Arkansas MLK. Commission holds anti-bullying campaign at Lincoln Memorial
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission on Tuesday held its anti-bullying campaign in Washington D.C. for its 2024 Dream Keeper’s Tour.
Officials with the commission said it was important that they brought students with them for the journey so they could see positive opportunities.
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At the Lincoln Memorial, DuShun Scarbrough the Executive Director of the Commission said they celebrated their ‘Dream Keepers Tour’ and anti-bullying campaign.
“This is an opportunity for our youth to combat bullying and to talk about the important topics of bullying and how to stop bullying,” Scarbrough said.
The students who are from various school districts took to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where some shared their personal experiences with bullying.
“The fact that almost everybody here has experienced bullying or has been a bully so you are seeing it from different points of view,” Pine Bluff High School senior Takirah Rodgers said.
Raylei Reed, another Pine Bluff High School student, said the message of anti-bullying is close to her heart.
“As a person who has been bullied, what a person needs is to know they are not alone and that there’s somebody there,” Reed said.
The powerful speeches caught the attention of strangers to former state legislators.
“I applaud you (the students) for taking action and getting involved,” Reed said.
The commission and students also went to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial where some students said it was an experience they won’t forget.
“To have a mission like this where we have youth who buy into the vision and the mission themselves to demonstrate that it really speaks volumes,” Scarbrough said.
Reed goes on to say how the entire experience of the tour impacted her.
“It’s been a very excellent experience to be surrounded by such warmth and I feel welcome,” Reed said.
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