Wearing Orange in the Name of Unity

October is National Bully Prevention Month and the public is being asked to take a stand against bullying and wear orange on Unity Day.

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By KTVA CBS 11 News

Story Created: Oct 11, 2011 at 9:28 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Oct 12, 2011 at 10:00 AM AKDT

October is National Bullying Prevention month and Wednesday, Oct. 12 is Unity Day.

Organizers are hoping that people will wear something orange that day to send a message that bullying can happen to anyone and it's never okay.

“It doesn’t have anything to do with race, gender, sexuality [or] disability. Anybody can be bullied and the effects are very, very negative and can have long-lasting effects from childhood all the way into adult,” said MJ Thim, communications and outreach manager for Stone Soup Group.

Are you wearing orange today?

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agreed said on Wednesday, Oct 12 at 10:11 AM

Yeah orange will be making 911 calls go up... Yes officer they must have broke out of prision

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Anonymous said on Tuesday, Oct 11 at 11:55 PM

Orange is the wrong color! Why? Prison inmates wear orange. The proper color for bully month should be black/blue!

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compuuuter said on Tuesday, Oct 11 at 11:03 PM

i'm going to be a walking "cheeseball"! :)

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