Schools from the Battlefords participated in the Pink Revolution Walk Friday for anti-bullying.
In less than ideal conditions, the walk started at 10:30 a.m. outside North Battleford Comprehensive High School before winding through side and main streets to John Paul II Collegiate. From there, they marched to the Don Ross Centre on Highway 4 with a police escort.
Students from JPII, NBCHS, Sakewew High School, Little Pine School, Eagle's Nest Youth Ranch, Phoenix School and Connaught Elementary School were greeted with pizza and water once they reached the Don Ross Centre around noon.
After lunch, a brief assembly was held for anti-bullying. The afternoon opened with local rapper Calvin "Yung-C" Wuttunee performing a song about bullying.
Unkle Adams took the stage afterwards for a presentation about bullying. He began with examples of traditional bullying and asked the students in attendance how to prevent it.
Most of the presentation was about cyber bullying, something that he admitted he did not have to face when going through high school as most occurrences are on new social networking sites. When Adams asked how many people in attendance were on Facebook, nearly every hand in the gymnasium shot up. He warned everyone in attendance about the dangers of posting things online, saying everything stays online and can cause trouble. Like bullying in the flesh, Adams told students that apart from blocking and deleting the bully, seek help from parents or, in serious cases only, the police.
Adams closed the afternoon with a performance of his song I Am Stronger, which was filmed at his old high school.
