Tracy Maier attends an awards ceremony for daughter Hanna, as she receives the Upstander of the Week award from The Bully Project.
Tracy Maier is a Pennsylvania mom who moved into action after her child was bullied. She contacted Not In Our School to help not only her daughter, but all the children in her area who have been bullied and asked for help in getting things started in her community.
Since that time, we have been in touch as both Tracy and her daughter Hanna have become leaders, taking risks, speaking with civic leaders, and organizing campaigns—all things that they never had done before. It is an example of how anyone can step up. Photos of Tracy and her daughter’s activities are featured in the Not In Our School Parent Guide.
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March 27, 2014 - 10:59am
Caroline Tu Farley is a founding member of the Ft. Collins Not In Our Town Alliance (NIOTA). Since the founding in 2005 she has worked in several capacities with the organization, continuing to promote diversity and inclusion in the Ft. Collins community. She started the NIOTA book club in 2009, which is a monthly community group that reads and discusses books from a diversity angle. Caroline serves on the NIOTA Council as Prevention Team Leader and was instrumental in the selection of NIOTA as the best nonprofit in Colorado working with diversity from the Colorado Gay & Lesbian Fund.
March 26, 2014 - 2:31pm
Not In Our Town invites you to join us at our National Leadership Gathering Pre-Conferences, on Friday, June 20th! Register today, and stay for the entire weekend conference at a discounted rate!
For Educators
Attend the Not In Our School Trainer-of-Trainers Pre-Conference and join educators and students from around the nation for an inspiring day of stories, tools, and strategies for promoting school safety and inclusion.
March 17, 2014 - 11:00am
By Lauren Getuiza
Educators, consider this scenario:
Jandell is a 15-year-old student who you’ve known for years. He seems like a typical adolescent in every way. He has a group of friends, gets decent grades, and is involved in after-school activities. He appears to get along well with teachers, parents and other students.
Over the summer, he was involved in a serious auto accident with his older brother. They both recovered from their injuries; however, Jandell doesn’t seem like himself this year. He is not as engaged in class, though he still manages to keep up his grades. He also seems a bit more emotional than before and he no longer hangs out with his friends. Instead, he only wants to be around his brother.
March 14, 2014 - 3:16pm
Hate crimes against Hispanics triples from 2011-12
Hate crime attacks against the Hispanic community have more than tripled between 2011 and 2012, according to a report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The study shows that the total nonfatal and property hate crime victimizations data does not statistically differ from the year 2004, meaning that the number of hate crimes hasn’t increased, but the targets of the crimes have shifted to Hispanics and, to a lesser degree, Muslims. Mark Potok from the Southern Poverty Law Center believes this increase in Hispanic-targeted attacks is “...pretty clearly related to the continuing and rising anger over [the] country’s demographic changes, the loss of the white majority.”