“Stop the Violence”
Blue Ribbon Week Campaign
Week of March 22-26
School Activities
•
Decorate the school with blue ribbons in spirit of youth crime watch.
• Create
“YCW Stop the Violence posters” on various youth crime prevention topics and post them
throughout the school.
• Coordinate
YCW Stop the Violence assemblies.
• Conduct
a “YCW Stop the Violence Day” for parents with skits, songs and other student performances.
• Coordinate
a “YCW Safety Day” event in the school by inviting numerous crime prevention educators, law enforcement officers,
and elected officials to speak to students on youth prevention topics.
• Develop
anti-violence slogans and post them up as posters in designated areas throughout the schools.
• Launch
your program with the release of blue balloons – as many as possible.
• Announce
a “YCW Safety Tip of the Day” each day during the morning announcements.
• Coordinate
an anti-violence rally.
• Coordinate
a “YCW Student Speak-Out” where students can voice out their crime prevention action plans.
• Sponsor
a contest (essay, poster, poem, theme song, etc.) for YCW “Stop the Violence” Blue Ribbon Week.
• Coordinate
a “YCW Blue Ribbon Week” Door Contest by having students decorate their classroom doors with crime prevention
messages, posters, etc.
• Sponsor
a YCW Blue Day of YCW Blue Rally where everyone is encouraged to wear blue – blue socks, blue hats, blue shirts, etc.
Give an award to the class who is covered in the most blue.
