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Ending Bullying Together: Raise Awareness and Take Action

Bullying is intentional harm over time with power imbalance. Alarmingly, it starts early and can lead to severe consequences like school shootings. Our program enforces zero tolerance and provides support. Learn how to help and empower victims. Take a stand against bullying today.

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Ending Bullying Together: Raise Awareness and Take Action

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  1. Bullying

  2. Definitions • Intended to harm or disturb a victim • Repeated over time • Imbalance of power

  3. Skits

  4. Statistics: • Bullying begins in the elementary grades and increases in the middle school years. • 87% of teens said that the strongest motivation for school shootings is revenge. • 86% of teens say that other kids picking on them, making fun of them or bullying them causes them to turn to lethal violence in the schools. • Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school shooting incidents, including the fatal shootings at Columbine.

  5. Academic: • 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies. • 1 out of 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying. • Bullying has devastating effects on victims. The violence of the word can leave you hurt you more than a cut with a knife.

  6. Our program here • Warning • 3 days OCR • 5 days OSS • 10 days OSS • Bullying will not be tolerated here • Hotline 623-876-7009

  7. How can you help? • Take away the power of the bully by not providing an audience for the behavior. • Theater cannot take place if there’s no audience. • Refuse to join in if you see someone being bullied • Attempt to draw attention away from the person being bullied. Ask the bully to cool it. Do not place yourself at risk. • Get help immediately • Speak up and offer support to bullying. Offer kind words and support to the victim privately. • Encourage the bully victim to talk with parents or a trusted adult.

  8. If you are being bullied • Talk to an adult, by not talking you are giving permission. • Do not blame yourself for a bully’s actions. • Act confident. Hold your head up, stand up straight, make eye contact, and walk confidently. • Make friends with other students. • Avoid situations where bullying can happen. • Do not resort to violence, or carry a gun or other weapon

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