October is National Bullying Prevention Month and various organizations support this initiative via awareness and shared vision for bullying prevention.
Recently, the Golden Rule Pledge was listed as a national partner on the organization’s website.
To do our part, I am asking church youth leaders to designate some time the week of October 20, 2010 (10.20.2010) to call on students to see bullying prevention as part of our witness. If anyone keeps the Golden Rule, it should be people of faith.
We have created a Facebook event page to mark 10.20.10 which has been designated by the PACER Center as a focus of awareness efforts. Click the link below to read more and sign up:
The End of Bullying Begins with Me
The homepage for the National Center for Bullying Prevention is here.
Seflishness. Is this not the very essence of bullying — whether the bullies and victims are kids or adults?
I thought this article was particularly wellp espressed:
The Bullying Years: A Survival Guide for Gay Kids — Gary R. Cohen, MD
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-cohan/how-to-survive-a-bully-an_b_763664.html
In my onging search, it has been extremely easy to find “liberal” voices who are publicly against bullying and who are willing to specifically mention “being gay or being percieved as gay” among those younge people who are most vulnerable. The internet is literally overflowing with such examples. As I find examples of “conservative” voices willing to likewise, I will post them.
Excellent news
Good….
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Another 19 year old took his life, this time following city council meetings in Norman, Oklahoma.
Having come from a small town and lived in Oklahoma City, I understand a bit of what he went through. Norman, although a college town (Oklahoma University), is in some ways even worse in that respect that its larger neighbor to the north.
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Hillary Clinton on Bullying
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/19/Secy_of_State_Clinton_on_Bullying/
Good news, Warren. I am also beginning to see how Facebook ca be a tool. Tonight, a young man named Don posted on FB that he was feeling as though there was “no hope”.
Within a few minutes, several people on Facebook had responded with words of encouragement — with very positive reactions from the depressed young man.
Groups like PACER and crisis response avenues and hotlines like the Trevor Project can provide immediate help for kids who are overwhelmed and considering the worst.
On a related thread, Eddy suggested the possibility of musicians coming together to produce a song in response to the recent string of LGBT teen suicides. Here’s one just posted on Youtube — “It Gets Better” (Broadway sings for the Trevor Project)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKI8biAglU&feature=player_embedded#!
In my onging search, it has been extremely easy to find “liberal” voices who are publicly against bullying and who are willing to specifically mention “being gay or being percieved as gay” among those younge people who are most vulnerable. The internet is literally overflowing with such examples. As I find examples of “conservative” voices willing to likewise, I will post them.
Hillary Clinton on Bullying
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/19/Secy_of_State_Clinton_on_Bullying/
On a related thread, Eddy suggested the possibility of musicians coming together to produce a song in response to the recent string of LGBT teen suicides. Here’s one just posted on Youtube — “It Gets Better” (Broadway sings for the Trevor Project)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKI8biAglU&feature=player_embedded#!
Seflishness. Is this not the very essence of bullying — whether the bullies and victims are kids or adults?
I thought this article was particularly wellp espressed:
The Bullying Years: A Survival Guide for Gay Kids — Gary R. Cohen, MD
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-cohan/how-to-survive-a-bully-an_b_763664.html
Good news, Warren. I am also beginning to see how Facebook ca be a tool. Tonight, a young man named Don posted on FB that he was feeling as though there was “no hope”.
Within a few minutes, several people on Facebook had responded with words of encouragement — with very positive reactions from the depressed young man.
Groups like PACER and crisis response avenues and hotlines like the Trevor Project can provide immediate help for kids who are overwhelmed and considering the worst.
Good….
________
Another 19 year old took his life, this time following city council meetings in Norman, Oklahoma.
Having come from a small town and lived in Oklahoma City, I understand a bit of what he went through. Norman, although a college town (Oklahoma University), is in some ways even worse in that respect that its larger neighbor to the north.
…
Excellent news