Posted on November 18th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By MOLLY CONNORS
Cape Cod Times
BOSTON — A Cape Cod mother made a tearful plea to state legislators yesterday to pass one of a dozen bills addressing school bullying, saying the state must step in to assure schools do their job in protecting students from mental and physical anguish.
“I felt my son needed to be protected. [...]
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Posted on September 17th, 2009 by heygrrrl
CBS News
Tags: Illinois, YouTube
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jared S. Hopkins
Excerpt from Times-News writer
Rep. Stephen Hartgen, R-Twin Falls, says he plans to re-introduce legislation at the 2010 Legislature targeted at prohibiting harassment on the Internet, including social networking sites.
Hartgen, a former newspaper publisher, still wants to expand harassment laws so they apply to online communication including e-mails, text messages and posted comments [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2009 by heygrrrl
A video memorial to some of the children driven to suicide by bullies at their school. Watch the video.
Tags: Bullying, YouTube
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Posted on July 19th, 2009 by heygrrrl
In Memoriam: for those who lost their lives to bullying and hazing. Click their names to read their stories.
Hunter Layland, 15, Sept. 30, 2009
Holly Grogan, 15, Sept. 16
Chanelle Rae, 14, July 17, 2009
Simone Grice, 15, July 15, 2009
Iain Steele, 15, June 3, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpB9_-lPAcA&hl=en&fs=1&]
Jaheem Herrera, 11, April 16, 2009
Carl Walker-Hoover, 11, April 6, 2009
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