Strategies for Preventing School Violence

A Bullying Prevention
Conference

November 13, 2008
National Center for Employee Development
2801 E State Hwy. 9
Norman, Oklahoma
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sponsored by

The Cimarron Alliance Foundation
and numerous national, state and local partners
 

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What is it?

Stop Hate In The Hallways is a one-day conference to address bullying based on race, religion, and sexual orientation and gender identity. Training will be provided for the intervention and prevention of bullying and harassment in a variety of break-out sessions.

 


The director of an organization focused on preventing violence and prejudice in schools and colleges has been invited to provide the keynote address at the upcoming Stop Hate in the Hallways 2

Conference: Strategies for Preventing School Violence. The one-day conference presented by the Cimarron Alliance Foundation is set for Thursday, Nov. 13, at the National Center for Employee Development, 2801 E. State Hwy. 9, Norman. The conference will address hands-on strategies for preventing school violence and will feature a keynote address by Stephen L. Wessler, director of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence at the University of Southern Maine and former Maine assistant attorney general.

Wessler will provide keynote remarks during the conference. His center develops and implements programs in schools, colleges and communities to prevent bias, prejudice, harassment and violence and promotes writing and teaching on issues relating to bias-motivated violence. He has conducted scores of trainings on preventing hate violence to educators, students, police officers and community members. In 1998, Wessler participated in the U.S. Department of Justice's Working Group, which developed and piloted the National Hate Crimes Training Curriculum.

Beth Reis, a health educator from Seattle, Wash., and co-founder of the Safe Schools Coalition, also will conduct two workshops that will center on helping campuses become safe places where every educator can teach and every child can learn regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. State Attorney General Drew Edmonson is slated to provide opening comments for the conference, which will also feature a panel of high school students who will discuss real-life examples of harassment in their own schools.

The first Stop Hate in the Hallways was held in October 2007 and drew more than 350 attendees from more than 20 Oklahoma communities.
Cimarron was supported by 53 partner organizations, including national, state and local nonprofit organizations and three government agencies to develop and promote the conference. Kevin Jennings, founder and chief executive officer for GLSEN, was the featured keynote speaker.


 

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Who needs to attend?

Violence Prevention Professionals
School Administrators
Classroom Educators
Mental Health Professionals
Law Enforcement Officers
School Psychologists
School Superintendents
National, State & Local Policy Makers
School Police Officers
Social Workers
Attorneys
School Board Members

 

 

Why does this matter?

65% of teens nationwide report that they have been harassed or assaulted because of perceived or actual appearance, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, race/ethnicity, disability, or religion.

About 1 out of 2 teens frequently or sometimes hear racist remarks (48%).

More than one-third of Latino students hear racist remarks (35%).

About 1 out of 4 teens often or sometimes hear negative religious remarks (26%).

 

3 out of 4 students hear homophobic remarks often or sometimes (75%).

28% of teens are harassed often or very often because of their race.

8% of teens are harassed often or very often because of their religion.

1 in 3 teens report that students are harassed often or very often because they are or are perceived to be lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

LGBT students are more than 3 times as likely as non-LGBT students to say that they do not feel safe at school.

 

Half of students have had rumors or lies spread about them at school.

38% of students had their property stolen or deliberately damaged.

68% of Latino students have been harassed or assaulted in high school.

90% of LGBT students have been harassed or assaulted in high school.

 

71% of teachers believe that anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies would be helpful in securing a safe learning environment for LGBT students.

Only 48% of students say their school has an anti-harassment policy that specifies sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

59% of Latino students who have experienced harassment never report such incidents.

67% of LGBT students who have experienced harassment never report such incidents.

 

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