Stand Up for Yourself

What Does Standing Up for Yourself means to you? Standing up for yourself means so many things. It means being confident in exploring and sharing your identity. It means standing up to the pressures of society to look and act a certain way. With friends, it may mean standing up to a bully and using “I feel…when you…” statements to express their emotions. In school, it may mean speaking up in class when you are discussing a topic you are passionate about or advocating for yourself with a teacher.