WCL Against Bullying

Mission Statement: 
We are part of the Women of Color Leadership Seminar at Ánimo Watts College Preparatory Academy. Our mission, along with Girls Build LA’s help, is to make our schools and communities better by putting a halt to bullying.

Project Need
Our team will be working on a series of interventions including a community carnival and school documentary that focus on undercovering the prevalence of bullying, as well as possible solution. Our documentary will feature students and staff from our school that have been impacting by bullying, including not only the victim, but also the perpetrator. We want to interview these individuals so that we can put a face on bullying; we want to broadcast this epidemic and show how it affects us as we grow and mature. We want more people to take a stand against bullying and fight it head on so that we can eventually eradicate this problem. We are hoping to decrease the amount of bullying throughout all schools and communities.  ​

Projected Timeline
December 2016:
Contact local organizations who can form part of our community carnival
Finalize advertisements and logos
Begin T-shirt Designs

January 2017
Spread the word!
Class by class presentations
Place advertisements in neighboring schools and businesses

February 2017
Bullying Awareness Carnival!

Spring 2017
On-going filming for documentary
On-going promotion of app Tip2Help to track prevalance of bullying at our school and conduct regular data analyses

Anticipated Outcomes

Increase in reporting of cases of bullying through app Tip2Help

Distribution of resources and strategies for our educators, parents, and peers to take charge in our fight against bullying

Development and distrubution of a curriculum -- that will our planning process, events, documentary, and guiding questions -- for local school leaders to begin this work at their own schools. 

Most importantly, a safer school community where the bullies and bullied cease to exist.