Welcome to the Movement!
We're on our way to a bully free world, and you're about to find out how!
The Basics:
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International STAND UP to Bullying Day is a special bi-annual event in which people across the world who have signed a special “pledge shirt” join together in wearing them to:
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The stand is taken globally; with pledge shirts and services being made available to schools and workplaces in 25 different countries. All registration takes place online. |
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Each participant must pledge themselves and their community members by signing their name to the back of a special pledge shirt. Participants are then notified before each STAND to make sure they wear it throughout the day during each event. Shirts can be ordered at any time and are the same for each event. |
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The next International STAND UP to Bullying Day is scheduled to take place on Friday, November 19th, 2010, although many schools will chose their own day that suits there schedule better. |
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To date, more than 1500 schools, workplaces and organizations representing close to a million people have taken the STAND. Although the movement has been primarily North American based, it's quickly spreading across the globe and is expected to continue gaining momentum. (See all registered participants here) |
Are you ready to STAND UP?
Participation requires your students or staff signing and wearing a pink STAND UP Pledge Shirt. Buttons, signs, letters, and bracelets do not qualify. It must be a pink STANDUP pledge shirt. These shirts are designed to work, and are sold to support other free innovative tools which work with the day and the pledge. They are the most important part of the solution strategy. Wearing any old pink shirt will skip a number of integral steps in the strategy, and therefore will not count towards participation. (More info on the importance of the Pledge Shirts can be found here).
Pledge shirts are $10 each (plus s&h). Schools ordering 50 or more will receive free shipping and a pink STOOD UP flag to fly, marking the school as one in which a significant amount of support exists for victims of bullying. STAND UP Pledge Shirts were designed to be extremely effective in achieving a variety of aspects involved in stopping bullying. Simply "addressing" bullying will not lead to a significant change in your school or workplace. Participating in International Stand Up to Bullying Day will achieve the following:
- address bullying in an extremely "loud" way. (Try ignoring 100's of pink shirts!)
- approach bystanders to take a personal stance either for or against bullying.
- create and effectively identify a peer based support structure where victims of bullying can turn for help or guidance
- enable bystanders to make a non-confrontational statement about their decision to be in-tolerant of the behavior of bullies from this point forward.
- provide funding for necessary tools to insure safety and make it easy for participants to honor their pledge to STAND UP against bullying.
Why Pink?
The color of the STAND UP pledge shirts, is based on a campaign started by Travis Price and David Shepherd, two senior students who took a stand against a freshmen student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. This act of leadership provides a great example for those who are "on the fence" about displaying their own personal stance against bullying.
