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Standing Up for What You Believe
Sometimes it is difficult to stand up for what you believe because it runs against the beliefs of other people. Will Phillips, a 10-year old student at West Fork Elementary School in Arkansas, encountered this when he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, specifically because he felt that one phrase, “liberty and justice for…
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THE “R” WORD
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Business Week writes about Hate Crimes: Teaching Tolerance Begins at Home
Business Week reporter Anne Newman writes: “Less than a week after President Obama’s Cairo speech urging peace and tolerance in the Middle East, Wednesday’s murder of a Holocaust Memorial Museum guard in Washington is a chilling reminder of how active organized hate groups are at home. While our YouTube-Facebook-Twitter-texting-connected kids have unprecedented tools for finding…
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ANONYMOUS BULLYING HOTLINE ESTABLISHED IN FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICT
While this is a great idea, it does not take the place of teaching tolerance and character development in school and in the home. See article here
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Top Six Ways to Kill Piper: YouTube Video Cyber-Bullying by Adolescents
Here’s a report on a recent public cyberbullying incident perpetrated by two adolescent girls. We need to work harder to educate our youth about the consequences of cyberbullying.
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Cyberbullying: Tools and Tips for Prevention and Intervention
Educators and parents must provide a clear message to children that cyberbullying is bullying. Many children have not received guidance on how to recognize cyberbullying — nor how to deal with it. To explore this problems even further, please take review the following websites: US Department of Health & Human Services: Health Resources & Services…
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Pass the Matthew Shepard Act – The Petition Site
Attacks against LGBT people are one of the more common forms of hate violence but, tragically, one of the least protected. Hate crimes as a whole declined one percent last year, according to the FBI, but LGBT hate crimes increased six percent. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWwIEn2Cc6k&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Here is your opportunity to help get legislation passed to stop this…
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DEATH BY BULLYING
Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover hanged himself on April 6th, after enduring months of threats, harassment and anti-gay slurs. He was only 11 years old. Carl played football and basketball, and was active in the Boy Scouts. But none of that protected him from the bullying he faced when he started sixth grade. Since school began, his…
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A NEW TWIST ON SUSAN BOYLE OF IDOL TV FAME
YES, LOOKS DO MATTER !!! SUSAN BOYLE OFFERS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.