Friday, December 10th, Integrity held a bullying prevention workshop for people who work with youth - and a candlelight vigil to remember those we've lost recently to suicide at St Peter's parish in Lewes.
Some resources from our time together:
Warning Signs That A Child is Being Bullied
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration
Teen Suicide Warning Signs
from Teen Suicide Prevention
Monitoring Teenage Phones and Facebook
from the July 2, 2010, New York Times Well Blog
by Tara Parker-Pope
Helping Both the Victim and the Bully
from the July 8, 2010, New York Times Well Blog
by Tara Parker-Pope
Effects of bullying worse for teens
From 10/29/04, NewScientist.com by Helen Phillips
My Child is Being Bullied--
What Should I Do?
From EmpoweringParents.com by Elisabeth Wilkins
How to Deal with Teen Depression
if you are Being Bullied
From Bright Bulb 9/30/10 article by Victoria Rodriguez Baziuk
Oddly enough, or perhaps not so oddly, 12 years ago, I was part of a candlelight vigil in college to remember Matthew Shepherd and join together against hate crime. Matthew had transferred out just before I arrived at school - so I didn't know him but we shared many friends. I had been invited to speak at the vigil as a Christian leader on Campus and I don't remember a lot about the evening except being very apologetic more Christians had not come. Many of my friends couldn't reconcile standing on common ground, against hate, in our school's Chapel, at an event hosted by the Gay & Lesbian Student Alliance.
12 years later we're still holding vigils for GLBTQ students that have died. We're not talking about hate crime but bullying, and cyber bullying. They are the current buzz words. What's the line between committing a hate crime and bullying? It's easy to callously say Matthew was beaten and left to die and these students took their own lives... but, how different is that really? The end result was the stripping of dignity and loss of life, lives even.
It just makes me very sad. No matter what theology you hold regarding homosexuality - no one deserves to be made to feel that hopeless, alone, or worthless. Thank you Integrity and St Peter's for a beautiful evening. I hope and pray that this was my last vigil of this kind.
Some resources from our time together:
Warning Signs That A Child is Being Bullied
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration
Teen Suicide Warning Signs
from Teen Suicide Prevention
Monitoring Teenage Phones and Facebook
from the July 2, 2010, New York Times Well Blog
by Tara Parker-Pope
Helping Both the Victim and the Bully
from the July 8, 2010, New York Times Well Blog
by Tara Parker-Pope
Effects of bullying worse for teens
From 10/29/04, NewScientist.com by Helen Phillips
My Child is Being Bullied--
What Should I Do?
From EmpoweringParents.com by Elisabeth Wilkins
How to Deal with Teen Depression
if you are Being Bullied
From Bright Bulb 9/30/10 article by Victoria Rodriguez Baziuk
Oddly enough, or perhaps not so oddly, 12 years ago, I was part of a candlelight vigil in college to remember Matthew Shepherd and join together against hate crime. Matthew had transferred out just before I arrived at school - so I didn't know him but we shared many friends. I had been invited to speak at the vigil as a Christian leader on Campus and I don't remember a lot about the evening except being very apologetic more Christians had not come. Many of my friends couldn't reconcile standing on common ground, against hate, in our school's Chapel, at an event hosted by the Gay & Lesbian Student Alliance.
12 years later we're still holding vigils for GLBTQ students that have died. We're not talking about hate crime but bullying, and cyber bullying. They are the current buzz words. What's the line between committing a hate crime and bullying? It's easy to callously say Matthew was beaten and left to die and these students took their own lives... but, how different is that really? The end result was the stripping of dignity and loss of life, lives even.
It just makes me very sad. No matter what theology you hold regarding homosexuality - no one deserves to be made to feel that hopeless, alone, or worthless. Thank you Integrity and St Peter's for a beautiful evening. I hope and pray that this was my last vigil of this kind.
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