Public Announcement
♦ Stop the Silence NC is hosting their second annual Anti-Bullying Community Rally September 27th, 2014
The rally will be the first Bullying Awareness Festival that downtown Salisbury has ever had. The day of the rally is also a special day for many in rowan county. It is the one year anniversary of Daniel Safrits passing.
Spokesperson and founder of Stop the Silence Mrs. Bailey says this concerning the reason for choosing this date:
“After much thought concerning how to best celebrate Daniel’s life and after talking with Daniels mother we all agreed that having our rally this year on the anniversary of Daniels passing was the best way to not only honor his life and memory but also a great way to spread awareness. Even though the day will bring great emotions for those of us who knew Daniel and those of us close to Daniels family, The day of the rally will be a great way to create new and wonderful memories for that day that Daniel would have loved to experience. We do not want it to be a day of crying and grieving but a day of remembrance and awareness for what things can be if we do not continue to act now to put an end to this epidemic that is plaguing our county and our children.”
The special musical guests are from Southern California. The band Galvanized Souls is traveling 3,000 miles to help put an end to bullying in Rowan County. Galvanized Souls will be headlining for the Rally. Their press release is available upon request.
Here is the link for the promotional video the band did for the event:http://youtu.be/g1w5G2BgUcc?list=UUtKYriw803-pxHCBst2ZTlA
Here is the link for the EPK for the band: http://youtu.be/Sfhu6iGj_0Q
Along with many other festival type attractions such as food, vendors, resources, games, activities for the kids etc, a special guest speaker from Michigan. Colin from Colin’s Friends will be talking to youth in Rowan County about his experiences with bullying and be an example of how things can get better when people rally together and stand in support for those who are victims.
Colin is a 11 year old boy who became a viral explosion and appeared on national news media featuring his story. For his birthday Colin’s mother asked him “Whats your wish for your birthday?”
Colin’s response “I wish I had friends.”
It was at this point that Colin’s mother created a facebook page that would be a surprise that the family wasn’t expecting. The facebook page quickly went viral and now has over 2 million likes. The wonderful change of events spiraled from there with GMA revealing the surprise for Colin and sending him and the family to Disney World. Several other national morning shows featured Colin’s story and his family.
The support continued when Galvanized Souls saw Colin’s story and decided to feature Colin and his family in their music video for their song “Carry On”. Which was also featured on several national media morning shows.
Here is the link for Colin’s page” https://www.facebook.com/Coliniseleven
Here is the link for the music video featuring Colin and his family:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTQ3goTGjb8
Here is the link for the rockumentry telling the story about Colin and the making of the video:http://youtu.be/YDAq-3WAPYo?list=UUtKYriw803-pxHCBst2ZTlA
The Day of the rally will also be a day for the local communities as well as local business to gather together to spread awareness, education, prevention and empowerment of all people.
For more information concerning the Anti-Bullying Community rally you can send a email tostopthesilence@carolina.rr..com (general public contact information)
For news crews, radio stations & newspapers only:
Elizabeth Bailey is now scheduling interviews for the special guests and local participants that will be done the morning of the rally before 10am. Elizabeth is also setting aside spaces for news crews, radio stations and newspapers who would like to be present the day of the rally. E. Fisher Street and S. Lee Street will be blocked the day of the event so space will have to be previously dedicated for news vans etc. Space for only a select number will be available to set up for the day of the Rally. If you would like to participate in those interviews contact Mrs. Bailey704-431-4449.
Elizabeth Bailey who is the founder of the organization and coordinator for the event is also available for interviews before the rally for those who would like to do a story concerning the Rally. This will not just be crowds from Rowan county. There are folks coming from NJ, Maine, Alabama, Tenn, SC, Virginia etc to attend the rally. This will be an event like downtown Salisbury has never seen!
