Barrington Teachers Stand Up to Bullying in NOH8 Campaign
Barrington High School teachers donned duct tape for photos to raise awareness of discrimination.
Barrington High School halls will display poster-sized photos of teachers with tape on their mouths, who took part in a NOH8 (No Hate) campaign photo shoot. “The duct tape symbolizes all the students who are silenced because of discrimination and bullying . . . We want to bring awareness to treat each other with respect. We’re here to learn, not to pick on each other,” said math teacher Tony Venetico, sponsor of the student-run project. The NOH8 campaign came from United Colors, the high school’s gay-straight alliance, and was inspired by the NOH8 campaign in California, a visual protest of the state’s ban of same sex marriages, Proposition 8. However, Venetico stressed that teachers are not taking a political stand on gender equality …
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Otis E
11:31 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
I had attempted to start a GSA my junior year at BHS. Many other students encouraged the idea, but there where many also who were judgmental, bigoted, and just down right mean. The group became close and helped each other out, but unfortunately the GSA didn't last after I moved for senior year. I hope that the students have matured some since my time in school. I would love to live in a world … more ›