Steven Goldstein, Chair and CEO of Garden State Equality
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Alex Redcay
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Rutgers Upward Bound 2011 Youth Summit Against Bullying
Summit Information
This program will serve as the opening event for TRIO week and co-sponsored with the Vice-President of Undergraduate Education, Campus Dean of Livingston, Project Civility, the New Jersey Pride Alliance, Hudson Pride Connections Center, New Jersey Coalition of Bullying Awareness and Prevention.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Location:
Livingston Campus Student Center, Multipurpose Room
Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Registration is now closed.
Summit Schedule
Registration: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome: 9:00 AM
Panel: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM (The Panel will be comprised of individuals who have knowledge or experience with violence or bullying either by experience or authority.)
Keynote Session/Book Signing: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Vehicles of Changes Workshop & Reception: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Day Overview
Panel:
The Panel will be comprised of individuals who have knowledge or experience with violence or bullying either by experience or authority.
Keynote Presentation:
Jodee Blanco will be the keynote speaker for the day who has been recognized as one of the experts on bullying in America. Her book is often referred to by many as the “the anti bullying bible”. Published works of Jodee Blanco include but are not limited to: “Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman’s Inspirational Story”, and “Please Stop Laughing at Us”., Jodee Blanco has effectively intervened in many bullying related attempted suicides and acts of student retaliation. Miss Blanco has received the recognition by The United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Interior, the National Crime and Prevention Council, the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Association of Youth Courts. She has appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, Nancy Grace, Teen Newsweek, Oprah.com, Teacher Magazine and Scholastic.
For more information, please visit: http://www.jodeeblanco.com/.
Book Signing:
Jodee Blanco with solicit of the Rutgers Approved Barnes and Noble Bookstore will assist in the conduct a book signing the last half an hour of her presentation. Pre-signed books will also be available to help alleviate time constraints.
Opening Remarks Will Be Given By:
Panelist:
Vehicles of Change Workshop & Reception:
At the conclusion of the event a reception followed by a workshop will hosted by Jodee Blanco for invited Rutgers student leaders, teachers, community members and administrators. The goal of his workshop is to help those who are in the classroom, community and or work with youth daily to become knowledge about specific strategies for handling bullying and victims of bullying on campus and communities. At the conclusion of this workshop there will be a brief question and answer session and another small book-signing with both books authored by Jodee Blanco available.
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Alex Redcay
717.480.0585
Summit Information
This program will serve as the opening event for TRIO week and co-sponsored with the Vice-President of Undergraduate Education, Campus Dean of Livingston, Project Civility, the New Jersey Pride Alliance, Hudson Pride Connections Center, New Jersey Coalition of Bullying Awareness and Prevention.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Location:
Livingston Campus Student Center, Multipurpose Room
Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Registration is now closed.
Summit Schedule
Registration: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome: 9:00 AM
Panel: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM (The Panel will be comprised of individuals who have knowledge or experience with violence or bullying either by experience or authority.)
Keynote Session/Book Signing: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Vehicles of Changes Workshop & Reception: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Day Overview
Panel:
The Panel will be comprised of individuals who have knowledge or experience with violence or bullying either by experience or authority.
Keynote Presentation:
Jodee Blanco will be the keynote speaker for the day who has been recognized as one of the experts on bullying in America. Her book is often referred to by many as the “the anti bullying bible”. Published works of Jodee Blanco include but are not limited to: “Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman’s Inspirational Story”, and “Please Stop Laughing at Us”., Jodee Blanco has effectively intervened in many bullying related attempted suicides and acts of student retaliation. Miss Blanco has received the recognition by The United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Interior, the National Crime and Prevention Council, the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Association of Youth Courts. She has appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, Nancy Grace, Teen Newsweek, Oprah.com, Teacher Magazine and Scholastic.For more information, please visit: http://www.jodeeblanco.com/.
Book Signing:
Jodee Blanco with solicit of the Rutgers Approved Barnes and Noble Bookstore will assist in the conduct a book signing the last half an hour of her presentation. Pre-signed books will also be available to help alleviate time constraints.
Opening Remarks Will Be Given By:
- Hester Agudosi, Deputy Attorney General. She serves as the Chief of Bias Crime and Community Relations. Under the direction of the Attorney General, the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Law & Public Safety are dedicated to making New Jersey safe for all its residents and visitors.
- Steven Goldstein, Chair and CEO of Garden State Equality. From the time Steven founded Garden State Equality in 2004, New Jersey has enacted 210 LGBT civil rights laws at the statewide, county and local levels – more LGBT civil rights laws enacted in less time than in any other U.S. state, ever. PolitickerNJ.com ranks him as one of the 20 most powerful people in New Jersey politics. New Jersey Monthly ranks him as one of the state’s 100 most powerful people in all walks of life. And under Steven’s leadership, Garden State Equality became the first statewide civil rights organization in American history to be showcased in an Academy Award®-winning film.
Panelist:
- Professor Catherine Lugg, Ph.D. (Moderator)
Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration
Graduate School of Education
New Brunswick Campus Jerri Lee Harrison - Margo Saltzman
NJ Commissioner on Bullying in Schools
Member of the Central Jersey Chapter of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) - Dr. David Rogoff, LPC
President of the Pride Center of Highland Park
The PCHP is a fast-growing community center located in Highland Park, which provides a “safe space” for the LGBTIQ community.
- Dean Mark Schuster
Rutgers University Senior Dean of Students
New Brunswick Campus - Qualiyah Arrington
Rutgers University Junior Class of 2012
Treasurer of the Latina/o and People of Color Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender Union of Rutgers University (LLEGO)
Director of the Hudson Pride Connections Center Program
HPCC is located in Jersey City, which is dedicated to supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Vehicles of Change Workshop & Reception:
At the conclusion of the event a reception followed by a workshop will hosted by Jodee Blanco for invited Rutgers student leaders, teachers, community members and administrators. The goal of his workshop is to help those who are in the classroom, community and or work with youth daily to become knowledge about specific strategies for handling bullying and victims of bullying on campus and communities. At the conclusion of this workshop there will be a brief question and answer session and another small book-signing with both books authored by Jodee Blanco available.
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Alex Redcay
717.480.0585
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