Students share stories of bullying at Destination Imagination gathering today

YOUNGSTOWN

If you wonder about Ta’Wanna Dowd’s opinion on bullying, you could say she wears it on her chest.

“We’re trying to make this a trend,” the East High School 10th-grader said, referring to programs and activities to call attention to and stop all forms of bullying.

Wearing a T-shirt that read, “Hand in hand, together we can help stamp out bullying,” Ta’Wanna also was pointing to one of her roles as part of her school’s Destination Imagination team, which hosted Saturday’s anti-bullying program at Spanish Evangelical Church, 369 Keystone Ave. on the East Side.

The free, two-hour gathering provided team members and others with an opportunity to discuss the ways bullying has affected their lives and how they’ve handled it. In addition, participants designed T-shirts with slogans such as “I am part of the solution,” “Be a friend” and “No bullying zone.”

Read more about the event in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.