NEW Supports from BullyBust!

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 01, 2011

For the second year in a row, BullyBust is providing FREE supports to schools nationwide to help students take a stand to bullying. BullyBust is designed to help students and adults become "Upstanders"-people who stand up to mean, cruel and bullying behaviors and become part of the solution to end harassment, teasing, and violence in our nation's schools.  Building off the great success of the "Stand Up to Bullying"WICKED-themed Student Supplement and Educator Guide in 2010, BullyBust is proud to announce a new resource for the 2011-12 school year: the Upstander Alliance, which empowers youth with the tools and resources they need to powerfully engage their peers, using the school community in the effort to prevent bullying in their schools. By joining the Upstander Alliance, students and schools will have access to:

 

• Detailed Toolkitsfor students and adult moderators on how to start and sustain a successful youth team dedicated to raising awareness and putting an end to bullying for good
• Guidelines for Team Projects- Each team will be encouraged to create their own student-led initiatives to help address the issue of bullying with their entire community.
• Opportunities to connect with other Alliances across the country to share their stories and
• Messages of Support from youth leaders, experts, and celebrities who will encourage teams throughout the school year on the Upstander Central forum.

 

As part of the Upstander Alliance, BullyBust will be launching an exciting "For Good" video contest sponsored by the hit Broadway show, WICKEDto be announced later this fall.  Alliance school-based teams will be encouraged to submit their best video showing how they are helping to put an end to bullying for good.  The winning school will be awarded with a special visit from select cast members of the show!

 

As schools across the nation are well into their first semester, Bullying is on every educators list to address with their students. With the recent tragedy of Jamey Rodemeyer parents, teachers and students are asking what we can do to put an end to harmful teasing and harassment with our students. Jamey was 14 years old, from Buffalo New York- leaving several messages of hope for his friends and peers, including an "it gets better" video, the popular website started by Dan Savage. But, unfortunately these weren't enough as he ended his own life. Jamey is not alone; there are thousands of children who skip school everyday in fear of being bullied, and even more who are watching their friends be bullied. This past May President Obama held a conference at the whitehouse where experts, educators and students came together to speak about the dangers of bullying and what we can do make change.

Do you want to help make a difference?Join the movement today, register as an Upstander Alliance at: www.bullybust.org/upstander.