Send the Blue Out to SxSWedu!
Stuart and I have written a proposal, Confronting Crises—Learning from Penn State’s Fail, for the 2013 South by SouthWest Educational Conference on the Blue Out! Please vote for us by pressing the “thumbs up” icon on this page: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/8710 Here’s our proposal video: Description: Confronting Crises—Learning from Penn State’s Fail How can leaders act responsibly in the face of crisis and an angry public? The 2011 sex abuse scandal at Penn State provides an ideal case study for exploring the...
read moreThe Story Behind the Blue Ribbons
Want to know more about how the blue ribbons became part of our Penn State culture? Read The Story Behind the Blue Ribbons, now up on the Huffington Post.
read moreText-to-Donate
Starting now, you can help support PCAR through your mobile phone! Just text the word PREVENT to 80077 to donate $10.
read moreBlue Out Shirts
Event t-shirts (designed by Laura, with lots of help from Stuart) have gone on sale at 2 local stores — the Family Clothesline and Lion’s Pride today. The complete list of stores selling the shirts (and their arrival dates) is below: Family Clothesline Lion’s Pride Neebo PSU / Got Used (in store and online the week of August 6, 2012) Penn State Bookstore (in stores across the state and online the week of August 6, 2012) The Clothesline (in store and online the week of August 6, 2012)...
read moreBlue Out Sunglasses
The first Blue Out merchandise for the 2012 year is available for pre-order today from State Shades! These Blue Out sunglasses support the #OnePromise theme and 20% of all sales will go to our partner, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. The sunglasses are available from the State Shades store and will be shipping starting in...
read moreBlue Out Saturdays
The Altoona Curve and Prevent Child Abuse Pennsylvania are teaming up to extend our tradition with Blue Out Saturdays. The team, PCA PA, and affiliated local agencies will raise awareness and funds in the effort to prevent children from being abused. “Curve, PA Blue Out Saturdays” will be conducted during all eleven Saturday home games at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona. Among the awareness efforts, the Curve will wear specially-designed blue jerseys for Saturday home games. In addition, the Curve’s front office staff...
read moreHuffington Post Feature
I wrote about the importance of the Freeh Report’s recommendations and an explanation of the Blue Out’s efforts that was published in the Huffington Post last Friday. It’s available here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-march/penn-state-blue-out_b_1669355.html
read moreArticle in Centre Daily Times
Blue-out organizers revive aid efforts, plan September event, a new article detailing this year’s Blue Out, was published last Saturday in the Centre Daily Times newspaper.
read moreNew Collegian Column
The Daily Collegian just published a wonderful staff column by Adam Bittner: ‘Blue Out’ game should have deeper meaning What better way to show the world our community isn’t running scared from this tragedy, but owning it? What better way to show Sandusky’s victims how many thousands of people stand behind them? What better way to encourage the silent victims of these crimes to come forward, tell their stories, and bring about justice for predators across the...
read moreReasoning for a Yearly Blue Out
The Penn State Daily Collegian posted a fantastic op-ed detailing the reasoning for a yearly Blue Out. Please give it a read! http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2012/07/11/blue_out_game_should_have_deeper_meaning.aspx
read moreOnward State Post
Onward State posted a terrific piece on this year’s Blue Out! Check it out here: http://onwardstate.com/2012/07/09/blue-out-to-become-new-football-tradition/
read moreOnward State Elite 8
Onward State has set up a bracket/rating system of the best moments in Penn State football. From their site: A new era of Penn State Football will begin under Bill O’Brien this fall, but before it does, we decided to take a look back at some of the memorable moments over the final decade of the Joe Paterno era. Onward State has set up a bracket of the top 16 moments of the past ten years. You’ve voted, and now we have an Elite Eight. Last year’s Blue Out made it to the top 8! Please help us continue to the final four — vote...
read moreFacebook is Up!
Our Facebook event page is up! Check it out (and RSVP to this year’s Blue Out) at https://www.facebook.com/events/156190601183526/
read moreTwitter is Up!
Our new Twitter page is up! Follow us out at https://twitter.com/#!/BlueOut Please remember to send an @BlueOut shout out to your #OnePromise updates.
read moreUp and Running!
We’re trying our hardest to get a new Blue Out site up and running. Take a look around and feel free to provide comments and suggestions through the Contact page. If you remember any articles, videos, or other multimedia coverage of last year’s event that should be on our Press page, let us know!
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