Really complicated issue and on the other hand at its very core is somewhat simple. Whether its online or offline, bullying and harassment or as the teens that we encounter at Common Sense Media often say, drama, its about power. As you heard the boy on the video say, im the big dog. Who has it, who wants it and who wants to keep it. I realize this is an incredibly simple definition so i will leave it to our panel to pick it apart and to delve deeper. Each of our panelists will have the opportunity to give a brief introduction of who they are and their organizations and after weve done the rounds i will pose a series of questions to eefrp of they will and then you will all have the opportunity to interact with them yourselves so we can have a really dynamic conversation. The one thing i will say before introducing our first panelists is we are going to try to keep all these introductions brief so i will give my friendly reminder to the panel, i dont have a buzz button or anything, and
I asked, is this tailor . A little young voice said, is this robert neighbor . The only person who calls me robert is my mom and this was not my mom. She went on to say she was thinking of committing suicide and she went on you tube and found some videos that some of jills friend had made about jill. And she thought, if somebody loves jill that much, maybe somebody loves me. Im always touched by that. Some day bullying will be something of the past. I also wanted to say we need to work and i see representatives here of cities and counties because those same children are on sports teams under the city rec department, they are receiving services and they are in programs with the county and so having this training, having this awareness go beyond the schools is really important. So i thought id mention that. The other thing that we are moving towards in education is more digital. Well see less textbooks and more Digital Learning and with that we are promoting a Digital Literacy policy whi
Teachers were intimidated, they didnt want to be seen to have any empathy because that might reflect on them. Its crazy but thats part of the oppression. When we started to work on the legislation, i tried to channel myself back in the classroom, i taught for a number of years. Were hoping seths law is the first of many. In addition to their reporting you also have to document, we feel like this is the science of it which, you know, sounds a little sterile when you consider the emotional loss, but that you document each incident as it happens so you have a record and you also look at the climate, the culture, and also the perpetrator. We have a second piece of legislation that calls for the restoretive justice element that people were talking about with regard to bullying, not just lgbt kids but in general. There was a sect committee this year of men and boys of color and that committee came out with a number of pieces of legislation all based on alerting to more programs, actually cod
Having this training, having this awareness go beyond the schools is really important. So i thought id mention that. The other thing that we are moving towards in education is more digital. Well see less textbooks and more Digital Learning and with that we are promoting a Digital Literacy policy which deals with a number of issues and im going to go back and look at the draft policy to see how well it deals with the kind of issues rob and your family have dealt with in terms of using the internet safely and being aware of the harm you can do to yourself and to others by the way digital news can get around. Assemblyman. Thank you very much. Im very, very heartened. This was an issue thats been in the closet for too long. I think high profile nationally now as well and we have super stars involved, lady gaga, myself, but you got to reach young people. Usually peers are the best, i think, in terms of communicating things and then absolutely the parents. Lets keep working, im only as good
3 largest districts in the country, new york, denver, maine, texas, florida, and the bay area. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome rebecca randell. Great, thank you, melinda. Im going to ask you all to come up now. As they get seated ill say a few words. All these panelists really bring a great wealth of experience and wisdom to what on the one hand is actually a really complicated issue and on the other hand at its very core is somewhat simple. Whether its online or offline, bullying and harassment or as the teens that we encounter at Common Sense Media often say, drama, its about power. As you heard the boy on the video say, im the big dog. Who has it, who wants it and who wants to keep it. I realize this is an incredibly simple definition so i will leave it to our panel to pick it apart and to delve deeper. Each of our panelists will have the opportunity to give a brief introduction of who they are and their organizations and after weve done the rounds i will pose a series of quest