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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Day of Pink

Day of Pink, Wednesday April 11, 2012
Join us at the School of ESL and wear pink to 
remember that positive actions can make a difference!
April 11th marks the International Day of Pink. Every second Wednesday of April is a day when millions of people in communities across Canada and across the world, can unite in celebrating diversity and raising awareness to stop homophobic, transphobic & all forms of bullying.

The International Day of Pink was started in Nova Scotia when 2 straight high school students saw a gay student wearing a pink shirt being bullied. The 2 students intervened, but wanted to do more to prevent homophobic & transphobic bulling. They decided to purchase pink shirts, and a few days later got everyone at school to arrive wearing pink, standing in solidarity. The result was that an entire school stopped homophobic & transphobic bullying.

The message was clear: anyone can bully, any can be victimized by bullying, but together we can stop it.

Change starts with each one of us.
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