Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Day of Silence 2010
Every day thousands of students are silenced out of fear of being ridiculed. They are silenced and thus prevented from expressing who they are, what they feel. Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students are bullied and harassed and are kept silent. Day of Silence is an event started in 1996 so that the silence of those who are victimized is heard. Hundreds of thousands of students will be part of this day, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and straight alike so that the harassment may stop and voices may be heard once again. April 16 is the date of this years Day of Silence. Please support those unspoken by choosing to remain silent as they have so many times. Many will do this for the full 24 hours of the day, from sunrise to sunset, or just while at school. In the years since the first day of silence many more have participated but hateful acts are still committed each day and students are still afraid to speak out. Please support this cause. Find more information at http://www.dayofsilence.org/content/getinformation.html.
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Liam,
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. I have never heard of the Day of Silence, but this cause is definitely one I also feel strongly about.
Have you heard of The Laramie Project?
Great job bringing awareness to such an important issue, Liam.
Liam,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very thoughtful thing to do. Most people don't realize how big of an impact these kinds of things have on people. I am positive that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gendered people are very proud, happy, and appreciative of whoever did this. It was very inspiring.