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National Day of Silence- Breaking the Hate

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at USF chapter.

Today is Day of Silence, a national event where thousands  students nationwide take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.

Yesterday, the USF  P.R.I.D.E. Alliance celebrated their way by building a “hate wall” that students could write all the awful names they’ve been called or heard someone else been called, whether it was anti-LGBT, a racial slur, a religious slur or related to their appearance.

Then they smashed the wall.

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