Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Lady Gaga Meeting with Obama to End Bullying after Fan Suicide
A 14-year-old boy, Jamey Rodemeyer, who took his life on Sunday Sept 18/11, was bullied over his sexuality. He described in videos how he was made fun of at school and received many hateful messages on line. He talked about suicide many times before; he was also a fan of Lady Gaga, who uses her voice to accept the gay and lesbian public. She is looking to meet with President Obama to further discuss the issue.
In this case a child goes to school and is so extremely harassed by other children, that he starts talking about suicide publicly. How can no one do anything about this? This occurred in the State of New York, which is one state that hasn’t passed a formal anti-bully law yet.
Children are not allowed to steal, drive, drink, own a credit card, but they are allowed to use their mouth and computer to hurt someone, to the point of suicide. This is wrong, it is a crime, and should have consequences. Domestic violence isn’t legal or tolerated why should violence resulting from hateful words spoken or written go unchecked?
Cyber –bullying which affects an estimated 1/3 of the population is becoming fatal all too often.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
I was talking to a big “Biker type” business leader last week, looking for sponsorship for the program. The conversation started off with him very firmly saying he disliked Bullies to the extent he gets involved every time he sees one. Nothing unusual so far for a man of this persona, then he said just as adamantly that his mother was a Bully and still was. I cracked a slight smile as at first my brain was trying to picture this big tough looking man who was probably in his late 40’s or early 50’s being bullied by his mom. Very quickly though the mental images that made me crack a grin vanished as I realized he was deadly serious.
Then I came across this article online this week, that talks about parental bullying and how it is often over looked, taking a back seat to cyber bullying, school yard bullying and office bullying.
The Article makes a good point that parental bullying can have a domino affect and warrants more attention…
Monday, August 15, 2011
New Jersey passes “toughest”Anti-Bullying Law yet. This new law will go into effect on September 1, 2011 and has been in the works since last year. As most agree that the law reaffirms the goals of schools towards Bullying, it will still take many years to create healthier school cultures. Some are worried about its implementation, as there is the danger that the new law could lead to over reporting of bullying. As what is bullying often comes down to one’s perception. Perception of course varies substantially depending on what side of the Bullying equation that you sit.
Read the Full Story – nj.com
Community Awareness & Fundraiser at Sears in Olds - Saturday August 13, 2011
Thanks to Rob and his staff at Sears in Olds for hosting a public awareness fundraiser for Stopbully.com on Saturday, it was a really nice day.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Bullying affects everyone and is timeless, this is neat story of how a teenage Micheal Chow, now 72 and a famous celebrity restaurateur, moved to England and suffered Bullying because of his race… he was able to turn things around.
Its taken from The Telegraph today…
By Adam Lusher
7:00AM BST 07 Aug 2011
The Shanghai-born 72-year-old has seen his Knightsbridge, Beverly Hills, New York and Miami restaurants patronised by everyone from the Beatles to Andy Warhol, via Ingrid Bergman and Federico Fellini.
Yet he tells The Sunday Telegraph's Seven magazine that he resorted to wearing his trademark tortoiseshell glasses to ward off racists.
"When I first came to England I realised that two things could let you off the hook race-wise: Eccentricity and fame. For that reason I call them my 'anti-racism' glasses, because people look at the glasses more than me, so the Chinese part begins to disappear."
He buys the glasses from Cutler and Gross, whose Knightsbridge store is behind his restaurant, and they are now sold by the opticians as "Mr Chow spectacles".
Read Full Article
Quick HI at Parkland Mall
Last minute fill in Parkland Mall yesterday - for Red Deer Talent Show...
Just a two minute explanation on StopBully.com and its history...
Outside doing some public awareness with brochures and a little Fundraising - Red Deer Walmart
