Mangere College implements It's Not OK Campaign
Mon 28 Jul 2014
Mangere College high school in South Auckland has become the first school in the country to implement the ‘It’s not OK’ campaign throughout ...
Mangere College high school in South Auckland has become the first school in the country to implement the ‘It’s not OK’ campaign throughout the school in an effort to help prevent family violence occurring in its local community.
Initiatives include student volunteers who have become champions that their fellow students can approach for confidential advice on how and where to seek support for family violence matters. Elements of the ‘It’s not OK’ campaign have also been embedded in the school curriculum and a student-designed billboard which depicts the school’s stance against family violence has been created.
Mangere College Principal, John Heyes, says students were inspired to join the ‘It’s not OK’ campaign during a school camp where Family Works Family Violence Prevention Advocate and ‘It’s not OK’ ambassador, Jude Simpson, gave a presentation to the students about the impact of family violence in our communities. He said,
“The students listening to Jude’s presentation that day were so moved that they felt compelled to act and I am extremely proud of the way they have worked to make this relationship with the campaign happen.”
Media:
Te Kāea - Māori TV, 23.07.2014 (item starts at 12.26 minutes)
Mangere College adopts anti-family violence campaign, TVNZ, 23.07.2014
High school students take on domestic violence in the commmunity, New Zealand Herald, 22.07.2014
College says no to community violence, Stuff.co.nz, 22.07.2014
Image: 19th Century Auckland classroom by Jorge Royan Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Jorge Royan