Anti-Bullying Resources
Anti-Bullying Resources
By Jason Papallo, NCCJ E-Communications and Marketing Specialist
Bullying is an ecosystem. Don’t contribute to it.
The best way to defeat the issue of bullying and the associated harm it causes is to educate, educate, and educate some more. While most of us are against bullying, not many can adequately define it or its impact. We must look at bullying directly in the eye, in all of its forms, to eradicate it. This is even more apparent in the face of acts of bullying and hate that have raised with political tensions that span the country.
NCCJ offers age appropriate anti-bullying programs for youth, and adults who support them, providing distinctions between bullying and teasing with substantial information and skill building components to make schools safer and more respectful environments. Specific tools and strategies are given for interrupting bullying behaviors and empowering each member of the school community to take action.
Partnering with area schools, NCCJ brings NCCJ Bridges to middle and high school students. This is a two-day anti-bullying, prejudice reduction, and leadership development program. Young people gain a deeper understanding of how prejudice and bias affect our lives and how we, individually and collectively, can work to make our schools and communities more accepting and inclusive for all.
NCCJ ANYTOWN is a nationally recognized and award winning yearlong program for high school students. NCCJ ANYTOWN begins with a weeklong residential experience focusing on diversity, leadership and social justice. The program equips youth with the knowledge and skills to transform their school, home and communities into places where individual differences are not just respected but are celebrated.
NCCJ works in partnership with schools, youth and communities throughout the year to support action projects designed by youth to create positive change.
We must ask:
- What is bullying?
- What can bullying be?
- What’s the sociology behind bullying?
- Why are some targeted and bullied more than others?
BULLYING FACTS:
- More than half of bullying situations (57%) stop with 10 seconds of when a peer intervenes on behalf of the student being bullied.
- 15.5% of high school and 24% of middle school students were cyberbullied in 2015.
- The percentages of individuals who have experienced cyberbullying at some point in their lifetimes have nearly doubled (18% to 34%) from 2007-2016.
- Children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be bullied than their nondisabled peers.
- 50.9% of bullying incidents occur based on the target’s appearance/size.
- 30.3% of bullying incidents occur based on the target’s race/ethnicity.
- 24% of African American students, 17% of Hispanic students and 9% of Asian students report being bullied at school.
Resources
Bullying Definitions:
StopBullying.org's Bullying Definitions
Active Fit: Understanding and Dealing with Bullying
Racism:
Family of girl in viral bullying video challenges Bellevue schools to make changes
Sexism:
Workplace Sexual Harassment And Bullying: Can Anything Be Done?
Ableism:
Bullying and Students With Disabilities: A Resource Guide
Cyberbullying:
Cyberbullying
What is Cyberbullying
Instagram tops cyber-bullying study
Support systems:
Anti-bullying support: the power of peers
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
National Partners of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
Results in poor mental health, such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts:
STOMP Out Bullying™
Attorney says bullying claims at Ohio schools often on low end due to way state's bullying law is written
Culture of bullying:
'Too often, bullies are empowered by schools that fail to effectively sanction them'
Share your knowledge on bullying and prevention when you play NCCJ’s Anti-Bullying Trivia.
About the National Conference for Community and Justice
Formed 1927, NCCJ is a nonprofit human relations organization that promotes inclusion and acceptance by providing education and advocacy while building communities that are respectful and just for all. Celebrating the diversity of races, religions, cultures, genders, abilities, and sexual orientations.
The opinions and information expressed through News Views posts are solely those of the individual authors and not representative of NCCJ’s overall stance on related issues unless specified. Any information presented as fact could entail inaccuracies or be incomplete. We encourage open discussion through our blog, and welcome respectful responses from everyone.
For more information on NCCJ’s variety of social justice educational programs, click here.
Mon, 18 January 2021
Upcoming Sessions
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Monday ,
FebFebruary 1 , 2021
Monday, Feb 1st 8:30a to Friday, Feb 5th 4:30p
Through this training you will experience one of our programs, explore United States’ history of oppression, learn foundational information and delve into the forms of bias and discrimination. -
Thursday ,
FebFebruary 25 , 2021
Thursday, Feb 25th 8:30a to Friday, Feb 26th 4:30p
Our online training will look at bias, discrimination, oppression, and privilege in the United States. Given the rise of racist acts during the pandemic, as well as the most recent horrific racist incidents, examining these issues takes on an even greater sense of urgency. -
Thursday ,
MarMarch 25 , 2021
Thursday, Mar 25th 8:30a to Friday, Mar 26th 4:30p
Our online training will look at bias, discrimination, oppression, and privilege in the United States. Given the rise of racist acts during the pandemic, as well as the most recent horrific racist incidents, examining these issues takes on an even greater sense of urgency. -
Thursday ,
AprApril 15 , 2021
Thursday, Apr 15th 8:30a to Friday, Apr 16th 4:30p
Our online training will look at bias, discrimination, oppression, and privilege in the United States. Given the rise of racist acts during the pandemic, as well as the most recent horrific racist incidents, examining these issues takes on an even greater sense of urgency. -
Thursday ,
MayMay 20 , 2021
Thursday, May 20th 8:30a to Friday, May 21st 4:30p
Our online training will look at bias, discrimination, oppression, and privilege in the United States. Given the rise of racist acts during the pandemic, as well as the most recent horrific racist incidents, examining these issues takes on an even greater sense of urgency. -
Thursday ,
JunJune 17 , 2021
Thursday, Jun 17th 8:30a to Friday, Jun 18th 4:30p
Our online training will look at bias, discrimination, oppression, and privilege in the United States. Given the rise of racist acts during the pandemic, as well as the most recent horrific racist incidents, examining these issues takes on an even greater sense of urgency.