Athlete’s against Bullying
2011 Kickoff
" Big Boys Don't Bully"
On January 16, 2011, BBIT along with 30 athletes/students from Trinity, Steelton, McDevitt, Palmyra, and Harrisburg High schools were successful in completing an anti bully video “Athletes against Bullying” aimed towards children and teens all across Pennsylvania. BBIT would like to share this video with school districts across
5. Broderick Simmons-Settles 6. Cameron Lidnickey 7. Clayton McNair 8. Hayden Akers
9. J’Lynn McCann 10. Jon Hicks 11. Jordan Mitchel 12. Julian Grant 13. Keagan Shaw 14. Kyler Burk 15.
Larry Rascoe 16. Larry Zimmerman 17. Max Ward 18. Nate Greene 19. Stasia King 20. Tanner Brown 21.
TaQiyya Burrs 22. Todd Abrey 23. Vaughn Jones 24. Vik Shenoy 25. Xavier Gates 26. Garrett McNally
Athlete’s against bullying is a program designed for grades 2nd through 6th we at BBIT feel that it is important that we educate our students about bullying. Education is very important, and most at-risk youth have so many other obstacles that may occur from the time students wake up and start their day. Our Bully prevention program has been put into place so that students will not have to worry about bullying in the schools or in the community. BBIT and the athlete’s we select will stand up for our youth teaching them that it’s not ok to be pushed around and positive ways to deal with these types of conflicts.
The Athlete’s against Bullying will be visiting your school leading your students through a 1-hour presentation on the issue of bullying. Throughout the presentation bullying will be defined, and strategies for victims and bystanders will be addressed in an interactive format. We will use fun and interactive role play along with athletes from all sport and backgrounds demonstrating some of the conflicts that bullying may cause and how to deal with them.
Definition of Bullying
Bullying can be defined as the use of one's strength or status to intimidate, injure, or humiliate another person of lesser strength or status. Bullying can be categorized as physical, verbal, or social. Physical bullying involves physical injury or threat of injury to someone, while verbal bullying refers to teasing or insulting someone. Social bullying refers to the use of peer rejection or exclusion to humiliate or isolate a victim. Bullying must be distinguished from other forms of peer aggression or conflict; bullying always involves a power imbalance between the bully and the victim (Besag, 1989; Olweus, 1993).
