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The Day of Silence is an annual event organized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and is generally based in the United States. However, students at schools in other countries have caught onto this event as well. As far as we know, we’re the first school to have done it in Hong Kong.
Because the timing of our Easter break didn’t give us enough time to plan for the Day of Silence to be done the day set by the GLSEN, we did it a month later, on May 14. One hundred and thirty-two people clicked ‘Attending’ on the Facebook event, while 40 said ‘Maybe’. A good proportion of these signed up with us physically, which just means they got a rainbow ribbon to wear on the day. Unfortunately, some people had to go without, but they still participated.
As far as I know, nobody brought a camera to school that day, so the images of students and teachers all wearing ribbons on their wrists remain only in the memories of those who were there on the day. Hopefully we’ll remember to take photos next year!
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