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Submit your nomination for the Unity Awards today!
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 due March 31, 2025
Join the Students with Solutions Challenge!
K-12 students are invited to join PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center Students with Solutions Challenge. The SWS Challenge is a creative way for adults to engage youth in bullying prevention conversations while they learn how to speak up for themselves and their peers. To participate, students can share creative videos, artwork, and posters to be featured on NBPC websites with a chance to win some awesome prizes!
Submissions due 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 want to let people not bully me and don't hurt people's feelings and be respectful.
Luke — 17
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I care because everyone should be treated the way they want to be treated
Mona — 14
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bulling is not good don't do it
a — 12
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bullies should be stopped because there's so many kids that get bullied and the only way to stop a bully is to stand up to them.
hayley t. — 12
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I care because bullying can make kids feel like they have no self-value, which is not true. Bullying can also lead students to self-harm, which is a terrible things. I care because I am tired of students hating school because of the bullies they meet there. I care because I am tired of students' mental and physical health being affected by bullies.
Mary — 15
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I care because bullying is just unfair for anyone who is being bullied. Most bullies think that it is okay to bully people but in reality, it hurts emotionally and physically. So if you see someone bullying tell an adult or stop/ ignore them. Just stop bullying please because it hurts no matter if it's physical or emotional.
Ferhan —
Stories
Don’t be a Bystander, be a Upstander
May 2, 2025
When I was little, my sister (she prefers to stay anonymous) would always play outside with her friends. Her friends were “popular”, and they would always hang out at the park with her under certain circumstances. For example, if she brought candy, or brought pencils that they could use. If she didn’t bring these things, she would get kicked out of the friend group for the day, or even hurt.
When my mom, or I asked her how she was feeling, she would always lie about it, and say that she had an amazing day. My mom started noticing that my sister would always take things. It started with little things like a pack of candies now and then, but then it grew, like my mom’s earrings, or her necklaces. My mom would question my sister about it, but my sister would shake it off, and say that she just wanted to wear it for the day, and our mom was too busy to hear her ask beforehand. Also, when my mom would ask her how her bruises showed up, and she said that she just walked into something, or it appeared without her noticing.
Finally one day after she came with a black eye, she told us that her friends were bullying her. She said she was too scared to tell us before, because the girls said that if she said anything they would hurt her more. My mom decided to let my sister move schools, and talked to the friend’s parents about the bullying.
In the end, she wanted to share the message that you should speak to a trusted adult if you are getting bullied, even if you have a potential threat, because the trusted adult will always figure a way out.