Participating at the Last Minute
Leading up to the Student
Pledge Against Gun Violence with awareness-building activities will
greatly enhance its impact. But if your school has just learned
of this youth anti-gun-violence campaign and wants to take part, the
suggestions below will make some participation possible.
- Clip and enlarge
local news stories about recent shootings and get students to hang them
on the walls.
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If there isn't
time to distribute individual copies of the Pledge in
an assembly or in individual classrooms, post a blow-up of the Pledge
on a bulletin board or wall in the hallway, with sign-up sheets for
students to sign. Or put an enlarged copy of the Pledge on the
wall with a long roll of butcher paper beside it for signatures.
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Create an entire
wall of black construction paper. Have students circulate between
classes with trays of water-soluble colored paint and paint rollers.
Invite students to roller-paint their hands and make Pledge hand-prints
on the wall and sign their names beneath their hands.
- Every hour throughout
the day read a statistic about young people and gun violence over the
public address system. Write one statistic per page, place it
on construction paper, and post in the halls.
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Have a wall of
student-created posters about avoiding gun violence that can stay up
in places of high visibility. Students can add new ones all year
long.
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Have a student,
an important public figure, your principal, or a favorite teacher lead
students in reciting the Pledge over the public address system.
If your school
participates, be sure to total the number of signed pledges and SEND
THE TALLY to the Student Pledge office. You can enter your school's
numbers directly onto the website:
www.pledge.org. Or, you can
call your tally in: (507) 645-5378.
