Sue Scheff: Bully Bust Your School Today – Promote School Safety
by Sue Scheff on May 23, 2010
Do we need to hear more acts of violence, bullying and vicious text rage? Do we need to hear it escalating to text hit lists or teens making bombs? In reality, this is not an exageration, it is happening.
In Broward County we have the horrific stories of Josie Lou Ratley, an eight grader that was nearly beaten to death and Michael Brewer, a teen that was nearly burned to death.
In Brevard County we have Cameron Lee Kage, a teen that was accused of creating a deadly bomb with all the materials and instructions to potentially set it off at his school.
In Duval County there is Anthony Jones that was allegedly on a text hit list in his school and was shot.
We don’t need another incident to wake-up our state and our county the serious cry for help with our teens and kids today.
BullyBust is is an awareness campaign designed to reduce bullying in schools by teaching students and adults how to stand up to bullying and promote upstander behavior. An upstander is someone who witnesses bully behavior and does something about it. Use the resources on BullyBust.org to transform your school or community from one of passive bystanders to a community of positive upstanders. Together we can put an end to bullying!
Educators, get critical supports for your school and join a dedicated community of schools nationwide: Sign up for the Partner School Program today.
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Sign the BullyBust Stand UP Pledge today!
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Sue Scheff: School Safety TV invites champions to reach out worldwide
by Sue Scheff on Jan 11, 2010
Global television initiative to be launched at the International School Safety Convention, April 22-23, 2010, in Denver
School Safety TV, a new cause-related television channel, is inviting leaders, innovators and goodwill ambassadors to join a series of public appeals to be broadcast globally to support programs that help protect students, teachers, and schools everywhere.
The series of televised appeals and mini-documentaries will be launched at the International School Safety Convention, April 22-23, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. Television production and editing facilities will be provided free of charge to spokespersons and delegates from the United States and around the world.
Online registration for television participants is now open at http://www.schoolsafety.tv/ for a limited time.
Also invited are persons of integrity who are widely recognized in the worlds of art, entertainment, sports, science, and literature, and who are interested in drawing attention to programs of their choice and connecting with new audiences.
Throughout the 30 days following the International School Safety Convention, School Safety TV will distribute 4 hours of broadcast video packages to journalists, television news producers, and online and mobile news video providers at more than 25,000 news organizations on all continents.
Participating organizations may include electronic brochures, reports, presentations, and other multi-media with the high-definition video distributions.
To help build a world audience for each program, School Safety TV also offers online social networking tools so that organizations can quickly invite and engage supporters, moderate discussions in multiple languages, create action groups, schedule and promote events, register attendees, and upload media assets throughout the year for instant web distribution.
The Advisory Board for the convention’s television campaign is led by the Executive Director of Safe Havens International, Michael Dorn, a noted school safety expert who has provided leadership consulting to states across the country and to nations around the world.
“Our purpose is to bring together comparisons and contrasts so that administrators, leaders, and influencers can learn from one another,” Dorn said. Bullying, cyber threats, natural disasters, gangs, major accidents, and school violence are problems found in most parts of the world, according to Dorn. “Problems also vary from country-to-country, but the different solutions we try are relevant to everyone,” he explains.
Dorn and the convention organizers point to many examples of horrific school safety issues that deserve international attention:
- A girl in Afghanistan has acid thrown in her face because she wants to go to school, and her family must face a life of humiliation.
- A boy in Nepal recruited into armed conflict as a “child soldier” is haunted by his own atrocities when he re-enters civil society.
- An African boy from a war-torn city tries to adjust to high school life when his family seeks refuge in America.
- A child in Indonesia who loses her family and her school in a tsunami faces the threat of human trafficking.
- Teachers are gunned down in Iraq, and the country experiences a “brain drain” when academic leaders flee.
- A youth gang organizer in California turns to the school playgrounds of Latin America to recruit new members.
- A tranquil European community is hit by a school shooting rampage, and the survivors’ grief remains unresolved.
Reviewing these and many other school-related crises, Dorn said, “We need to build a large community of problem-solvers that is very inclusive.”
Other School Safety TV Advisory Board members include former U.S. “Cyber Czar” Andy Purdy, who will review programs that address school cyber threats; John Simmons, chairman of School Safety Partners; and Ross Ellis, founder and CEO of Love Our Children USA. The founding sponsor for the event is SchoolSAFE Communications, and the event host is the Foundation for the Prevention of School Violence, at Johnson & Wales University, College of Business. The International School Safety Convention is the Foundation’s 4th annual leadership event on school safety.
Visit www.SchoolSafety.tv to register online to be considered as a spokesperson or Goodwill Ambassador.
Browse school safety listings at USAservice.org.
Source: http://www.schoolsafetypartners.org/Funding/schoolsafety_tv.html
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Sue Scheff: Stop School Violence – Learn about Bullying (15 year old boy burned by bullies)
by Sue Scheff on Oct 18, 2009
This week in Florida is another tragedy involving teens and school violence. BULLYING is a major issue and needs to be taken seriously. The recent incident in Deerfield Beach of the young boy that was bullied and burned by his classmates is nothing short of despicable. It was only a month ago we were all brought to tears by the death of the teen in a Coral Gables stabbing at school.
As a Parent Advocate, I cannot express enough that parents need to be educated on bullying and how dangerous this behavior is.
What happened to 15 year old Michael Brewer should be a wake-up call to all parents, educators, and everyone that works with children today. Do we really need these wake-up calls? We read about these horrific acts almost daily with kids, whether it is in Chicago or South Florida, these stories are in the news.
Help STOP BULLYING today! Be an educated parent, you will have a safer teen.
What is bullying?
Bullying is an aggressive behavior that is intentional and malicious. Bullying can be physical contact as well as verbal abuse. Many have heard the adage “Sticks and stone can break your bones, but word can never hurt.” That has been proven a wrong statement over and over, as words can devastate a young child and scar them emotionally for a long time.
To learn more about bullying visit the following websites and take the time to become familiar with the warning signs, tips, articles, as well as how you can be proactive in your community.
Stop Bullying Now – All about bullying, prevention, intervention and more. Take a stand, lend a hand.
STOMP OUT BULLYING – What you can do. PSA’s and more, take the pledge to stop bullying today.
Kids Health Today – Educational articles, tips and more about bullying and your children.
Love Our Children USA – Report bullying, child abuse and neglect; learn how to protect children today.
Education.com Bullying Series – Everything you need to know about bullying and more.
Isn’t it time we, as a community, we work together to put an end to bullying and school violence? Let it start at home, talk to your kids about these serious issues. Communication is the pathway to understanding the problem and working together to stop it!
For more info: Miami Herald, Associated Press, NBC Miami, LA Times, National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, Parents Universal Resource Experts.
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