{"id":70199,"date":"2020-04-08T11:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=70199"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:21:24","slug":"day-of-pink","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/connecting-reading-and-writing\/days-of-significance\/day-of-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-70200\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/pinktshirt2018a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/pinktshirt2018a.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/pinktshirt2018a-165x131.jpeg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Connecting Reading and Writing: Days of Significance<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the significance of the international \u201cDay of Pink\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your family about the importance of standing up to bullying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>April 8th is the International Day of Pink. Across the world, people are standing up against bullying and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The day is usually marked by wearing a pink shirt and by organizing activities in workplaces, schools and communities.<\/p>\n<p>First, to learn more about how \u201cDay of Pink\u201d started, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NKX2Iyr7yRg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch this video \u201cThe Story of Pink Shirt Day\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15bKryB6xIFmvsTzTkcPojjzNRsmmxjFJqnr3jjIwDHI\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">or read this article \u201cBullied student tickled pink by schoolmates&#8217; T-shirt campaign.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next, talk to a family member about how the Day of Pink started and why it is important to stand up to bullying. If you have experienced bullying, talk to a trusted adult about what happened.<\/p>\n<h3>Books on WRDSB\u2019s OverDrive Library that explore the theme of bullying:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi<\/li>\n<li>Viola Desmond Won\u2019t Be Budged by Jody Nyasha Warner<\/li>\n<li>Henry Holton Takes the Ice by Sandra Bradley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Resources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidshelpphone.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kids Help Phone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthline.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT Youth Line<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, April 8th, is the International Day of Pink. Across the world, people are standing up against bullying and discrimination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72660,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70199\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}