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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 care because I know how it would feel to have someone say something bad about you, say bad things that you can't control.
Adriana — 12
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I Care Because a lot of people hurt themselves for someone telling them they are horrible, and judging them for their likes.
Bernie — 11
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I care because a lot of lives and feelings have been hurt because of bullying.
Leithen — 12
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I care because its important not to hurt others feelings and I want our community to be safe.
Gabrielle — 15
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it is sad that people get bullied and it needs to stop.
jackson — 15
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it's hurtful
nat — 13
Stories
The bullying and the hate you give
March 4, 2025
I’ve have always been a shy chills you see I have a few disabilities and it can be very hard for me school. when I was younger was great but when I got into 7th grade everything changed. my best friend had moved out of my school. I was sad I had another friend but eventually he left too and he began to bully me my entire year of 7th grade it was absolutely horrible. people would laugh at me in the hallways it felt as though everyone in my school hated me but my x friend was the worst he was so rude to me. he would get other people to laugh at me in the hallways and would cyber bully me a lot. this was hard for me especially at this time because some of my family members had been sick in the hospital so I’d be home crying my eyes out everyday. eventually Covid happened and that’s what saved me from all the bullying. then 8th grade came around and I met some new friends. but it turns out they were all fake friends and turned against me and sides with my ex best friend. they bullied mercilessly and cyber bully me all the time. I remember my breaking point is when they made death threats to me and began telling me each day to kill myself. it was horrible. I eventually got help and the police almost got involved it was that bad bc I was being cyber bullied. but the dean of students helped me and my counselor helped bring the bullying to a stop. the bullies got in trouble badly. They luckily all left 8th grade and there is another bullying story I have about my junior year but that’s for another day. I’m a senior now and things are okay. I have friends in theater now but I still think about my bullies at times and it helped me grow as a person. just know you’re not alone and to keep going and know that there’s always light at the end of darkness.