Muskoday to Recognize Pink Shirt Day

Muskoday students and staff will be participating in Pink Shirt Day 2011 on Wednesday, April 13th.

Carrie Isbister has set this up and provided everyone with t-shrits.

She gave some to Chief and Council so hopefully they will be good leaders and all wear their pink shirts.
This is a Canadian Red Cross initiative

Two Nova Scotia students are being praised across North America for the unique way they turned the tide against a fellow student bullied for wearing pink.

The victim a Grade 9 boy at Central Kings Rural High School in the small community of Cambridge wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of school.

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Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, students said.
Two Grade 12 students David Shepherd and Travis Price heard the news and decided to take action. “I just figured enough was enough,” said Shepherd.
They went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day.
'Sea of pink' support
Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a “sea of pink.”

But a tsunami of support poured in the next day.
Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe
One young man even dyed his hair pink, dressed head to toe in pink, and rode his little sister's pink bike to school
When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, some of his classmates said it was a powerful moment.
The grassroots “Sea of Pink” campaign attracted worldwide attention, and has motivated students throughout North America and Australia to organize similar school days. What an inspiring example of the way one heartfelt act of change can make a difference!