By Becki Cohn-Vargas, Not In Our School Director
All of us have experienced cruel behavior, either as a participant, victim or witness. The Not In Our School “Break Bullying”public service announcement, donated by the MAKE ad agency, appears to bring back those bad memories. The announcement depicts adults in a professional environment re-enacting the personal middle school bullying experience of the director, Mike Nelson. His point: If we would not stand for this at work, why do we stand for it happening to kids in schools? The purpose of the PSA is to make us want to do something—to intervene, unlike the co-workers who watch their colleague pushed to the floor.
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What communities and schools can do when hate comes to town
What communities and schools can do to prevent hate, bias and intolerance
Student led anti-bullying and anti-bias activities, programs, and solutions
Anti-hate or anti-bias activities or campaigns in communities and towns
The role of educators, civic leaders, law enforcement and/or interfaith leaders in the fight against hate and intolerance
Supporting victims of hate
The hate crime reporting gap
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