A thousand New men have got your back

8 December 2015,

A reflection in pictures of Newington College’s White Ribbon day campaign over the week commencing 23 November 2015. Led by Senior leaders Jack Jacobs (11/FL), Alexander Barrat (11/JN) and Jeremi Campese (11/MA), the Black and White army banded together and participated in a series of initiative over the course of the week in a move to stand up and speak out about one of Australia’s most pressing human rights issues in 2015 – Violence against Women.

On Wednesday 25 November, New boys were among the thousands who marched from Randwick to Coogee in the White Ribbon Walk. During assembly that day, the boys took the White Ribbon pledge to not commit violence against women and many boys flocked to the table outside to sign the White Ribbon banner.

In a final show of solidarity, boys gathered at lunchtime on Johnston Oval on a blisteringly hot Thursday to form a White Ribbon. While only a small token of how our College draws attention to this issue, our willingness to support our mothers, sisters, aunts, friends and partners is a step in the right direction.