Thursday, 25 February 2016

Community Support for Pink Day is needed Every Day - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Thursday Feb 25th, 2016 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Thursday Feb 25th, 2016 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @
http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-wallebeck
This week we focus on: Community Support for Pink Day is needed Every Day
 "Saskatchewan Proclaims Red Cross Pink Day"
Released on February 24, 2016
"Today, Education Minister Don Morgan proclaimed February 24 as Red Cross Pink Day. Pink Day is observed across the province to raise awareness of bullying and the importance of preventing it. This year’s theme is Let’s change the culture around bullying together!

“Creating schools and communities that are free of bullying is important for the youth of our province and their families,” Morgan said. “Pink Day is a great opportunity for us to continue encouraging students to do whatever they can to prevent bullying. The Red Cross does an excellent job of engaging our students in this initiative every year and I commend their hard work.”

Pink Day is a national bullying prevention initiative led by provincial Red Cross chapters. The event builds on the pink shirt movement that began in 2007 when two Nova Scotia high school students inspired their fellow students to wear pink when they saw a another student being bullied. Since then, wearing pink has become a symbol of speaking out against bullying rather than remaining a bystander.

“The Canadian Red Cross is thrilled that the Government of Saskatchewan is recognizing this worldwide movement to create safe and respectful schools and communities,” Red Cross Vice-President of Saskatchewan Cindy Fuchs said. “We are proud to partner with the Ministry of Education to reach thousands of youth with bullying prevention education each year.”

In addition to celebrating Pink Day across the province, the Government of Saskatchewan funds a number of initiatives to support Saskatchewan's Action Plan to Address Bullying and Cyberbullying.

The 2015-16 Budget allocated $655,000 to support the recommendations in the Action Plan. Resources for students, families and schools can be found on www.iamstronger.ca. Youth can also apply for grants of up to $1,000 each for initiatives that promote kindness, address bullying and influence positive social change in their schools and communities.

For more information about Pink Day or to buy a pink t-shirt, visit https://campaigns.redcross.ca/.

You can also add your voice on social media by adding the hashtags #PinkDay, #ImagineNoBullying or #CultureChange to content that supports the prevention of bullying. To learn about anti-bullying initiatives in Saskatchewan, please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/anti-bullying."
Question: What are we doing as communities to support all this work?
Does your community need a anti-bullying bylaw?
Harassment in all it's forms is not acceptable. Unacceptable‭ ‬behavior‭ ‬from‭ ‬anyone‭ ‬will‭ ‬not‭ ‬be‭ ‬tolerated. When ‬asked‭ ‬to‭ ‬stop the‭ ‬unacceptable‭ ‬behavior, it ‬is‭ ‬expected‭ ‬to‭ ‬stop ‬immediately. Community leaders ‬may‭ ‬take‭ ‬any‭ ‬action‭ ‬they‭ ‬deem‭ ‬appropriate,‭ ‬up‭ ‬to‭ ‬and‭ ‬including any and all bylaws, Provincal and Federal laws.
http://mayorharris.blogspot.ca/2014/09/anti-bullying-bylaw-relook.html
Does your community need a Code of Conduct? Goes hand in hand with a Anti-Bullying Bylaw.
Our community is made up of families, business owners, working professionals and volunteers. Each with it's own set of strengths, each with it's own set of rules, few that everyone follow. Here we have a draft code that we ask people to adhere to when you are living, doing business or visiting our community.
"Personal harassment is any unwanted activity or behavior directed at an individual
that creates a negative, hostile, or unwelcoming environment for that individual. Personal
Harassment is not covered by The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code because it is not
connected to one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. However, this policy also
prohibits the kind of personal harassment prohibited by The Occupational Health and
Safety Act, 1993:" “forms of personal harassment with respect to any matter or circumstance
arising out of the worker’s employment, which includes bullying and abuse
of power.” Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993.


code of conduct
- a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
http://mayorharris.blogspot.ca/2014/09/preecevilles-code-of-conduct-relook.html

"A summary offence is a crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence)"

A local bylaw is a step between talking about it and a indictable charge.

Events:

- The walking club is running Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week, 9 till 10 am at the Legion Hall. Everyone welcome. All you have to bring are clean runners.

- Feb 25th - Whitehawk Arts Council presents The Travelling Mabels. The Travelling Mabels, Voted ACMA 2011 "Group of the Year" are a folk/country female trio full of spirit, spunk and laughter.
Again that's on Feb 25th, 7:30pm at the Sturgis Community Hall.

- March 12th, Dance at the Hazel Dell Hall, music by the Old Country Lads

- April 9th, Dance at the Hazel Dell Hall, music by the Zayshleys

- April 12th - Preeceville Volunteer Appreciation Tea and Awards - 2:00 pm Club 60

- April 15th and 16th - Preeceville Spring Expo Tradeshow - 11:00am - Preeceville Skating Arena
Contact: Welma Bartel 306-547-9422 wbartel@sasktel.net

- May 21st, Dance at the Hazel Dell Hall, music by the Old jCountry Lads

- May 28th - Town of Preeceville Community Wide Garage Sale beginning at 8:00 am. To register your sale, contact the Preeceville Town Office at 306-547-2810 by May 24.

- And as always if you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca
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Follow the Mayor on the town site at http://www.townofpreeceville.ca/default.aspx?page=65&cid=6 follow me on blogspot at http://mayorharris.blogspot.ca/

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