A group called Parents Advocacy Committee for Educational Rights (PACER) has hosted a National Bullying Prevention week for the past four years. This year they are observing this week as usual but have also expanded the event through the month of October.
At the link above, many activities and ideas are provided for classroom teachers and youth leaders. I signed the pledge and encourage you to do so and pass the link along.
CNN is focusing on bullying this week, starting with a segment on bullying featuring and appearance with Kevin Jennings and Kirk Smalley this morning. The page for all of their coverage is here.
The New York Times had an article yesterday on the topic of GLB suicides related to bullying.
I plan to post frequently this week on the topic and hope we can continue to work through issues which divide to get a societal consensus on how to address the problems.