Anti-Bullying Film to be Shown
District 3 Gwinnett Board of Education candidate Jen Falk will present a showing of award-winning movie 'Bully' at AMC Theater at Discover Mills and program at Red Clay Theatre in Duluth.
There will be a showing of the award-winning movie “Bully” at the AMC Theater at Discover Mills in Lawrencevllle at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19. Jen Falk, a candidate for the District 3 post on the Gwinnett Board of Education, procured the film for the showing in Gwinnett County. “Ninety-seven percent of middle school students say they have been bullied while online, and 1 out of 4 teens are bullied every day,” said Falk in a press release announcing the film as part of a series of events she is sponsoring to raise awareness about bullying and preventing it. “The film ‘Bully’ is an eye-opening documentary-style account of how widespread bullying is, and I along with others in the community wanted to raise public awareness and create …
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Sheila Cornelius
9:44 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Parents, students, teachers, administrators and community leaders have a chance to get ahead of this issue by attending this event and initiating talks about this subject as school begins. Discuss the behavior, the process for reporting and the need for protecting students. more ›