Victoria High School (spring 2009): This year’s Respect Revolution Campaign took place at Victoria High School for the second year in a row. This year we did things a little differently than in the past...during the Campaign, the opportunity to collaborate on a mural project came up and we jumped at the chance! Project Respect and antidote: Multiracial and Indigenous Girls and Women’s Network collaborated and created a community mural together in Esquimalt. As well, the group participated in the 3rd annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, hosted by the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Center. The Respect Revolution Campaign participants worked hard before the march to create colourful placards, to be carried by many of the march’s participants that day. They also marched as part of the Victoria High School team present that day and helped to hold up the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Center banner at the very front of the march. The impact of the Respect Revolution Campaign participants’ social action projects will continue in the form of a growing legacy of marches attended by Victoria High School youth and a bright mural of messages in Esquimalt.

Victoria High School (spring 2008): The Vic High Revolutionaries were very active in their year. They were key in engaging the participation of the Victoria High School Rugby team at this the 2008 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes – where the they received the Team Spirit Award. The group also planned and delivered an in-school assembly to educate their peers about the issue of sexual assault. They dedicated many lunch hours to creating skits to illustrate how power plays a role in sexual assault as well as skits on how to support a friend that discloses that he or she is a survivor of sexualized violence. The assembly, which was held in the school auditorium, reached approximately 200 Vic High students and incorporated interactive activities, powerpoint, music and role plays. As part of the Vic High day of action, the Revolutionaries followed in the footsteps of the Oak Bay Revolutionaries and also engaged their peers in weaaring ‘X’s to symbolize survivors of sexual violence at Vic High. The event was an incredible success and received praise from students, teachers and parents alike!

Oak Bay Secondary School (Spring 2007): The Oak Bay Revolutionaries planned a full day event to raise awareness about the issue of sexual assault. They created large signs with facts about sexual assault, its impact, resources for survivors and ideas on how everyone can work together to end this form of violence. The signs lined the walkway between the school buildings. They also organized 46 students to wear large X’s on their cheek to symbolize the high number of women and men that are affected by sexual assault. Hand-painted posters inside the school explained the X’s to the general school population. The event received front-page news coverage in the community.

SAMSS and Acwsalcta School, Bella Coola (Fall 2006): The first-ever out of town Respect Revolution Campaign was delivered in Bella Coola. 15 dedicated, inspiring and committed young people participated in the training. With the support of local youth workers, the Bella Coola Revolutionaries developed a series of posters that were placed throughout their schools and community buildings. These posters focused on the issue of consent, the right for survivors to access support, and the right to sexuality without violence.

Spectrum Community School (Spring 2006): The Spectrum Respect Revolution Campaign was held in the spring of 2006. The group decided on an activity that would involve as much of the school population as possible, their idea: a banner that would hang permanently in the school foyer. The banner reads “Only Yes Means Yes: Stand Up Against Sexualized Violence” and is filled with the handprints of students and teachers who have made a decision to take a stand against this form of violence.

Lambrick Park and Mt. Doug Secondary School Campaign (Fall 2005): The Lambrick Park and Mt. Doug Revolutionaries chose to develop workshops that were then delivered to younger classes in their respective schools. These workshops incorporated Project Respect prevention messages and activities, but also included skits and activities that group members designed. With these workshops, this group reached over 300 of their peers. The group also created art pieces reflecting their learning through their involvement with Project Respect. These paintings now hang in each school as a legacy to these students’ commitment to preventing sexualized violence.