This is National Bullying Prevention Month. I’m sorry it needs its own month but it’s such a big issue that we need to address it during October and every month after. Kids mental and emotional — and sadly — physical…
I’ve taken my foot off the pedal the past few months. I have to admit to fatigue. At times, I feel like a cheerleader for a team that only wins a few games a year and can’t seem to fill…
The reason I invested so much of my time in The Bully Project in it’s development stage is because I feel strongly that people need to see the problem in order to fix the problem. Bully allows us to see…
The Bully Project premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this past week. Since I had been involved with the film in its early stages, I took my 17-year old son to see it. It got a standing ovation. It got…
I defy you to look at this trailer for The Bully Project and not understand that our kids are suffering. Sometimes it’s hard to walk into a classroom and be able to identify who, along with their backpack, is carrying…
The Bully Project will be featured on tonight’s 20/20 on ABC at 9/8C. Award-winning director Lee Hirsch and co-producer Cynthia Lowen were featured in a Tangled Ball Award post at the beginning of the month. I think the Long family…
Some are Waiting for Superman. I’m waiting for The Bully Project. Award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch’s The Bully Project is a labor of love and promises to expose the true nature of bullying. Lee, and co-producer Cynthia Lowen, had unprecedented full…
Alex is one of the featured students in the upcoming feature-length documentary, The Bully Project. It’s hard not to feel the pain of bullying after seeing this clip. Plain and simple: Kids like Alex need someone — anyone — to…
If you saw Alex Perry in the school hallway, you might not guess that this is what she was thinking. There are many kids like Alex in schools. We just have to see them, step up and not let other…
When I get a little tired and think, “Why did I decide to take on bullying? This is too big and too hard. My career in television and public relations was fine,” I think about Alex. Alex has Asperger’s and…