Mark your calendar: Pink Shirt Day is February 24th, 2021.
“This Pink Shirt Day, our focus is working together and treating others with dignity and respect. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all and shown the importance of helping one another and advocating for those who need it. Help us “lift each other up” and support programs that encourage healthy self esteem and teach empathy, compassion and kindness.” (https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/)
Where did Pink Shirt Day come from?
In 2007 in Nova Scotia, Grade 12 students David Shepherd, Travis Price and a few friends saw that a grade 9 student was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school.
They knew they had to do something to show that this kind of behavior was not okay.
They decided to go out and buy pink shirts and hand them out to other students to wear.
By the end of that week, most of the students in the school were wearing pink shirts to show support for the grade 9 student who was bullied.
On February 24th, wear something pink to show that we are all working together to erase bullying in our community.
Resources:
- Resource: “What is Pink Shirt Day?” (Kids CBC article)
- Activity: Think about this prompt:
“Kindness is……”
Book recommendations:
School District 75 Elementary Virtual Learning Commons 