Respect for All Program

 

 

The Respect for All project goal is to create safe, hate-free schools and communities by giving youth and the adults who guide their development the tools they need to talk openly about diversity and the prevention of prejudice. Through this project, the YWCA SGV trains teachers to effectively respond to incidents of bullying and supports them as they implement the curriculum, which teaches youth empathy and ways to take a stand against bullying. The program was originally developed by Groundspark, a San Francisco-based national non-profit that creates films and educational campaigns to uproot entrenched prejudices.

Each year, 3.2 million students in grades 6-10 are targets of bullying and 3.7 million students engage in bullying. An estimated 160,000 U.S. students skip school daily to avoid being bullied. One out of every ten students who drops out of school does so because of bullying. The problem is so extreme that, in fact, 30% of all child suicides can be directly related to bullying.

The California Department of Public Health officially recognizes Respect for All as a promising strategy that reduces bias-based discrimination and bullying among teenagers. For more information, or to request a presentation, please call 626-960-2995 or email info@ywcasgv.org