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Pueblo West freshman starts anti-bullying initiative Play Video
September 10, 2012 2:09 AM
A Pueblo West High School freshman is taking a stand on bullying. After years of being victimized herself, she's helping others cope by telling her story and offering a safe place online for people to talk about it. For as long as Rhiannon Winch can remember, people have considered... more » -
New anti-bullying ads tell kids to speak out against bullies
August 6, 2012 12:27 PM
A new ad campaign will urge parents to teach their kids to speak up if they witness school bullying. The Ad Council and the Free to Be Foundation are teaming up for the long-term campaign. Television, print, and web ads will start running in October. In one television ad, a... more » -
Kids learn discipline through karate
June 15, 2012 7:16 PM
It's a program called "Restore," and many adults want to teach kids to use discipline to stop bullying. The 90 day program has different activities each day through the nationwide non-profit "Educate 2 Protect." It kicked off Friday in Pueblo at AKKA Karate where kids learned concentration, discipline, and how... more » -
School districts want safe havens for bullied kids Play Video
January 4, 2012 5:49 PM
A new effort to stop bullying in Pueblo is going beyond the playground. Pueblo City Schools is launching a new anti-bullying program that would involve many business owners in the community. The stores would act as safe havens to help protect bullied kids. Walking to and from school your... more » -
Lady Gaga wants to meet with Obama over bullying
September 22, 2011 8:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lady Gaga wants to meet with President BarackObama about her concerns over bullying. Gaga expressed sadness over Twitter Wednesday about the suicide death of a 14-year-old New York boy who had complained in an online video about being bullied over his sexuality. The pop singer... more » -
Bullying bill signed into law
May 13, 2011 9:56 PM
DENVER (AP) - Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law aimed at reducing bullying in Colorado schools. Hickenlooper signed the bill at Lakewood High School Friday as students and the proposal's sponsors looked on. The measure updates definitions for bullying at schools, including adding language about online bullying. ... more » -
Safe 2 Tell may lose funding
February 7, 2011 8:29 PM
Safe 2 Tell, a popular school resource designed to keep your students safe may hit the financial chopping block. The program has been in Colorado schools since 2004. Through its website, phone number and text system, students can anonymously report problems at school ranging from bullying and drug use to... more » -
People don purple to speak out against homophobic bullying
October 21, 2010 12:35 AM
You've probably seen the groups on Facebook encouraging others to wear purple to make a stand against homophobic bullying. Eric Attard, the director of the Pikes Peak Gay and Lesbian Community Center says bullying is a very real problem in our community. "There's absolutely a presence of bullying based off... more » -
Pilot program looks to texts for student help
October 18, 2010 6:41 PM
There's no way around it, bullying is happening in our schools. But a new pilot program aims to put a stop to it one text message at a time. It's called Safe 2 Text and works just as Safe 2 Tell does. In addition to reporting a school threat via... more » -
Girls bully too
June 7, 2010 3:28 PM
Thousands of girls are affected each year by what's called "Mean Girl" behavior. Basically girls picking on girls At a conference at CSU-Pueblo Friday, University of Denver Professor Lisa Pasko says popularity wars and power struggles have been going on for decades, but now technology is making it worse.... more » -
Concerns about bullying amid Massachusetts suicide
April 4, 2010 12:34 AM
If we all think back to our childhood we probably remember being bullied at one point. In Massachusetts a 15 year old girl committed suicide after being verbally and physically intimidated for months at her school. At least 9 kids are being charged because of the bullying. "You cannot minimize... more » -
California schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum
December 10, 2009 11:07 AM
Following months of heated debate, the Alameda Board of Education has voted to phase out the elementary school curriculum it adopted in May to prevent anti-gay bullying. The five member school board voted 4-1 to replace the controversial curriculum with more generic lessons that promote tolerance. In a related move,... more »
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