This is a great tool to use to make yourself aware of what you can do to help eliminate bullying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LoLj35Pah8&feature=player_embedded
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Steps to Eliminate Bullying
Minneapolis, Minnesota- January 2011- School board passes landmark decision to track LGBT- bullying incidents. They hope to improve the environment for the LGBT students and help them feel safer.
http://southwestminneapolis.patch.com/articles/minneapolis-schools-pass-landmark-lgbt-anti-bullying-measure
Ann Arbor, Michigan- January 2011- The democratic LGBT caucus in Michigan is set to hold a conference in February read more about it here.
http://www.annarbor.com/news/michigan-democratic-partys-lgbt-caucus-to-hold-anti-bullying-conference-in-february/
http://southwestminneapolis.patch.com/articles/minneapolis-schools-pass-landmark-lgbt-anti-bullying-measure
Ann Arbor, Michigan- January 2011- The democratic LGBT caucus in Michigan is set to hold a conference in February read more about it here.
http://www.annarbor.com/news/michigan-democratic-partys-lgbt-caucus-to-hold-anti-bullying-conference-in-february/
Check out our Youtube Playlist!
We recently put together a small list of anti-bullying videos.
Stay tuned because we will continue to add more, even one
of our own :)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C91715CAB458C6F4
Stay tuned because we will continue to add more, even one
of our own :)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C91715CAB458C6F4
Thoughts on Bullying for the "Average" College Student
Thinking about what makes people bully other people makes me think of the tremendous insecurity of breaking down someone elses choices instead of their own. For instance, why should the jock care that the theater kid is gay. Why would I personally choose to distinguish a jock and a theater kid? Why do these titles matter to me, to you, to anyone?
Throughout our lives we have learned to classify many things. For instance, when you were young and you and your mom pulled up to Johnny's house for a play day and it was huge what did you think. Wow, he has a lot of money. Or maybe you didn't, but that's rare. The thing is a big house, a nice car, anything designates a certain person a certain way.
Back to the jock and the theater kid. I stereotyped. Just as someone stereotypes a large house or nice car. The jock, expected to be manly, strong, sporty, cool, and popular. The theater kid commonly thought of as a geek, a loser, a loner, weird, weak, artsy. The extreme differences, or stereotypical differences, in these should show anyone two different types of people.
Wouldn't you be bored if everyone was a sporty "cool" jock? Wouldn't you be bored if everyone was in theater? Why should anyone care? What I want you to realize is that it is so easy for anyone, including myself when writing this, to stereotype any group of people. There is no reason to do it, who cares who the person chooses to love. Who cares what religion they are?
In five years when a bully never thinks of or sees the person they bullied again will they remember then that they were gay? Will they remember then that they were jewish? Will they remember then that without that person they would've projected their bull shit falsified identity onto would've just been some other kid?
It is very easy to stereotype, too easy. Would it hurt everyone to step back from what they think about another person and just leave it alone? Would the jock never play his sport again if the theater kid weren't in his presence? No, he would still play. Would he be any less of an individual if the theater kid weren't around? Yes, there would be one less opposite to make the world interesting.
I bet that jock goes to the movies, I bet he listens to music. That's what the theater kid creates for him. So why torture him for choices he makes off screen, or when he's not singing?
I'll go ahead and say my guess is that it's because the jock is insecure. Doesn't that make him weak?
Bullies are weak. If you have to break down someone else's choices to make yourself feel better you are wasting the time of that person and your own.
I Dare You:
Embrace someone else for who they are today! Find someone different and learn something about them! I dare you, will it really hurt?
Throughout our lives we have learned to classify many things. For instance, when you were young and you and your mom pulled up to Johnny's house for a play day and it was huge what did you think. Wow, he has a lot of money. Or maybe you didn't, but that's rare. The thing is a big house, a nice car, anything designates a certain person a certain way.
Back to the jock and the theater kid. I stereotyped. Just as someone stereotypes a large house or nice car. The jock, expected to be manly, strong, sporty, cool, and popular. The theater kid commonly thought of as a geek, a loser, a loner, weird, weak, artsy. The extreme differences, or stereotypical differences, in these should show anyone two different types of people.
Wouldn't you be bored if everyone was a sporty "cool" jock? Wouldn't you be bored if everyone was in theater? Why should anyone care? What I want you to realize is that it is so easy for anyone, including myself when writing this, to stereotype any group of people. There is no reason to do it, who cares who the person chooses to love. Who cares what religion they are?
In five years when a bully never thinks of or sees the person they bullied again will they remember then that they were gay? Will they remember then that they were jewish? Will they remember then that without that person they would've projected their bull shit falsified identity onto would've just been some other kid?
It is very easy to stereotype, too easy. Would it hurt everyone to step back from what they think about another person and just leave it alone? Would the jock never play his sport again if the theater kid weren't in his presence? No, he would still play. Would he be any less of an individual if the theater kid weren't around? Yes, there would be one less opposite to make the world interesting.
I bet that jock goes to the movies, I bet he listens to music. That's what the theater kid creates for him. So why torture him for choices he makes off screen, or when he's not singing?
I'll go ahead and say my guess is that it's because the jock is insecure. Doesn't that make him weak?
Bullies are weak. If you have to break down someone else's choices to make yourself feel better you are wasting the time of that person and your own.
I Dare You:
Embrace someone else for who they are today! Find someone different and learn something about them! I dare you, will it really hurt?
SHARE YOUR OWN PERSONAL STORY WITH US
You can post anonymously or publicly, but we'd like to hear your personal stories about bullying.
Have you ever been bullied? How has it affected your life? What did you do to make it through those dark times? How did "it get better" later in life?
Don't be scared or ashamed to share your story, there are thousands of young adults and children who are experiencing what you did right now! Your story can make a difference and give hope where there may be none.
Speak up, break the silence, and help us break down hate!
Have you ever been bullied? How has it affected your life? What did you do to make it through those dark times? How did "it get better" later in life?
Don't be scared or ashamed to share your story, there are thousands of young adults and children who are experiencing what you did right now! Your story can make a difference and give hope where there may be none.
Speak up, break the silence, and help us break down hate!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Anti-Bullying Campaign
Thank you everyone for supporting our cause and helping Break Down Hate. Feel free to comment anonymously below any post with any experience of bullying on UNCW campus, or anywhere else. Visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/UNCW-breaking-down-hate.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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