Archived News - 2020

Order the official T-shirt or yard signs to help prevent bullying!

Posted: 8/28/2020

PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center has partnered with Represent to sell our official bullying prevention t-shirt and yard signs. All of the net proceeds help PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center continue our work to promote kindness, inclusion, and acceptance! Order your t-shirt by September 25th for guaranteed delivery before Unity Day (October 21st); campaign orders closes at the end of October. Learn more and purchase at: represent.com/pacer.

The Wall Street Journal

Posted: 6/4/2020

The article “As Children Spend More Time Online, Predators Follow,” by Sarah Needleman of the Wall Street Journal talks about the rise in dangerous online behavior due to COVID-19 and kids spending more time online, as well as what parents can do about. Julie Hertzog, director of PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center shares, "Kids who suffer most are the ones who stay silent about it. Giving them a voice in the solution is important." Read the full article and learn more about what parents can do.

Kindness, Lip Balm, and Purposeful Connection

Posted: 1/29/2020

Kind Lips founder Josh Neumann created his company with one key purpose in mind: to spread kindness around the world, “one set of a lips at a time.” As a purpose-driven brand, the lip balm company ensures that 20% of its profits are donated to anti-bullying efforts.

Kind Lips’s philosophy is to “be kind TO your lips and be kind WITH your lips.” Since 2017, Neumann has continued growing a socially responsible, high-quality personal care products company, made in America and created with the purpose of reminding people to speak with kindness toward each other.

As part of the company’s philosophy and philanthropic approach, Neumann has worked with anti-bullying organizations like PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center to spread awareness about the power of kindness in bullying prevention. To date, nearly $27,000 and 40,000 tubes have been donated to schools in partnership with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center.

Read the full article on Forbes.com.

Teens Push Back Against Culture of Meanness

Posted: 1/29/2020

Last week, the Ad Council launched a new short film, “A Message from the Future,” as part of the Because of You campaign, a public service advertising campaign to address teen bullying. The new work encourages teens to consider the long-lasting impact of their actions in a culture where meanness is normalized, in order to create a more empathetic, inclusive community.

Using an innovative technology technique, the teens in the ad were aged up to show how our words and actions can impact someone’s day, year, or life. Teens were surprised with a live message from their technologically aged friend, thanking them for stepping in when they were experiencing bullying and explaining how words and actions can have long-lasting effects.

PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center was one of the key nonprofit partners supporting this new campaign with the Ad Council, helping extend the film and its important message to its vast and growing audience of youth who are committed to bullying prevention.

Read the full press release for the film, “A Message from the Future.”