Well I didn't win the Pepsi grant to donate my program to 100 schools. But I did get to see one of my goals materialize. As a contributor and actor in Kaleidoscope Theatre's play "High School BULLY", I was wondering if we were doing enough with the play and my Strategies for Success anti-bullying leadership/success curriculum. We knew our programs were reaching the students exposed to the material. But could we do better? Could we reach more students? Could be encourage our state to be more proactive in fighting bullying rather than reactive?
My goal was to gather interested parties from around the state - teachers, administrators, parents, students, community members, police, social workers - to communicate, brainstorm solutions and in general let the kids in the state know that adults were working hard to find solutions to the bullying problems that plagued them.
We were told that maybe 10% of the state would show up. Instead we had an overwhelming response and great interaction within the individual communities and between all the participants. They are about to form a statewide coalition to move forward.
Everyone did a great job to make this vision a reality and hopefully, we can provide more and more solutions to protect our precious children from the ravages of bullying. If you know of a school that can benefit from these programs, please check them out. They are making a difference in lives every day.
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