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MEDIA RELEASE – From Tragedy to Transformation: SLF’s Commitment to Ending Bullying and Preventing Suicide

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MEDIA RELEASE – From Tragedy to Transformation: SLF’s Commitment to Ending Bullying and Preventing Suicide

For Immediate Release – October 7th, 2024 CONTACT – Jeremy Steffan Edwards, Executive Director Every child in Trinidad and Tobago deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential. They deserve to attend school in an environment that fosters growth, creativity, and safety — free from the destructive forces of bullying, fear, and violence. Yet, these very forces continue to grip our nation’s youth, stifling their dreams and dimming their futures. Fifteen-year-old Jayden Lalchan was one of those bright young stars,…

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Speaking Up Against Bullying: Tips for Being an Upstander and Not a Bystander

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Bullying definitions are diverse but often share similar traits. An act of bullying involves aggressive behaviour over a period of time that is unwanted on the part of the victim, has a negative impact on an individual(s) and involves an uneven balance of power. It is not a one-off incident but rather persistent and repetitive acts of aggression. The effects of bullying can be devastating, leaving one feeling weak, oppressed, threatened and vulnerable. Bullying includes actions such as making threats,…

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SLF Commemorates #BlueShirtDay with Launch of Anti-Bullying School Survey

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MEDIA RELEASE 06.10.19 Monday October 7, 2019 is designated as World Day of Bullying Prevention or #BlueShirtDay. On this day, students, teachers, staff and all other allies are encouraged to wear blue to raise awareness of the need for action to end bullying in our schools. In 2018, The Silver Lining Foundation (SLF) launched the 2016 Trinidad and Tobago School Climate Survey Report on Bullying and Gender-Based Violence in secondary schools across Trinidad and Tobago. This study was the first…

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BHC Sponsors 3rd Safer Classrooms Workshop

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The third cycle of our Teacher Training Workshop sponsored by the British High Commission, Port of Spain (@ukincaribbean) aims to foster safer classrooms. The main intent is to build capacity for teachers on mitigating enabling conditions for bullying and classroom-based indiscipline. SLF sought to address bullying and violence within the framework of sexual diversity, as a result from the findings discovered through the Ministry-approved climate survey report of Secondary Schools in 2016-2017, that centered on bullying, attitudes toward LGBT persons,…

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Buddies Over Bullies

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Happy Bullying Prevention Month! This month is particularly important for the Silver Lining Foundation as it reminds us of the genesis of the foundation – to serve as a guardian body for marginalized youth who are or have been victims of bullying, seeking to prevent suicide and discrimination. While our primary focus is centered on youth under the framework of sexual diversity and gender identity and expression, we are charged with tackling bullying and discrimination as a general notion. Bullying…

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