Tag: bullying

The Diana Award Launches Campaign To Change The Dictionary Definition Of Bullying During #Antibullyingweek

Stuart Mitchell

The Diana Award has encouraged dictionary companies to remove the word ‘weak’ from their definitions of bully or bullying. The youth charity feels passionately that people who are bullied should not be stereotyped as weak.  One of the key ways to change this is by removing any reference of strong or weak from the definition. Throughout this week, The Diana Award will be releasing video content revealing some of the reactions from school children about the current definition, as well as an exclusive Snapchat filter. The charity hopes that by…

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America’s Leading Anti-Bullying Organization STOMP Out Bullying™ Launches Inaugural National #BlockItOutDay

Stuart Mitchell

On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, STOMP Out Bullying™ asked youth around the world from every corner of the web to block out their bullies, erase negative messages, and create a positive, safe digital place for youth everywhere.  The leading anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying organization is also asking youth to encourage and empower their friends to do the same creating a chain reaction that it hopes will erase cruelty, homophobia, LGBTQ discrimination, racism and online hatred.  Students from the High School of Fashion Industries in New York City will be the inaugural…

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Kaléo Along with National Advocacy Organizations Launch the “No Appetite for Bullying” Initiative

Stuart Mitchell

kaléo, along with the four major advocacy organizations focused on life-threatening allergies, today announced a new initiative, No Appetite for Bullying, to raise awareness about the prevalence and potential dangers of food allergy bullying. Food allergy bullying happens when children and teens living with life-threatening food allergies are teased, ridiculed, or even threatened or assaulted with food to which they are severely allergic. This is the first time the Allergy & Asthma Network (the Network), Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team (FAACT), Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) and Kids…

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2 in 5 LGBT Workers Feel Bullied at Work

Stuart Mitchell

As people across the country wear purple in support of GLAAD’s Spirit Day, which is a means of speaking out against LGBTQ bullying and standing with LGBTQ youth, new research indicates that LGBT workers are facing bullying in an area that should be a safe place – their workplace. Two in five LGBT workers (40 percent) report feeling bullied at work, 11 percentage points higher than the national average of all workers combined. Fifty-six percent of bullied LGBT workers report being bullied repeatedly.  The nationwide survey was conducted by Harris…

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