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If we’ve learned anything from the mean girls in our fav TV shows and movies, it’s that girls can sometimes have a dark side. We lived through middle school and high school cliques, and even in college, a mean text, group chatting and even Snapchatting can become sneaky and hurtful. We’ve all gone through it, and chances are, we’ve been mean too. Anyone can be a bully—even a friend. Not all bullying is physical—especially among girls.
It’s up to us to change the cycle. It’s hard enough to be a woman—so we’ve got to band together to gang up for good.
In honor of October’s National Bullying Prevention Month, Secret Mean Stinks is announcing their first Nice Scholarship to celebrate students who stand up to girl-to-girl bullying through nice words and actions. The Nice Scholarship will award three students $10,000 each toward college tuition!
To enter, visit www.MeanStinksScholarship.com and share how you’ll bring an end to bullying once and for all, while spreading nice and making a positive impact on those around you. You must be 17 or older to enter, and winners will be chosen by a panel of judges based your understanding of the issues, organization of your essay, leadership and results of your anti-bullying plan and grammar and spelling. Think of this as a productive way to procrastinate—with potentially a huge payoff. Submissions will be accepted now through December 14. The winners will be announced and recognized for their efforts at the start of 2016 on www.MeanStinks.com and via Secret Mean Stinks’ social platforms!
This is an absolutely amazing movement—and something we need to get behind. How do YOU gang up for good?
*Contest rules: Students must be 17 or older to enter, and winners will be chosen by a panel of sponsor-selected judges based on the following judging criteria: purpose and support, organization and logic of idea, leadership and results and grammar and spelling. Submissions will be accepted Oct. 15 through Dec. 14 and the winners will be announced and recognized for their efforts at the start of 2016 on MeanStinks.com and via Secret Mean Stinks’ social platforms.