This is National Bullying Prevention Month and a motivational speaker who calls himself “Mr. Mojo” is touring the country to try to change that.
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ALICE CULPSouth Bend Tribune Staff Writer
6:19 p.m. EDT, August 19, 2011
For some, going back to school can be a fearful experience.
"About 160,000 students skip school every day for fear of being bullied," Travis Brown, an anti-bullying coach, told students Wednesday at St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend.
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By Jake MillerFox59 10:11 a.m. EDT, August 4, 2011
Indianapolis—
It is not just the weight of hefty textbooks and hours of homework some kids fear when heading back to school, but some fear the possibility of being bullied. Bullying seems to be becoming a rising trend in schools across the country, so one man is on a nationwide tour to stop it.Bullying happens on buses, in the cafeteria, gym, hallways, playground, in classrooms and now even in cyberspace.
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Video Link http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-nationwide-antibullying-tour-a-nationwide-antibullying-tour-visits-two-local-high-schools-20110804,0,3377594.story
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Facebook's marketing director and sister of founder Mark Zuckerberg has called for an end to online anonymity to help stop cyber-bullying.
Randi Zuckerberg said internet users would "behave a lot better" if people were forced to use their real names when communicating on the online. "I think anonymity on the internet has to go away," she said during a panel discussion on social media hosted by Marie Claire magazine.
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Nickelodeon Launches Anti-Bullying Campaign
By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer
NEW YORK March 28, 2011 (AP)
The popular children's television network Nickelodeon is the latest voice to raise awareness of digital bullying.
Nick, the most-watched TV network among kids ages 2 to 14, will begin an on-air public service campaign Monday featuring some of its stars offering advice on what young people
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Departments of Justice and Education announce landmark settlement in case of Seth Walsh
SDGLN STAFF
July 1st, 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) today applauded a major settlement reached by the Departments of Justice and Education highlighting the importance of comprehensive policies, effective training and data-driven accountability to preventing bullying and harassment of LGBT students.
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Cyber Bullying Articles & Facts
Cyber-bullying incidents have quadrupled. Most students don’t tell their parents.
by Margaret Ross, Kamaron Institute
Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day.
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Bullies and those being bullied are more likely to be experiencing family violence at home, a new report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and prepared together with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has found.
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School bullies and their victims both spend more time at the nurse’s office compared with their other classmates, according to a new report.
The finding, based on a study of nearly 600 elementary school children in Kansas, offers a portrayal of the schoolyard bully as both aggressor and victim.
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THURSDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Student bullies, their victims and bully-victims -- those who are victimized and also engage in bullying -- face a broad range of health risks, including family violence and intentional self-harm, a new U.S. study finds.
In a survey of 5,807 middle-school and high-school students from almost 138 Massachusetts public schools, researchers found that those involved in bullying in any way are more likely to contemplate suicide and engage in self-harm, compared to other students.
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The schoolyard bully has gone digital.
As more and more young people have access to computers and cell phones, a new risk to teens is beginning to emerge. Electronic aggression, in the form of threatening text messages and the spread of online rumors on social networking sites, is a growing concern. Researchers estimate that between 9 percent and 34 percent of youth are victims of so-called “cyber-bullies.” And as many as one out of five teens has bullied another youth using digital media, reports a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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For many teenagers navigating the social challenges of high school, the ultimate goal is to become part of the “popular” crowd.
But new research suggests that the road to high school popularity can be treacherous, and that students near the top of the social hierarchy are often both perpetrators and victims of aggressive behavior involving their peers.
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Five teenagers have taken their lives
Five teenagers in the United States have taken their lives in recent weeks – all reportedly because they were openly gay or thought to be gay. Most recently, that includes Raymond Chase, a 19-year-old sophomore at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. Chase hanged himself in his dorm room last Wednesday.
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From Sunlen Miller:
“I’m not here to ask you to accept my friend request,” President Obama says in a video message released today by the White House on Facebook.
Rather — the video message from President Obama and the First Lady comes in advance of the White House conference on bullying prevention to be held at the White House on Thursday.
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MOJO UP - Leaders Taking A STAND Against Bullying!
Length: 45, 60 and 90 minute increments
Presentation Format:Large Audience Keynote
Description:
“Leaders Taking A Stand Against Bullying”will change the culture in your school forever! Mr. MOJO’s inspiring message will reveal the untold truth about about how often most of us bully or allow bullying to happen around us each day.
Mr. MOJO will break down how to identify the 5 different roles we play in the bullying process, spotlight the physical, mental & cyber forces of daily bullying and uncover how what we think is “normal” is causing most of the problems we face with bullying! This presentation is guaranteed to have your students cheering, crying and committing to changing the way they treat people by taking a stand to stop bullying!
Key messages your students will learn:
- The definitions of the Bully,Bullied,Bystander,Promotor & MOJO Maker
- How to heal the pain from being bullied or being the bully
- What Cyber bullying is and how to avoid making a life changing mistake
- How to handle bullying attacks to your “core”
- Simple things to help stop bullying in your school everyday
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On February 3rd, Leadership coach, and Lafayette Native Travis Brown will be leading Lafayette’s First Executive Roundtable on Leadership. This event will feature a panel of TOP Community executives as they share their years of leadership knowledge on tough topics.
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