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Pink shirt day at WKE

William Konkin Elementary students stood up against bullying on Feb. 25, 2015.
Pink shirt day at WKE
William Konkin Elementary students stood up against bullying on Feb. 25

William Konkin Elementary students stood up against bullying on Feb. 25, 2015. Dozens of students came to school wearing pink, and they also wrote messages of support to the everyday victims of bullying. The messages were placed on a wall for everyone to see.

The idea of pink shirt day started after two high school students from Nova Scotia - David Shepherd and Travis Price - organized a school protest. The Nova Scotia students encouraged their classmates to wear pink to support a grade nine boy who had been being bullied for wearing a pink shirt.