| By: Committee for Children When Bullying Is Racially Motivated: Recognizing It for What It Is and Supporting Kids to Be Anti-Racist Upstanders All forms of bullying harm kids, but biased-based harassment—when the underlying cause or motivation is prejudice—causes specific, increased harm. University of Michigan’s Dr. Deborah Rivas-Drake provides recommendations for how adults can recognize racially motivated bullying and support kids to be upstanders.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier The Role Policy Plays in Understanding Race-Based Bullying In support of National Bullying Prevention Month and this year’s Captain Compassion® campaign to prevent racially motivated bullying, our policy experts look at how we can improve the framework to address, understand, and prevent racially motivated bullying.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall Taproot Theatre: Bringing Bullying Prevention to Life For over 20 years, Taproot Theatre in Seattle has partnered with Committee for Children to create bullying prevention performances for schools that are aligned with the latest research.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 5 Ways to Protect Tweens and Teens from Cyberbullying Cyberbullying affects millions of youth. See research, trends, and research-based tips to protect kids from being bullied digitally and in real life.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall Addressing Hate in Schools A recent report delves into the surge of intolerance in schools and how communities and can stand up to hate and bias.Read More
| By: Committee for Children 6 Action Areas for Community-Wide Suicide Prevention Suicide doesn’t discriminate. People of all genders, ages, and ethnicities can be at risk. Here are tips for communities and schools to prevent suicide and improve mental health.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Affecting and Advocating for Positive Policy Changes As our organization and our reach in education grow, so do our advocacy efforts. Learn how our policy and advocacy team collaborates with lawmakers to develop policies that support our mission.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Stories That Will Inspire Your Bullying Prevention Efforts Bullying prevention efforts at schools can benefit children in real ways. Start with educating educators. Principals and teachers talk bullying prevention. Calling all social-emotional learning (SEL) and bullying prevention advocates. That’s you, teachers and administrators. Our passion and commitment to SEL matters to kids every day. When we share what works with one another, listen, exchanRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson What Parents Want You to Know About Bullying Bullying prevention involves parents and schools working together to support the children. In honor of National Bullying Prevention Month, our SEL in Education contributing writer, Kim Gulbrandson, shares her takeaways from parents who’ve dealt with bullying with the hope that others who are currently or may someday be involved in such situations can build strength from these families’ stories.Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Addressing Bullying: Teaching Children to Be Active Bystanders Addressing bullying has less to do with the person who’s bullying and more to do with those who observe it. Help your kids learn to be an active bystander.Read More