Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Taking a stand against bullying

Travis Price, co-founder of Pink Shirt Day, speaks to students

Travis Price, co-founder of Pink Shirt Day, interacts
with some kids at the student rally at YaraCentre
on April 9, 2014, which was Day of Pink.
 Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Travis Price spent a lot of time alone when he was bullied.

In 2007 in Nova Scotia, he and his friend David Shepherd decided to organize a movement after a student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school.

“We wanted to do something for him, but we didn’t want to be reactive and say, ‘We’re going to beat up the bullies.’ We wanted to make a statement proactively,” said Price. “That’s where the idea of going out and buying and wearing pink shirts with the idea that they can’t bully all of us. Since then it’s grown.”

Six million people in 13 countries stand in solidarity for the annual Day of Pink every April 9.
On Wednesday, Price was one of the speakers at the student rally at YaraCentre for 400 students from Moose Jaw and Rouleau.

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