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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 is a horrible thing to do the person getting bullied can become depressed, lonley, insecure ,and even could think about self-harm. I would never want to feel that way so I care and I help prevent bullying and help the person getting bullied.
Sage — 12
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I care because I have seen the effects of bullying on friends and class mates. No one deserves to be treated that way or to feel that lonely, angry, sad, or humiliated. You never know what someone is going through and to add being bullied on top of anything else makes everything that much worse.
Isabella — 15
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I care because bullying is not right and no one should ever feel scared that they might be verbally or physically hurt, bullying can cause depression/suicidal thoughts, anxiety, change in behavior, etc.
Chloe — 12
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I CARE BECAUSE BULLYING IS BAD AND CAN BRING DOWN YOUR SELF ESTEEM
callum — 11
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Bullying should be stopped because it is not okay and it can really hurt someone's feelings so you need to treat someone the way that you want to be treated.
Aubrey — 11
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Bullying is no good. You should never bully another person because of something going on in your personal life. If you are being bullied, tell a trusted adult, like your parent or teacher. If you witness someone being bullied, tell an adult. And if you are the bully in this situation, you are low key kinda cringe for that, and you should stop and talk with a trusted adult about your nasty behavior.
Walter — 15
Stories
friends or devils
July 7, 2025
i am in class 8 and a lot of girls really dont like us, me and my friend. they call me a witch and say that i do black magic. i feel isolated . i endured this for 3 years since class 6 to 8 i started doing self harm. my family found out about it and they will ‘think’ of making me a day scholar as i live in a hostel i dont know what’s gonna happen so please tell someone who u trust.