project anti-bully
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PAB is nonprofit 501c3 that fights bullying. PAB is located in 24 countries.TRANSCRIPT
Company Overview
Project Anti-Bully (PAB) Background
Project Anti-Bully (PAB) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that raises awareness of the prevalence of bullying in schools globally through community-based research. PAB is unique because it is operated by students for students.
Board of Directors and Executive Staff
Fabianna Pergolizzi, President and Founder
Joseph Pergolizzi III, Vice President
Joseph V. Pergolizzi, Jr., M.D., Director
Aaron Tabor, M.D., Social Media Director
Raphaelle Amen, Director
Contact
General Contact [email protected]
Campaign Information [email protected]
Corporate Location
Project Anti-Bully 840 111th Ave North, Suite #7 Naples, FL 34108
Overview
Project Anti-Bully (PAB) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that raises awareness of the prevalence of bullying in schools globally through community-based research. Project Anti-Bully has grown to have headquarters in the United States of America with affiliates in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Colombia, El Salvador, England, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Taiwan, The Philippines, and Uruguay. PAB has 300+ members and access to 700+ middle and high schools.
Timeline
2006 - Fabianna Pergolizzi founded Project Anti-Bully in Naples, Florida.
2007 - PAB’s research Bullying in Middle School: Results From a Four-School Survey was presented at the American Psychiatric Association’s 160th anniversary conference in San Diego, California.
2008 – PAB adopted the motto, “Raise Awareness, Not Anger”.
2008 - In PAB’s research Two-Year Survey of Bullying in American Middle Schools was presented at both the British Psychological Association in Dublin, Ireland and the American Psychological Association, in Boston, Massachusetts.
2009-2011 - PAB’s research is published in Journal of Medicine, Journal of School Violence and the International Journal of Adolescence Medical Health.
2011 - Mexico was recognized as PAB’s first international affiliate.
2013 - On January 23rd PAB received status of a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
On April 2, PAB was officially certified as a recognized partnered organization with the President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) program.
2013 - PAB’s research Fibromyalgia and Bullying: A Systematic Review of the Literature was presented at The Georgetown University Undergraduate Research Conference in Washington, DC and was accepted for publication in The Georgetown Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences.
2013 – Founder Fabianna Pergolizzi received the Upstander of the Week honored from the producers and makers of “Bully”, the documentary that was directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch. The award recognized PAB’s dedicated efforts in advocating against and raising awareness of peer abuse in their community.
Logos Project Anti-Bully’s research demonstrates that 82.7% of students get bullied daily. PAB is raising awareness of the physical, emotional, and mental distress that individuals experience from bullying, while also taking appropriate means to protect them. Our logo is a shield.
Three logo designs:
Our Mission and Actions! Project Anti-Bully’s mission is to empower individuals to embrace their individuality and uniqueness while simultaneously standing up against bullying and cyberbullying. Annually, PAB offers three different campaigns that can be implemented in schools or communities across the world. All campaigns are self-funded by the host, school, or district and are posted on our Website, Facebook, and Twitter. For more detailed information about hosting the campaigns, see each campaigns instruction page.
Chalk for Change
Created in 2010 and dedicated to Phoebe Prince who was a fifteen-year-old freshman
from South Hadley High School in Massachusetts, who committed suicide. She was experiencing bullying by a group of six teenagers in her high school.
Chalk for Change is a unique and creative way to allow participates (students and adults) to therapeutically engage with their imagination and demonstrate their personal perceptions of bullying through the use of chalk. This campaign is directed for grades (K-8) or ages (5-15).
Hands for Courage
Created in 2010 and dedicated to Megan Meier who was a thirteen- year- old American
teenager from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, who committed suicide. She experienced cyber-bullied through a MySpace fraudulent account.
Hands for Courage is an artistic way to encourage participates (students and adults) to utilize paint and hand prints to exemplify their stance against bullying. Participants create posters or take photos of their colorful handprints to demonstrate their collaborated effort to pledge against bullying. This campaign is also directed for grades (K-8) or ages (5-15).
Define It
Created in 2013 and dedicated to Amanda Todd, who was a fifteen-year-old Canadian
teenager who committed suicide. She posted a YouTube video explaining her bullying situation in school and her story viral through the Internet.
Define It is PAB’s newest campaign. It strives to educate students and teachers on the various definitions of bullying that individuals experience cross-culturally. PAB hopes to raise awareness of the prevalence of bullying while also encouraging students to communicate their experiences to adults and friends
Social Media and Digital Networking An element that truly distinguishes Project Anti-Bully, is its large social media network. PAB members are able to connect with individuals, companies, and organizations located all over the world. The majority of PAB members have only ever communicated with each other in cyberspace. The PAB team is able to create interpersonal relationships with individuals experiencing bullying through its social media networks. PAB uses four main social media networks. The demographics from PAB’s audience are heavily concentrated in the age range from 12 – 19 years old.
Facebook http://facebook.com/projectantibully PAB utilizes Facebook as one of its main social media networks. The majority of
communication is from Facebook direct messages, comments, shares, likes, and posts. Through Facebook, PAB is able to do cross-promotional advertising with other anti-
bullying organizations, companies, authors, links, and other Facebook pages. We have an extremely active audience.
Website
http://projectantibully.com On the PAB website individuals are able to educate themselves on PAB research, find
other helpful anti-bullying related links, apply to be apart of our team, and submit general inquiries, comments, questions, or etc.
Through the main website PAB is able to do cross-promotional advertising with other anti-bullying organizations, companies, authors, links, petitions, and other Facebook/Twitter/social media network pages.
Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/project-anti-bully PAB hosts a Blog Talk Radio show every Sunday at 5pm (ET). Through the Blog Talk Radio channel, PAB is able to do cross-promotional advertising
by interviewing/ connecting with other anti-bullying organizations, companies, authors, links, petitions, music, and other Facebook/Twitter/social media network pages.
https://twitter.com/Proj_AntiBully @Proj_antibully 3,600+ Followers. #projectantibully
Through Twitter PAB is able to do cross-promotional advertising by interviewing/ connecting with other anti-bullying organizations, companies, authors, links, petitions, and other Facebook/Twitter/social media network pages.
Empowering Workshops and Interventions The Project Anti-Bully team is dedicated to hosting events and meetings that gather the community together to raise awareness of bullying. The PAB team encourages individuals of any age to take charge and create their own functions in their community that promote PAB’s mission to empower others. Here are some of our programs.
Our Youth A Bigger Picture, Inc.
Project Anti-Bully hosted a Bullying and Cyberbullying Workshop with the girls of A Bigger Picture, Inc. in DC. During the workshop the girls participated in intervention-based programs that educated them on different ways to stand up against bullying in a non-violent way, while also addressing and discussing their personal experiences with bullying. The PAB President and Founder, Ms. Pergolizzi also explained the dangers of Cyberbullying and encouraged them to communicate with adults, parents, teachers, or friends regarding their issues.
Forming Leaders
Georgetown University’s Women in Leadership (GUWIL) It is critically important that our young generation is being empowered to take
on leadership roles in their community. By working directly with the young women at Georgetown University, PAB is able to direct and motivate them to make an impact in their community!
Community Involvement Project Anti-Bully believes that the community should always stand together, fight for justice, and promote individuality. Below is one such example.
Sandy Hook Elementary School On December 14, 2012 there was a massive school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut. Project Anti-Bully hosted a candle vigil at Georgetown University in honor of the students and teachers who lost their lives during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Twenty-seven large candles were lit for each victim and the students at Georgetown University lit 300 extra candles.
Membership Our mission is to spread awareness of bullying and empower individuals to stand together. By joining the Project Anti-Bully team you are promising to fight towards this mission. We are always looking to add people to our team! PAB currently has 250+ members located all over the world.
Membership A Project Anti-Bully Memberships is free!
You must thirteen years of age to apply to Project Anti-Bully, unless given parental consent and permission.
Application Process Individuals who are interested in applying to Project Anti-Bully’s team must fill out the
Membership Application found on the PAB website. http://projectantibully.com/contact/membership.html Requirements
You must supply us with a brief bio (500 words or less) about yourself. Tell us about you! This bio will be shared on our Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks. All personal information will never be shared.
You will be asked to explain to us in (500 words or less) why you are interested in joining the PAB team.
You will be required to submit to us an appropriate headshot.
Benefits! As a PAB member you are eligible to receive all of the following! We want you to
shine! Letters of recommendation Host all PAB anti-bullying campaigns. Community service hours Cross-promotional opportunities Administrative access to Project Anti-Bully’s social media networks Awards and Community Recognition
Partners We believe that it is extremely important to fight against bullying as a team! We have several partners that help us to form an allegiance against bullying. We are always open to extending PAB with new partners who work along our mission. PAB Partners will be promoted through all our social media networks for cross-promotional purposes and invited to host/create new anti-bullying related campaigns with PAB. To become a PAB partner, interested organizations, clubs, or individuals must fill out the partnership application. http://projectantibully.com/contact/becomeapartner.html
Campaign Instruction Packet
Chalk for Change
Chalk for Change was created in 2010 and dedicated to Phoebe Prince was a fifteen-year-old freshman from South Hadley High School in Massachusetts who committed suicide. She was experiencing bullying by a group of six teenagers in her high school. Chalk for Change is a unique and creative way to allow participates (students and adults) to therapeutically engage with their imagination and demonstrate their personal perceptions of bullying through the use of chalk. This campaign is directed for grades (K-8) or ages (5-15). This campaign is directed for grades (K-8) or ages (5-15). #chalkforchange #projectantibully
Hosting and Implementing
Materials needed: 1. Permission from the property owner to use a designated area to have chalk
drawn on. 2. Pieces of Chalk. The amount of chalk used will depend number of individuals
participating and the host’s self-budget. 3. Participants (students, parents, teachers, and etc.) 4. A camera (cell phone camera, professional camera, or etc.)
Instructions
Direct all participants to fill the designated chalk area. Explain to all the participants about Project Anti-Bully’s mission, discuss what the word “bullying” and “cyberbullying” mean, and explain to them the purpose of hosting the campaign. Tell the participants to “draw” out how they see “bullying” and “cyberbullying”.
Give all the participants the opportunity to draw out how they envision bullying.
Engage with the students and ask them to explain their drawings. You can ask: What does their drawing mean to them? Why is it they see bullying or cyberbullying that way? Do they ever experience bullying or do they ever see it? If you are bullied what do you do?
During the event take photos of the participants drawing and the event. All images will be credited to the host/school and will be placed on PAB’s social media networks.
Send all photos to [email protected]
Hands For Courage Hands for Courage was created in 2010 and dedicated to Megan Meier was a thirteen-year-old American teenager from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri who committed suicide. She experienced cyber-bullied through a MySpace fraudulent account. Hands for Courage is an artistic way to encourage participates (students and adults) to utilize paint and hand prints to exemplify their stance against bullying. Participants create posters or take photos of their colorful handprints to demonstrate their collaborated effort to pledge against bullying. This campaign is also directed for grades (K-8) or ages (5-15). #handsforcourage #projectantibully
Hosting and Implementing Materials needed:
1. Paint (washable). The amount of paint depends on the number of participants and the host’s self-budget.
2. Posters, papers, or a designated area. 3. Participants (students, parents, teachers, and etc.) 4. A camera (cell phone camera, professional camera, or etc.)
Instructions
Gather all of the participants together. Explain to the participants that standing up for change doesn’t require physical violence and that they can make a difference by voicing their voice. Project Anti-Bully stresses that students should raise awareness not anger. We encourage students to “raise” their hand when standing up for change rather than raising fists.
Direct all students to paint their hands different colors. We encourage hosts to offer multiple different colors of paint because the paint symbolizes standing up against bullying for all “colors” of skin. Then direct students to press their handprints on posters, papers, or a designated area. Hosts can choose to go paper free and just take pictures of the participants painted hands.
During the event take photos of the participants painting and the event. All images will be credited to the host/school and will be placed on PAB’s social media networks.
Send all photos to [email protected]
Define It Define It was created in 2013 and dedicated to Amanda Todd who was a fifteen-year-old Canadian teenager who committed suicide. She posted a YouTube video explaining her bullying situation in school and her story went viral through the Internet. Define It is PAB’s newest campaign. It strives to educate students and teachers on the various definitions of bullying that individuals experience cross-culturally. Define it has been implemented internationally in schools and communities across the world. PAB hopes to raise awareness of the prevalence of bullying while also encouraging students to communicate their experiences to adults and friends. This campaign is for all ages. #defineit #projectantibully
Hosting and Implementing Materials needed:
1. Copies of Project Anti-Bully’s Define It Template. The amount of posters printed will depend on the amount of participants and the host’s self-budget.
2. Markers or pens. 3. Participants (students, parents, teachers, and etc.) 4. A camera (cell phone camera, professional camera, or etc.)
Instructions
Direct the participants to write their definition of what “bullying” or “cyberbullying” is on the Define It template.
Explain to participants that by participating in PAB’s Define It campaign they taking a stand against bullying that will be recognized globally.
Engage with the students and ask them to explain their definitions. You can ask: How has bullying affected your life personally? Have you ever seen other students being bullied? Have you ever experienced cyberbullying?
Take a photo of each of participants holding their “Define It” poster. All images will be credited to the host/school and will be placed on PAB’s social media networks.
Send all photos to [email protected]
