Canon-McMillan is No Place for Hate
Canon-McMillan High School
The league developed the “No Place for Hate” program to create a model for challenging bigotry and intolerance in schools and organizations.
Through No Place for Hate, the ADL provides resources to celebrate diversity and fight bias, discrimination and bullying in schools.
No Hate schools earn designations by creating school-wide initiatives that further ADL goals.
The National Center for Education Statistics’ most recent report on school crime and safety said that in American schools in 2015, about 27 percent of students had seen hate-related graffiti in their school. Seven percent of students aged 12 to 18 said they had been referred to with a degrading term based on a characteristic like race, disability, religion or sexual orientation.
In the No Hate campaign, students lead the activities.
The school district launched its initiative during Martin Luther King Week.
On Tuesday, students and staff wore blue, which represents unity, peace and empathy.
On Wednesday, they wore college sweatshirts, indicating that education is a key factor in the fight against hate, prejudice and bigotry.
On Thursday, students and staff were encouraged to wear Pittsburgh professional team colors, to continue the “Stronger Than Hate” campaign that started following the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings.
On Friday, students will wear No Place For Hate shirts.
The No Place For Hate video pledge will air during announcements, and two other videos – one on Holocaust survivors and another called Just Imagine if History was Different – also will be shown.
A Festival of Nations event featuring ethnic foods and pastries was held to expose students to diversity and provide a global experience.