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North Meck's Students Against Violence Everywhere welcomes you to our official SAVE website!
We meet every Thursday in room 601, Mr. McClamrock's room, at 2:30.
Students Against Violence Everywhere - History
On a Friday night in 1989, a young man named Alex Orange lost his life while trying to break up a fight at a party. Alex could have been just another statistic of another young life lost to violence, but the following Monday, his grieving classmates gathered in West Charlotte Senior High SChool's cafeteria and vowed to organize against violence in Alex's memory. The group formed Students Against Violence Eveywhere (SAVE), with the vision that all students will be able to attend a school that is safe, secure, free of fear, and conductive to learning.
In just 17 years, SAVE has expanded from that first chapter in Charlotte, North Carolina, to over 200,000 members in over 1,600 SAVE chapters across the U.S. Today, SAVE serves youth in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and community youth-serving organizations in 45 states and several foreign countries. Our diverse members represent all races, ages, ethnic groups, sexual orientations, and physical abilities. SAVE is coordinated by a North Carolina-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere, but it is still led by students, for students.
Students Against Violence Everywhere Colors - Orange and Purple
Since its inception, SAVE chapters have used orange and purple as their official colors. Orange is used in rememberance of Alex Orange. If you read the history of SAVE, you will learn that it was because of his death that SAVE was created by his classmates. The color purple is used because it is the universal color for nonviolence and peace. Please keep the significance of these colors in mind through your involvement with SAVE.
STUDENTS AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE - Violence/Mission
Schools and communities will be safer and more secure, free of fear, and conductive to learning as a result of students being actively involved in meaningful violence prevention efforts.
The National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE), is a non-profit organization striving to decrease the potential for violence in our schools and comunities by promoting meaningful student involvement, education and service oppertunities in effort to provide safer environments for learning.
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