Safe Schools for All: Supporters of the School Violence Prevention Act
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 16:34 — dmiles
Safe Schools for All: Supporters of the School Violence Prevention Act host:
Anti-Bullying Symposium Events April 28, 29 and 30, 2010
All events are open to the public including teachers, youth group workers, after school workers, camp counselors, parents, students, and concerned citizens. If you are only attending the films, there is no need to register.
Click here to register!
To download and print the poster visit: http://drop.io/safeschools
Wednesday, April 28, 4:30 - 8:30pm
4:30 - 6:45 - Trainings: "Quiet Cruelty: It’s a Girl’s World" by Michele Lemell (Asheville City Schools) and Crystal Johnson (Girl Scouts) and “The Pecking Order: Bullying and the Power Continuum” traveling exhibit by Julia Shuster (Center for Diversity Education)
7:00-8:30 – Screening of “Let’s Get Real”
Location: Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall, UNC
Option to earn .3 CEU Credits
$15.00 registration fee, includes box supper *
This is an interactive workshop on adolescent aggression and best practices for encouraging students to move from the role of bystander to advocate. This workshop is designed for anyone who works with young people.
Wednesday, April 28, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Screening of Let's Get Real with Director's comments with Debra Chasnoff
Location: Lipinsky Hall Auditorium, UNC
Open to public
This is a free event.
Name-calling and bullying are at epidemic proportions among youth across the country, and are often the root causes of violence in schools. Let’s Get Real gives young people the chance to tell their stories in their own words–and the results are heartbreaking, shocking, inspiring and poignant.
Thursday, April 29, 5:00 - 9:00pm
5:00 - 6:45 - “Tough Guys and Good Girls: Gender and Identity” by Anna Sharratt (Our Voice)
7:00 - 9:00 – “Straightlaced” and Director's Comments by Debra Chasnoff
Training Location: YMICC
Film Location: Fine Arts Theater, Downtown
$20.00 registration fee includes boxed supper and a ticket to the film screening (option of no boxed supper and seminar only – no charge)
Anna Sharratt of Our VOICE,
Thursday, April 29, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Screening of “Straightlaced” with Director's Comments from Debra Chasnoff
Film Location: Fine Arts Theater, Downtown
Open to the public
$10.00 ticket charge - tickets may be purchased on the night of the show at the Fine Arts Theatre box office
With a fearless look at a highly charged subject, Straightlaced unearths how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens. Their stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven, and illustrating the different ways that these expectations connect with culture, race and class.
Dessert Reception will follow the screening at the Blue Spiral Art Gallery - next door to the Theatre.
Friday, April 30 - 9:00am - 12:00pm
Training: Let's Get Real by GroundSpark staff
Location: Owen Hall, UNC
$5.00 registration fee, includes morning coffee and tea*
Trainers from Groundspark, the San Francisco-based filmmakers who made both Let’s Get Real and Straightlaced, will facilitate training for teachers, social workers and other youth workers on how to address and prevent bullying in school- and out-of-school settings.
Click here to register!
Writing a check for the cost of the training? Make it out to the Center for Diveristy Education and send to 1 University Heights, CPO 1605, Asheville, NC 28804
Questions? Contact Deborah Miles at 232-5024 or [email protected]
*While almost all of the attendees are coming from non-profit organizations that are challenged by the current economic downturn, we do have a limited number of scholarship funds, provided by Children First, for individuals are challenged by the fees.
Thank you to our symposium sponsors:
Children First/Communities in Schools
UNC Asheville Alliance
Learn more about Safe Schools for All: Supporters of the School Violence Prevention Act
Vision:
Eliminate bullying in Western North Carolina
Prevent youth-on-youth harassment
Empower and educate youth to be advocates and allies
Mission:
Create awareness of the issue of bullying and youth harassment
Provide resources for these professionals to address the issues within their constituent groups
Provide training/education regarding best practice methods for reducing and eliminating bullying behavior and promoting advocates and allies
Coalition Partners with professionals in educational systems, youth service systems, and judicial systems:
Buncombe County Gang Violence Prevention Project
People of Faith for Just Relationships
Our Voice
How Can I Help?
Read the Legislation
Attend the Safe Schools for All Anti-Bullying Symposium - Information on trainings above
April 28 – 30, 2010 - A spring symposium with trainings and community events led by Groundspark and their anti-bullying initiative “Let’s Get Real” will be hosted at UNC Asheville. Educators, youth workers, and judicial system workers will be given research-based resources and best practices in empowering youth to move from bystander or silent witness to advocate and ally against youth harassment.
View a clip of Let’s Get Real
View a clip of Let’s Get Real
Use the Resources
Center for Diversity Education offers a free loan of “The Pecking Order” to area K-12 schools. View this exhibit here. Organizations and Schools may also borrow the DVD and training packet for “Let’s Get Real”.
Asheville City Schools offers parenting training by calling Michelle Lemell at 828 - 350-6408 or visiting Asheville City Schools web site.
Equality NC's School Violence Prevention Act Implimentation Kit can be accessed here.
Be a Partner in the Coalition
Businesses, organizations and individuals may send a representative to coalition planning meetings, and dedicate volunteer and staff resources to developing more opportunities to raise awareness, share resources, and effect change in WNC.
Contribute
Businesses, organizations and individuals may inquire about opportunities to underwrite programs, trainings, and distribution of resource materials in WNC.
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