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Pink Shirt Day – Bullying Stops Here!
Pink Shirt Day – Bullying Stops Here!
Tomorrow teachers, students and the general public will have the chance to stand up against bullying by dressing in pink.
PPTA president Kate Gainsford says by wearing pink people will be asserting that bullying in schools will not be tolerated.
“It is more than a symbolic gesture.
“For a bully to be successful all people have to do, is do nothing. It is important that people are not passive when they notice bullying going on,” she said.
The first Pink Shirt Day took place in Nova Scotia when two 17-year-old high school students decided to stand up for a friend who had been harassed for wearing a pink shirt to school. The boys decided the bullying had to stop, so they went to a discount store brought 50 pink tank tops and sent out a message to schoolmates that night. The next morning they handed them to students to wear, and the bullies were never heard from again.
Gainsford said the best way of dealing with bullying was as early and informally as possible, before the bullying behaviour escalated into something more serious.
“It is
about numbers of people taking responsibility for the way
others are treated.
Events like Pink Shirt Day are an
important way to encourage people to recognise there is a
problem and take steps towards addressing it,” she said.
For further information on Pink Shirt Day visit www.pinkshirtday.org.nz
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