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Congratulations to the 2025 Students with Solutions “Speak Up About Speaking Up” Video Winner!
Bessemer City Middle School 6th graders (Alabama), under the guidance of Dr. Yuvraj Verma, won the video category. To address this year’s theme of self-advocacy, they created an inspiring video featuring over 90 students titled “The Power of Speaking Up.” Each student spoke with strong conviction about the benefits of self-advocacy and how it not only helps with bullying, but with self-confidence as well. “It’s about courage, kindness, and standing together,” they said.
11th Annual Unity Awards!
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center Unity Awards, first held in 2015, recognize individuals and groups who are helping to prevent bullying and create a kinder, more accepting, and inclusive world. Examples of bullying prevention efforts may include empowering others to take positive action, advocating for those who need support, or sharing acts of kindness that cause a ripple effect in a community. Nominate an individual or group who is making a difference!
Nominations closed March 31, 2025
National Bullying Prevention Month (NBPM) held during October | Save-the-Date for Unity Day: October 25, 2025
A month long event to prevent childhood bullying and promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. On Unity Day, plan to wear and share the color orange — as a tangible representation of the supportive, universal message that our society wants to prevent bullying, and is united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.
Take action to address acne-based bullying
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center is pleased to partner with Liquid Oxygen Skincare’s campaign to increase awareness of and address acne-based bullying. We are looking for youth (ages 14-21) like Larkin, pictured here and featured in this video to share their story about acne and bullying to be a part of the solution to help others! Want to learn more? Email [email protected]
Bullying Prevention 101
This quick guide for middle and high school students provides helpful information on what bullying is, who is involved, the roles played, and bullying prevention rights, along with ideas for advocacy and self-advocacy.
Student Action Plan Against Bullying
Ready to take action to address bullying? Maybe not sure how to start? As a student, bullying is something that impacts you, your peers, and your school – whether you’re the target of bullying, a witness, or the person who bullies. Bullying can end, but that won’t happen unless students, parents, and educators work together and take action.
Tell Us Why You Care
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I care because bullying hurts people's feelings and makes people feel sad. Bullying is bad because it makes people feel negatively about themselves.
Leeraz — 12
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Bullying hurts everyone. It is very mean 🙁 and I do not enjoy being bullied. It makes me sad and other people sad. Don't be a bully. I've been bullied and it is not fun.
Geremy — 14
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harassing someone is a really pitiful and cowardly act because it represents the disgust that we have for ourselves and we put it on someone fragile or defenseless
if you are mad at someone go explain yourself to the person but do not come and hit others.
Déborah — 14
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Bullying is hurtful to anyone. But if you're going through it tell an adult immediately because if you don't they're going to keep thinking they have power over you or can control you.This is a serious issue.
#Greatoakstudent — 12
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I care because any type of bullying could lead into self-harm and from there it could lead to suicide. All people should be treated equally instead of being treated differently. There are times where the people who are getting bullied are going through rough times and it's not fair because they come to school knowing it's gonna be a challenge for them.
Aide — 12
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No one deserves to be bullied for no reason.
Braydon — 11
Stories
Bullying
May 19, 2025
I was always a victim of bullying. Kids used to do mean things to me all the time. I didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t want to trouble them. One day in middle school, a group of seniors had plotted something against me. They pushed me and called me mean names and recorded a video of it on youtube, luckily I found it and reported it. I told my mom and she told the principal. Nobody messed with me anymore.