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	Wednesday 25th February - Wear a Pink Shirt Day!	307 jours il y a
	We have a serious problem with bullying in NZ schools. In December last year a major international report ranked New Zealand second worst among 37 countries when it comes to bullying in primary schools. SS4Q and teacher unions NZEI Te Riu Roa and PPTA Te Wehengarua are joining forces to make our schools safe for ALL students, by promoting February 25 as Pink Shirt Day. The first Pink Shirt Day took place in Halifax, 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, David Shepherd and Travis Price, decided that the bullying had to stop. They went to a discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops, sent out the message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning handed them to students to wear. When the bullied boy walked in, according to Travis Price, “It looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders. The bullies were never heard from again.” More must be done to stop physical and emotional violence and make our schools safe for all of our young people to learn in. One way we can do this is for the community to stand up and show that bullying is not OK. Schools cannot solve these problems alone. You can help make Pink Shirt day a success. Wear something PINK on Wednesday 25th February. SS4Q is a national network working towards making schools safer for queer young people. It consists of representatives from a range of organisations, and a number of individuals from the GLBTI communities, academics and other interested people. More about Pink Shirt Day: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia... http://www.PinkShirtDay.ca Join the Pink Shirt Day Facebook Page! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei... WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PINK SHIRT DAY IN NEW ZEALAND?
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