Showing posts with label It gets better. Show all posts
Showing posts with label It gets better. Show all posts

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Are you a Victim of Bullying? If so please read this post! You do have hope & help available as well as tons of people who care!! You just have to let them!! ♥

Helpful Contacts
Anyone who is suffering online harassment who feels they are in danger should ring the police.
If you are worried about someone's behaviour towards a child online, you can report this to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). CEOP's Thinkuknow program  provides more detailed information for parents, teachers and young people about staying safe on the internet – visit  the website.
For anyone who is being cyber-bullied or cyber-stalked, the expert advice is to seek help immediately. Here are some useful starting points:
    The Beat-bullying charity runs Cybermentors, an online youngster-to-youngster advice service to support young people who are being bullied. Beat-bullying is also organizing a 'Big March' - an online protest march against bullying. You can join by going to the Big March website to lobby the government on bullying. Useful advice is also available on the Beat Bullying website.
    ChildLine is the free helpline and online service for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call 0800 1111 or visit the website to talk to a trained counselor about any problem, or talk to other young people on the message boards.
    The Network for Surviving Stalking is conducting a study to find out the scale of cyber harassment. There's also practical advice at their website. The National Stalking Helpline is 0300 636 0300.
    The UK National Bullying Helpline is available for adults and children Monday to Thursday 10am-4pm on 0845 22 55 787. Useful advice can be found on their website.
    Kidscape operates an anti-bullying helpline for parents of bullied children on 08451 205204 Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm.
    Parentline Plus on 0808 800 2222 or email parentsupport@parentlineplus.org.uk offers parents a free anti-bullying pack or visit the website for further support.
    I was invited to join a great page on Myspace! Below is their banner feel free to click it and Add them! I am sure you won't regret it! *Smiles* (;
    Also check out these other Anti-Bully post listed just below! Just click the pictures and it will take you to the post,.........☻

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

ACLU Important ANNOUNMENT!!! & IT GETS BETTER PROJECT!

ACLU of PA Announcement

A Parent’s Nightmare

A Parent’s Nightmare
Read more about Elizabeth and Alex's ordeal on our website.
Alex, Elizabeth and Isabella
Today Isabella is a happy and healthy six-month-old living with her parents.
New parents Elizabeth Mort and Alex Rodriguez thought the
most difficult thing facing them when they arrived home from the hospital with their newborn daughter Isabella would be the sleepless nights.

Instead, they were faced with the unthinkable – having their
three-day-old daughter taken from them for five days by Lawrence County Children and Youth services because of Elizabeth’s false positive drug test performed by the hospital where Isabella was born. Elizabeth, who was eventually cleared of illegal drug use, had eaten an “everything” bagel with poppy seeds two hours before being admitted to the hospital, causing the inaccurate test result.


“When Isabella was gone, our family was just at a loss of words,” said Elizabeth. “I couldn't stop crying. Alex just didn't even know how to be himself. It felt like our heart was ripped in pieces. The most important person was missing, and we didn't know when we would see her again.”

The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit yesterday, October 28th, to stop this from happening to other new mothers in Lawrence County. Find out more about Elizabeth and Alex’s case on our website.

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania
www.aclupa.org
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Also, check out the ACLU of Pennsylvania blog BlogsSpeaking Freely.





It Gets Better Project 
"Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers killed themselves. The only way im wearin it for them is if they all commit suicide."
These were the words posted on Facebook by Clint McCance, a school board member in the Midland School District in Independence Country, Arkansas late last week.
Quickly upon learning of McCance's actions, we called on our project's nearly 100,000 Facebook supporters to petition him to resign immediately.  And just one day later, live on CNN, Mr. McCance bowed to the pressure.
Check out the segment here, then share your thoughts with us:
Clint McCance Talks with Anderson Cooper
Our project is about more than a collection of heartfelt videos, it's about creating awareness and calling out the Clint McCance's of the world and shining a light on their bigotry and hate.  
It's about making our schools and communities a safer place by inspiring students, teachers, parents and community members from all walks of life to come together to advocate for change all across the country.  And it's about holding people like Clint McCance -- people who are making things worse -- accountable.
It has been just over a month since our project began and we're seeing an impact, not just in Arkansas, but also in New Jersey where just last week lawmakers introduced an "anti-bullying bill of rights."  You've helped create an international issue out of something that was tragically ignored for far too long.
Stay tuned in the days ahead for more videos and many more opportunities to act in your area.
Thank you for reading! 

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