Richmond residents are being encouraged to wear pink on Wednesday to “promote kindness and raise awareness against bullying.”
This is the ask of the City of Richmond, Richmond School District, Richmond Fire-Rescue and the Richmond RCMP.
Richmond firefighters will once again don their pink epaulettes in honour of Pink Shirt Day, and several displays and activities are planned throughout the city in anticipation of the anti-bullying day on Feb. 26.
The activities include:
- An effects of bullying installation at Cambie Community Centre
- Anti-bullying bulletin boards at South Arm Community Centre
- Anti-bullying sessions and fun activities at City Centre Community Centre
- Pink Shirt Day book displays at all four Richmond Public Library branches
- Richmond Fire-Rescue duty crews wearing pink epaulettes on their uniforms
- Encouragement by School District No. 38 for schools to access online resources, including Pink Shirt Day and SOGI123 websites
- Richmond-RCMP Community Engagement Team, including the Youth Section, visiting schools throughout Richmond.
Pink Shirt Day originated in 2007 when two high school students in Nova Scotia learned a Grade 9 student had been bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. Shortly after, both students distributed pink shirts to their fellow students in solidarity.
This sparked what is now known as Pink Shirt Day—an international anti-bullying movement.
For a list of Pink Shirt Day activities and initiatives in Richmond, click here.
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