Pink Shirt Day, a day to raise awareness against bullying, began in 2007, when fifty teenagers in Nova Scotia showed up to class wearing a pink shirt in order to stand alongside a schoolmate who had been bullied for his choice in clothing. Those students all rose up in unity, armed with only the symbolic power of a pink shirt, to silence the bullies who had tried to intimidate their classmate. What's really remarkable about this story is that they used a non-confrontational and non-violent approach to fight against bullying.
North Saanich will be supporting the Anti-Bullying Cause with our own Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, February 25th.