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Commemorated on the third Thursday of October every year, Spirit Day encourages millions to “go purple” in efforts to stand against the bullying and harassment of LGBTQ youth — a population ...
Spirit Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on the third Thursday in October. [1] Started in 2010 by Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan, it was initially created in response to a rash of widely publicized bullying-related suicides of gay school students in 2010, including that of Tyler Clementi . [ 2 ]
Stop Bullying: Speak Up [1] was created in 2010 and has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Stop Bullying.gov), Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), as well as The Anti-Defamation League and The Southern Poverty Law Center through its project, Teaching Tolerance, and other corporate sponsors.
International STAND UP to Bullying Day is a special semi-annual event in which participants sign and wear a pink "pledge shirt" to take a visible, public stance against bullying. The event takes place in schools, workplaces, and organizations in 25 countries around the globe on the third Friday of November to coincide with Anti-Bullying Week ...
Anti-bullying, midwifery and backyard chickens are among the online campaigns that got the most support from Hoosiers this year on charge.org. The social action platform lets users create and sign ...
2005 – Second Anti-Bullying Week – 21 to 25 November 2005 (launched at Westminster Central Hall, London). The event was co-hosted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), Childline, and the Diana Memorial Award. 2006 – Third Anti-Bullying Week – 20–24 November 2006. The theme was the Bystander ('See it, Stop it, Get help').
Wake County school board members and people in the community rallied behind an embattled male middle school teacher who has come under attack for wearing a tutu to school last year during Spirit Week.
Bullying prevention campaigns and events include Anti-Bullying Day, Anti-Bullying Week, International Day of Pink, International STAND UP to Bullying Day and National Bullying Prevention Month. Anti-bullying laws in the U.S. have also been enacted in 23 of its 50 states, making bullying in schools illegal. [140] A 2019 study by McCallion ...