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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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Because it can affect their health and own being
Kai — 12
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I was bullied for over a decade almost non stop. It severely impacted my mental health and I am only still here because of God and those who chose to accept me when I was rejected. I know the terrible loneliness of feeling completely unwanted. I know the shame and the hurt that runs so deep you feel utterly worthless and like trash. I know the power that words can have and how they can cut deep and leave scars for life. I see the hurt. I cannot turn away. I want to stand with the bullied and take the hurt with them, speak up for them, defend them, and hear them and befriend them.
You never know how far a little kindness can go. It can save someone’s life. It surely did for me many times.
I care because I know this pain all too well and it is my honor to be there for someone else in this pain.
Bethany — 28
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I care because when I first started school I got bullied for a lot of things and I don't want other people to go through the same thing that I had to go through. In school, you're there to learn, not to get treated poorly, or to treat others poorly.
Elijah — 11
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I care because i don't think people should have to go through bullying
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I care about ending bullying because everyone deserves kindness.
Amaya — 12
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I care because people should all be treated equally.
Olivia — 14
Stories
Bullying
May 19, 2025
I was always a victim of bullying. Kids used to do mean things to me all the time. I didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t want to trouble them. One day in middle school, a group of seniors had plotted something against me. They pushed me and called me mean names and recorded a video of it on youtube, luckily I found it and reported it. I told my mom and she told the principal. Nobody messed with me anymore.