Blue Shirt Day World Day of Bullying Prevention

HELP TURN AMERICA BLUE
FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUTH!

On October 3rd
Join us for the kickoff of
the 16th Annual
World Bullying Prevention Month
Let's #BeKind and #BlueUp together
through all of October 2022!

Our Limited Edition 2022
Blue Shirt will be available on July 5th.

ORDER your 2022 Limited
Edition Blue Shirt HERE!

Kindness is the quality or state of being kind. It is so important. The last few years we have endured such hate. We must get back to kindness. Give KINDNESS because you can. Do not judge. Learn other cultures because if you don't you will never know what wonderful people can be in your life. Be RESPECTFUL to all people. Why? Because the world needs more people who are. And there is no one better to do this than ALL OF US!!

If you do not have your official blue shirt,
please join us by wearing your own blue shirt!
We want to see a sea of blue!

October is World Bullying Prevention Month™!

During this month students, schools, and communities all over the world go BLUE together against bullying.

Join us in solidarity to stop bullying and cyberbullying! Make it the month that bullying prevention is heard around the world! Whether you order a STOMP Out Bullying "Limited Edition" Blue Shirt or wear your own blue shirt, you'll be using your voice and sending a message that this is the month that bullying prevention is heard around the world. End the Hate... Change the Culture!

REGISTER EARLY! Have your school participate by having the entire school -- students and faculty -- #BlueUp and wear a Blue Shirt!

Please join us and the thousands of schools across the country and beyond who are participating in this world wide event. We want to see every student and every school in a SEA OF BLUE across the country and throughout the world!

School Administrators and Faculty Members, REGISTER your School!

If you want your school to participate all you need to do is REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL and we'll add your school name to our WORLD BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH supporter list on our website.

October is World Bullying Prevention Month™

Every October, schools and organizations across the country join STOMP Out Bullying™ in observing World Bullying Prevention Month. The goal: encourage schools, communities and organizations to work together to stop bullying and cyberbullying and put an end to hatred and racism by increasing awareness of the prevalence and impact of all forms of bullying on all children of all ages.

A MONTH OF ANTI-BULLYING ACTIVITIES!
A MONTH OF ACTION!

October 2022 #BlueUp

This is your chance to make bullying prevention heard around the world!
You can begin to change the culture by putting an end to Bullying and Cyberbullying!

The Week of October 3rd:
Make friends with someone you don't know at school

If you've ever been isolated from others at school or you were new at school and it took time to make friends, you know what it feels like to be left out. Or even if you were never isolated, imagine how it would feel.

Make friends with someone at school who you don't know. You probably wish someone had done that for you.

Be a leader. Take action and don't let anyone at school be in isolation.

Challenge Others To Be Kind
Make kindness go viral with an act of kindness and challenge friends and classmates to pay it forward with their acts of kindness. Make a video of everyone doing acts of kindness and submit it. We'll add it to our website.

October 11th is National Coming Out Day

Celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, LGBTQIA+ questioning or as an ally.

The Week of October 10th:
STAND UP for Others Week

When you see someone being bullied, be brave and STAND UP for them. Bullies have been known to back off when others stand up for victims.

If you don't feel safe get the help of an adult immediately. Be part of the solution -- not the problem!

It's a time to see everyone's differences and celebrate their similarities: Whether students are LGBTQIA+, African American, Asian, Muslim, AAPI,of Tribal descent or disabled ...make friends.

Students can participate by

• Creating positive messages on post-its and handing them out to students at school
• Hold a "kindness" dance at school
• Creating anti-bullying videos and sharing them on the STOMP Out Bullying site
• Create a kindness dance flash mob at school or in your community. Make a video of it and send it to us. We'll share it on our web site.

The Week of October 17th:
Week of Inclusion

• Don't let anyone at school eat alone in the cafeteria or on a school field trip. Make it the week of #NOONEEATSALONE
• Include other students in school activities
• Include other students in after school activities
• Invite someone you don't now that well to sit next to you on the bus. Learn about each other.
• At one point or another each of us has felt insecure, or stressed out, or alone. It is important to remind our friends and classmates that we are all in it together and we are there to listen and support each other. Use the hashtag #HereForYou on social media to let your classmates know that they have your support and a person to reach out to if they ever need to talk.

The Week of October 24th:
Start the Week With Conversations Amongst Your Peers

• Meet with fellow students and discuss how you can Change The Culture at your school.
• Use our Student Participation Toolkit to begin conversations on how your school can be judgement and bully free.
• Hold a discussion in your classroom where you allow students to openly speak and discuss their experiences with bullying and cyberbullying, and how these experiences have effected them and how they dealt with these moments.

This is your month to take leadership at your school and carry it through all-year-round!

We look forward to hearing about your student led activities during National Bullying Prevention Awareness month.

The more awareness that is created during the month of October -- and all year round, you are one step closer to putting an end to bullying!

ABOUT World Bullying Prevention Month™

October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. On October 3rd we kick off the month with World Day of Bullying Prevention by wearing a blue shirt and all throughout October.

To signify its importance, STOMP Out Bullying™ created WORLD BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH™ which is observed throughout October.

Throughout October, students and adults alike are encouraged to #BeKind #BlueUp by wearing our blue shirt or their own to make that the month that bullying prevention is heard around the world.

We chose blue because in many diverse cultures blue brings peace. The color conveys importance and confidence. For 16 years, this campaign has been so successful that it has gone global.

Each year we are so proud of the youth, schools, and others who support our work to Make Bullying History. Please join us in wearing blue to STOMP Out Bullying worldwide.

Feel free to use our "Online Student Participation Toolkit" at school

Read Our Online Student Participation Toolkit

SPREAD THE WORD!
Show your support for World Bullying Prevention Month™!

#BeKind and #BlueUp. Tell everyone you know to wear a BLUE Shirt in solidarity throughout the Month of October.

Let's put an end to racism, hatred, homophobia, digital abuse, bullying and cyberbullying in schools, communities and on your social media pages. STOMP Out Bullying everywhere!

Here are more promotion ideas for you, your school and your community:

• Wear Your Blue Shirt!
• #BeKind #BlueUp even further by wearing a blue hat, blue shoe laces, blue tie, blue sneakers ... etc. You could even dress your pets in blue!
• Don't forget your blue nail polish to paint your pinkies blue!
• Remind your friends and family to share posts and re-tweet posts to #BeKind, #BlueUp, and #STOMPOutBullying
• Hang a banner with the phrase "World Bullying Prevention Month™" and have everyone sign it.
• Have your school download and print a "World Bullying Prevention Month™ Poster "(coming soon!) for your school
• Hold events
• Tell the Media about your "World Bullying Prevention Month™" activities

• Add #BeKind and #BlueUp to your World Day of Bullying Prevention posts and shares on October 3rd and to your World Bullying Prevention Month Posts and Shares all month long.

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Source: https://www.stompoutbullying.org/world-bullying-prevention-month#:~:text=On%20October%203rd%20we%20kick,which%20is%20observed%20throughout%20October.

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