October is National Bullying Prevention Month; Our Nation’s Youth are at Risk
CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Buckets Over Bullying, a non-profit initiative whose mission is to stop cyberbullying of children and teens through education, lawmaking and legal action, will host its first Social Media Safety Rally in Chicago next month.
Aimed at Chicago middle-schoolers, high schoolers and their parents, the Buckets Over Bullying Social Media Safety Rally, in partnership with The Organization for Social Media Safety and the Jesse White Foundation, will be held at the Jesse White Community Center located at 412 W Chicago Ave. on Saturday, November 5, 2022. Click here for more information on the free event. Space is limited and registration to attend is required.
Buckets Over Bullying is the Bronstein family’s call to action. Their beloved son and brother, Nate Bronstein, took his own life on January 13, 2022 at the age of 15. He was harassed, humiliated and threatened by classmates at a Chicago independent school through text messages and social media. He received the ultimate threat (“Go kill yourself!”) via a Snapchat message.
“My family saw firsthand the effects of cyberbullying with the loss of my son and we can no longer ignore the life-threatening effects of this epidemic. Cyberbullying is the most common danger for kids today and our organization is focused on taking action and creating change to put an end to this,” said Robert Bronstein, Co-Founder of Buckets Over Bullying. “Our children need better protections in place. We hope to rally our local community and unite communities across the country to take every action necessary to end this.”
The Nov. 5th Buckets Over Bullying Social Media Safety Rally will consist of two sessions, morning (10 a.m. CT) and afternoon (2 p.m. CT), led by experienced topical educators, Ed Peisner and Marc Berkman, the founder and CEO respectively, from The Organization for Social Media Safety, an award-winning, national nonprofit that protects families from social media-related dangers through education, advocacy, and technology development. They will present age-appropriate information for youth, grades 6-12, and their parents. Topics will include: preventing cyberbullying; how to fight back against social media addiction; understanding social media-motivated violence and how to help stop it; and safely reacting to and helping reduce hate speech on social media.
