Three days ago hundreds of people gathered to remember Port Coquitlam teen Amanda Todd.
She would have been sixteen next week, but she killed herself last October after two years of being bullied and cyber-stalked.
It was a beautiful ceremony, both sad and inspiring.
Could it be true? Could it really be happening? After all this time. After all those dead kids.
Has the death of Amanda Todd ignited a war on bullies? At last.
For this looks promising.
Eight teenage girls are facing criminal harassment charges stemming from a bullying investigation at a London, Ont. high school.
I'm glad to see that the sad story of Amanda Todd is getting so much attention all over the world.
An outpouring of grief from around the world continued on social media websites Saturday for Amanda Todd, the 15-year-old Port Coquitlam girl who ended her life Wednesday after years of bullying.
Even if some of it is so evil.
When I came home from work this evening, the CN tower was still glowing pink in honour of the first ever International Day of the Girl Child.
A day to honour all the girls in the world, and remember all those whose lives are brutalized or diminished by discrimination, and other horrors like child marriage.
Approximately 70 million young women today were married before age 18, according to the UN, which notes that child marriage denies a girl her childhood, disrupts her education, limits her opportunities, increases her risk of being a victim of violence and abuse, and jeopardizes her health.
But all I could think about tonight was two of those girls.
