A Safe Community

Community

1. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government

2. The district or locality in which such a group lives

3. A group of people having common interests

4. A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society

5. Sharing, participation, and fellowship

Personal Safety

• Keeping ourselves safe through– Our choices– Becoming well informed about saftey

issues– Healthy Boundaries– Knowing our resources– Who we choose to do things with

Harass

1. to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute

2. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities

Synonyms: badger, vex, plague, hector torture

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment consists of verbal, written, or physical conduct of a personal or sexual nature not related to the educational function of the school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdQBurXQOeQ

10 Top Ways Students Harass Each Other

1. Trip someone in the hallway or table topping2. Notes about each other including online3. Rumors, name calling, labeling4.Spread gossip instead of keeping it quiet 5. Writing on bathroom walls6. Cutting in line7. Taking things from each other8. Throw things at each other9. Ditch a friend10. Setting someone up to be embarrassed11. Write on each other’s things

Why does harassment happen?

• Power

• Popularity

• Control

• Pulling oneself up on the back of another

• Falsely thinking it will make friends

Who is involved in harassment?

30% of all teen youth are involved in bullying

13% reported bullying others

11% reported being bullied

6% reported being bullied and also bullying others

http://www.upworthy.com/bullies-called-him-pork-chop-he-took-that-pain-with-him-and-then-cooked-it-into?g=2

Where does harassment take place?

• Online

• In the hallway

• In the lunch room

• In the bathroom

• Outside

• On the bus

• Anywhere (lack of supervision)

What can you do to stop and prevent harassment?

• Tell the harasser to stop• Tell an adult• What happened• Where it happened• When it happened (dates and times)• Who did the harassing• Witnesses if any• What you did in return• How the harasser responded

It can happen in any school

A hateful act by a student, staff member or person outside of the school family suddenly poisons the air

http://www.upworthy.com/this-kid-was-bullied-a-lot-he-could-have-told-his-teacher-or-his-principal-he-had-bigger-plans?c=ufb1

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King Jr.

What can a bystander do?

Speak up for a friend

Ask the harasser to stop

Help the student being harassed

Tell an adult

Talk to your parents about the problem

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwin

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends. – J. K. Rowling

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, they send forth a tiny ripple of hope. These ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Robert F. Kennedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJut7KQhI4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYSFpFGRBE&safe=active

Yin and Yang are interdependent.

One cannot exist without the other. For example, day cannot exist without night. Light cannot exist without darkness. Death cannot exist without Life.

Take Action! Be an Upstander A – Assert Yourself “I am not OK with

what you just did

C – Create a distraction (Talk to the bully about a

totally different topic) T – Turn to others for help (There is power in numbers, ask a friend to help you)

I – Include (Include the person being bullied with your group or activity)

O – Offer Support

N – Notify an adult