On October 1, 2013, #UnfollowBullying was featured at the first annual Stand Up, Speak Out youth rally against bullying at the State Capitol. Event participants created #UnfollowBullying tweets for Twitter boards and took the #UnfollowBullying pledge.
The event was presented by the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Tolerance, a partnership of Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and OCA Sacramento. Event attendees included EGUSD Superintendent Steven M. Ladd, Ed.D., EGUSD Board Member Bobbie Singh-Allen, who spoke at the event, Steve Mate, Director of Technology Services, Elizabeth Graswich, Director of Communications, Gail Desler, Technology Integration Specialist, Kathleen Watt, Web Specialist and Tami Silvera, Project Implementor, Positive Youth Development Programs.
Sheldon High School students created the initial tweets that were featured on the Twitter boards.