of giving in". Although widely honored in later years for
her action, she suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local
department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit,
Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as
secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S.
Representative John
Conyers. After retirement from this position, she wrote an autobiography and
lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered
from dementia, and
became involved in a lawsuit filed on her behalf against American hip-hop duo OutKast.
Parks
eventually received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the Congressional
Gold Medal and a posthumous
statue in the United States Capitol's National
Statuary Hall. Upon her death in 2005, she was the first woman and second
non-U.S. government official granted the posthumous honor of lying
in honor at the Capitol
Rotunda.
Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)
was an African-American civil
rights activist, whom
the U.S.
Congress called "the first
lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".[1]
On
December 1, 1955 in Montgomery,
Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James
F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white
passenger. Parks' action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil
rights issue. Others had taken similar steps, including Lizzie
Jennings in 1854,Homer
Plessy in 1892, Irene
Morgan in 1946, Sarah
Louise Keys in 1955,
and Claudette Colvin on the same bus system nine months
before Parks, but Parks' civil
disobedience had the effect
of sparking the Montgomery
Bus Boycott.
Parks'
act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement
and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial
segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders,
including boycott leader Martin
Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil
rights movement.
At
the time of her action, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of
the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
and had recently attended the Highlander
Folk School, a Tennessee center
for workers' rights and racial equality. Nonetheless, she took her action as a
private citizen "tired of giving in". Although widely honored in later years for
her action, she suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local
department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit,
Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as
secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S.
Representative John
Conyers. After retirement from this position, she wrote an autobiography and
lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered
from dementia, and
became involved in a lawsuit filed on her behalf against American hip-hop duo OutKast.
Parks
eventually received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the Congressional
Gold Medal and a posthumous
statue in the United States Capitol's National
Statuary Hall. Upon her death in 2005, she was the first woman and second
non-U.S. government official granted the posthumous honor of lying
in honor at the Capitol
Rotunda.
Martain Luther King Jr.
Martin
Luther King, Jr. (January
15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman,
activist, and prominent leader in the African-American
Civil Rights Movement.[1] He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil
rights in the United States
and around the world, using nonviolent methods
following the teachings of Mahatma
Gandhi.[2] King has become a national icon in
the history of modern
American liberalism.[3]
A Baptist minister, King became a civil
rights activist early in his
career.[4] He led the 1955 Montgomery
Bus Boycott and helped found
the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first
president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March
on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have
a Dream" speech. There, he expanded American values to include the vision of
a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest
orators in American history.
In
1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial
segregation and racial
discrimination through civil
disobedience and other
nonviolent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts
on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam
War.
King
was assassinated
on April 4, 1968, in Memphis,
Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1977
andCongressional
Gold Medal in 2004; Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day was
established as a U.S.
federal holiday in 1986.
Luther King, Jr. (January
15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman,
activist, and prominent leader in the African-American
Civil Rights Movement.[1] He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil
rights in the United States
and around the world, using nonviolent methods
following the teachings of Mahatma
Gandhi.[2] King has become a national icon in
the history of modern
American liberalism.[3]
A Baptist minister, King became a civil
rights activist early in his
career.[4] He led the 1955 Montgomery
Bus Boycott and helped found
the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first
president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March
on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have
a Dream" speech. There, he expanded American values to include the vision of
a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest
orators in American history.
In
1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial
segregation and racial
discrimination through civil
disobedience and other
nonviolent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts
on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam
War.
King
was assassinated
on April 4, 1968, in Memphis,
Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1977
andCongressional
Gold Medal in 2004; Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day was
established as a U.S.
federal holiday in 1986.