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Amanda Todd vigil will be global
SURREY/CKNW(AM980)
James Lewis | Email news tips to jlewis@cknw.com
10/18/2012

Surrey's Holland Park will be the site of a large candlelight vigil Friday night as people gather to remember Amanda Todd.
 
The 15-year old took her own life last week after years of relentless bullying.
 
Organizer Lucky Gill is asking everyone to wear pink to show bullying doesn't have a place in society.

"By attending the candlelight vigil and lighting the candles wherever they are, to let the others know if somebody else is going through the bullying right now that they should look around, there's a lot of help that's available, a lot of people do care."

More than 30 cities around the world will also be holding vigils.

Locally, it begins at six p.m.

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  1. AnneH_4 posted on 10/19/2012 11:09 AM
    It is so sad that Amanda had to sacrifice her life to grow attention to this terrible activity

    I notice that the authorities have caught 8 girls who were bullying a person. They were allowed to go home (a mistake) because they promised to attend court
    1. DeceitinDrugsD posted on 10/19/2012 12:35 PM
      @AnneH_4 Yes, it is so sad Amanda had to sacrifice her life to
      grow attention to the dangers lurking on the internet.

      May she be a reminer to all young people venturing
      out into the internet world about the people, who prey
      on others to stafiy their own dysfunctional needs.

      A sad reality, but, the internet has shown a new light
      on people's actions and behavoirs, which were not
      visible, before the internet.

      May Amanda be a shining light to all youth, so they
      do not have to wander thru the darkness on the internet.
  2. JorgenS posted on 10/19/2012 11:46 AM
    The world is finally changing. Soon bullying will be a criminal offense and bullies will be dragged off school property and tossed into cells.

    We live in exciting times!!!!!!!!!!
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