Three students from the Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology (CSPP) program within the Department of Educational Psychology led the anti-bullying charge at Richfield Middle School in Richfield, Minnesota. The students, Nicole Byrnes, Jessica Jacobson, and Amy Kubat, worked closely with staff and students to promote the anti-bullying month.
As part of movement, t-shirts were made reading “The Power of 1” on the front and a Robert Frost poem on the back. “The Power of 1” derives from the idea that it takes one person to stand up to a bully. The more of us that put forth our “power,” the less bullying that will occur.
To give this a little more creativity, staff members, including these creative interns, dressed up in superhero gear and took pictures to be posted throughout the school for students to see.
Read more about the initiative here.