Canada Celebrates Bullying Awareness Week

Dana November 19, 2017 Events, iCarol clients

Today marks the beginning of Bullying Awareness Week throughout much of Canada. The Kids Help Phone website is currently highlighting bullying resources and information to help educate people on the topic of bullying.

You can also join Kids Help Phone for a live webinar on Facebook this Thursday at 4pm EST.

Go Purple for Spirit Day

Dana October 18, 2017 Events, Helplines

Wednesday, October 19^th is Spirit Day, bringing awareness to the topic of bullying targeted towards LGBTQ youth.

According to GLAAD, “Spirit Day is a means of speaking out against LGBTQ bullying and standing with LGBTQ youth, who disproportionately face bullying and harassment because of their identities. Pledging to “go purple” on Spirit Day is a way for everyone — forward-thinking companies, global leaders, respected celebrities, neighbors, parents, classmates, and friends — to visibly show solidarity with LGBTQ youth and to take part in the largest, most visible anti-bullying campaign in the world.”

There are several ways you can participate in Spirit Day:

1. Take the pledge to show you support LGBTQ youth and stand against bullying
2. Learn facts about bullying by downloading GLAAD’s available resources kits designed for the public, students, and teachers
3. Spread the word, especially on social media using #SpiritDay
4. Go Purple, by wearing purple clothing or accessories, and also using social media profile photo frames promoting Spirit Day
5. If you have the passion and means to do so, donate to GLAAD to take a stand against discrimination and prejudice.

The pledge, resource kits, shareable facts, social media supplies, and more are all available on GLAAD’s website.

GLAAD Spirit Day

Dana October 15, 2014 Events

Artist Gilbert Baker created the rainbow flag as the symbol of LGBT pride because it embodied diversity and hope. Each color represents something different. Red for Life, Orange for Healing, Yellow for Sunlight, Green for Nature, Blue for Art, and Purple for the Human Spirit. The flag sometimes also includes Pink which symbolizes sexuality, and Indigo for Harmony.

Spirit Day, presented by GLAAD, encourages everyone to wear purple to embody that spirit and to show support and solidarity with LGBT youth. Millions of people, schools, organizations, universities, and corporations participate.

GLAAD offers up a lot of ways to get involved and show your support. You can simply wear purple or choose to change your profile picture on Facebook or Twitter to have a purple overlay using a tool they have available. You can also install an app on your smartphone or tablet that provides anti-bullying resources and calls to action.

The show of solidarity is important, but a big part of Spirit Day is also about educating others on the impact of LGBT bullying. For that, they have resource kits available.

We hope you’ll consider taking part in Spirit Day and show LGBT youth everywhere that it’s okay to be who they are, and that they have lots of support.