Second Step Author Honored for Lifetime Achievement October 29, 2009 SEATTLE—Kathy Beland, original author of Committee for Children’s award-winning Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum, received the nationally recognized Sanford N. McDonnell Award for Lifetime AchieveRead More
Committee for Children Welcomes Two New Members to Board of Directors September 29, 2009 SEATTLE—Committee for Children has named Karen Tvedt, PhD, and Paige Hamack to its board of directors. Committee for Children is a 30-year-old Seattle-based nonprofit that develops awarRead More
Committee for Children: A Great Place to Work August 21, 2009 SEATTLE—Committee for Children was honored at an awards event on August 20 at Safeco Field, where the Puget Sound Business Journal named the local nonprofit a runner-up in the 2009 Read More
Bullying: Study Offers Ray of Hope May 8, 2009 SEATTLE—In the midst of gloomy reports about bullying-related suicides, lawsuits, school attendance problems, and fear is a ray of hope from a research study that reaffirms that careful implementation of a comprehensive bullyiRead More
Seeds of Compassion: One Year Later May 6, 2009 SEATTLE—The “Seeds of Compassion” that were planted by last year’s visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama are flowering at the New School at Columbia in Seattle, as teachers blend a Seeds-inspired “theme of the month” Read More
Two Members Join Board of Directors March 5, 2009 SEATTLE—Committee for Children has named Alayne Sulkin, publisher of Parent Map magazine, and Yoko Miyashita, corporate counsel for Getty Images, to its Read More
Lois Maag Joins Committee for Children Board March 4, 2009 SEATTLE—Lois Maag has joined the board of directors of Committee for Children, a Seattle-based nonprofit whose programs advancing the social, intellectual, and physical well-being ofRead More
Children Alone With the Computer: A Recipe for Cyber Bullying? December 8, 2008 SEATTLE—Soon, more than 34 million U.S. children will be on winter break. As they face cold, often blustery weather, they will likely spend more time online without adult supervision, and thus be more exposed to cyber bulRead More
Watts School Improves Safety, Reduces Violence December 1, 2008 SEATTLE—For students in a Los Angeles school “right in the middle of Watts,” school has a different atmosphere than it did four years ago. Office referrals are down. Attendance is up. And school is a safer place to leRead More
Ed Rogan Chairs Committee for Children Board May 2, 2008 SEATTLE—Ed Rogan has been elected chairman of the board for Committee for Children, a Seattle-based nonprofit that develops and publishes programs and curricula for children about social skills, bullying, and sexual abuse thatRead More