Step Up, Speak Out, End Bullying: PSA Showcase and Awards Event

Saturday, April 27 at 10:00am

Free Admission

The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding presents the second-annual PSA showcase to end bullying!

Join students, parents, teachers and community members for a showcase and awards ceremony for student produced 30 second public service announcements themed “BYSTANDER EMPOWERMENT!” The End of Bullying Task Force of the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding along with the Pima County Attorney’s Office and Cox Communications invite the community to attend this powerful event as we watch solutions to bullying through students video art.

Admission is free for all and we will have free popcorn, water and T-shirts for the first 300 youth. Lastly, thanks to Cox Communications, we will have a raffle for an iPad for one lucky audience member (you must be present to win.)

Present will be 12 year old Levi Fallavollita, local author of “The Good, the Bad and the Bullies” published in 2012. I just heard Levi and his mother Chantel (who was bullied as a child for a physical disability) speak at 2nd Annual Youth & Peace conference at Doolen Middle School on March 16. Levi is on a mission to do what he can to stop bullies, as he was a victim in elementary school.

Our community needs to have a zero tolerance attitude to bullying of children and each other.

From Loft Cinema: http://www.loftcinema.com/endbullying

Saturday, April 28th at 10:00 am
Free Admission

In honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding presents “Step Up, Speak Out, End Bullying: PSA Showcase and Awards”.

The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding wants to find out what your solutions to bullying are and to share them with Southern Arizona. They are inviting you to take part in their Public Service Announcement contest by creating your own 30-second video PSA with the theme “Step Up, Speak Out, End Bullying.”

Cash and prizes are up for grabs and the winning PSAs will be aired on local television and converted to radio format. It’s your chance to Step Up, Speak Out and End Bullying.

Those entering are encouraged to have fun with the process, to be creative and to choose positive, nonviolent solutions for dealing with this issue. Good luck and thank you for joining us as we continue to strive for the end of bullying.

For details about submitting a PSA, go to www.endofbullying.com

A Project of the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding in Collaboration with:
Cox Communications, Pima County Attorney’s Office, Homicide Survivors, So. AZ Center Against Sexual Assault, Our Family Services, Tucson Unified School District, Community Partnership of So. AZ, Wingspan, and the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind.

update: Take the Civility Pledge & notes from this PSA event (click here).

Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse provides domestic abuse crisis intervention and housing, prevention and education, and support and advocacy services to women and children. Emerge! is the largest domestic abuse shelter and provider of domestic abuse prevention and abuse programs in Southern Arizona.
24-Hour Bilingual Crisis Line and Shelter:
(520) 795-4266
(888) 428-0101 Toll-free

Pima County Board of Supervisors just voted yesterday to allocate $100,000 from their Contingency fund to keep Emerge! operating. Since October is DV Awareness month and this is the only emergency shelter left in Tucson for victims of DV (mostly women & children), please help if you can as well.

Website: http://www.emergecenter.org/

As the former Interim Director of the DV Commission (before it went bankrupt due to unpaid federal payroll taxes by the previous Executive Director) and a former practicing attorney for an Americorps DV Victims Project, I would like to emphasize the importance of education & prevention & intervention in DV situations. I still remember a case I had back in Hawaii where I and another woman attorney were representing a young wife, who had been brutally hit on the head by her husband with a metal bucket. Right in front of us, as we were talking with her, their 2 year old son picked up a toy bucket and hit it on the head of another child. It was disturbing to see this abusive, copying behavior learned at a very young age.

List of activities for DV Awareness month from Emerge’s website:

http://www.emergecenter.org/about-us/domestic-violence-awareness-month/

October 3-6: Clothesline Project at University of Arizona Mall. Anyone (not limited to UA students) can participate in this activity by designing a t-shirt depicting the impact domestic abuse has had on them, their family, and/or their community.

October 8: Binational Health Fair presented by the Mexican Consulate (9am-2pm- El Pueblo Community Center, Room 1A)

October 10-12: Purple Flag Display (UA Mall, ongoing). Oasis Health Services at the University of Arizona will display 1 flag for each domestic abuse-related death in the last year. This is a time of memorial and observance of those who have lost their lives to domestic abuse.

October 12th: Candlelight Vigil at San Xavier District (4pm-7pm- San Xavier District Conference Room). This is an informational fair to be followed by a candlelight vigil.

October 13th: 10th Annual Community Celebration and Crime Prevention Fair, presented by the 29th Street Coalition (5:30pm-7:30pm- Freedom Park, 5000 E. 29th Street). This annual event brings together nonprofit, government, business and community organizations to provide fun and activities! Fun for all ages – email annual29thcelebration@yahoo.com for more information.

October 14th: Tucson Meet Yourself (11am-5pm, Outside Pima County Administration Building). Emerge! and the Pima County Attorney’s Office will be providing information to Tucson Meet Yourself attendees and will have fun activities for children. Stop by our tables!

October 15th: Delta Chi Lambda Basketball Tournament (9am-3pm, Bear Down Gymnasium). Delta Chi Lambda is sponsoring a basketball tournament, and all proceeds will benefit Emerge!.

October 15th: Tucson Meet Yourself (10am-5pm, Outside Pima County Administration Building). Emerge! and the Pima County Attorney’s Office will be providing information to Tucson Meet Yourself attendees and will have fun activities for children. Stop by our tables!

October 15th: heART Show (11am-4pm, Offices of Dr. Carol McGonigle- 1802 E. Prince Road). A local art show/sale to benefit Emerge!, Featuring art from past Emerge! participants, children in Emerge! programs, and local artists who are donating their time/artwork.

October 15th: Tucson Pride (10am-8pm, Kino Sports Complex). Emerge! and the Pima County Attorney’s Office will be present to provide fun games for children and tons of information for adults.

October 16th: Tucson Meet Yourself (11am-4pm, Outside Pima County Administration Building). Emerge! and the Pima County Attorney’s Office will be providing information to Tucson Meet Yourself attendees and will have fun activities for children. Stop by our tables!

October 17th-19th: Clothesline Project at University of Arizona Mall. Anyone (not limited to UA students) can participate in this activity by designing a t-shirt depicting the impact domestic abuse has had on them, their family, and/or their community.

October 22nd: Show @ Eclipse Bar (9pm-11:30pm- 1601 North Oracle Rd). A local performance artist and volunteer artists will participate in a show to benefit Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse. Must be 21+ to enter.

October 29th: Marana Founder’s Day Festival (9am-4pm, Ora Mar Harn Park)- Emerge! and the Pima County Attorney’s Office will be present with information for adults, fun and games for children. Family friendly event- great for all ages!

October 30th: Marana Founder’s Day Festival (10am-4pm, Ora Mar Harn Park)- Emerge! and the Pima County Attorney’s Office will be present with information for adults, fun and games for children. Family friendly event- great for all ages!