Produced by Mrs Jardim Song True Colours by

Produced by: Mrs. Jardim Song: True Colours by Artists Against Bullying CYBERBULLYING

KELLY YEOMANS 13 year old English girl Took her life Sept 28, 1997 After being bullied Because of weight

DAWN MARIE WESLEY 14 year old British Columbia girl Took her life November 10, 2000 After being bullied Receiving a death threat �From three teenaged girls Felt could not get help

RYAN HALLIGAN 13 year old Vermont boy Took his life Oct 7, 2003 After bullied and cyberbullied Received homophobic instant messages

RACHEL NEBLETT 17 year old Kentucky USA girl Took her life Summer 2006 After being cyberbullied Fake My. Space account

MEGAN MEIER 13 year old Missouri girl Took her life Oct 17, 2006 After bullied by “guy” on Myspace Later found out Guy “hoax” Was parent of an ex-friend

JESSICA LOGAN 18 year old Ohio USA girl Took her life May 2008 After being bullied Sexting �Send nude photos to boyfriend

SARAH LYNN BUTLER 12 year old Arkansas girl Took her life Sept 26, 2009 Cyberbullied on My. Space Nasty comments about her

HOPE WITSELL 13 year old Florida girl Took her life September 2009 Cyber bullied for sexting Sent boy a topless photo Constant harassment

PHOEBE PRINCE 15 year old Massachusetts, UK girl Took her life January 14, 2010 After 3 months of being cyber bullied By 5 teenagers

TYLER CLEMENTI 18 -year-old Rutgers University student Took his life Sept. 22, 2010 after being humiliated online over his sexual orientation

JENNA BOWERS-BRYANTON a 15 -year-old Nova Scotia girl Took her own life in January 2011. after enduring bullying at school and online For weight

AERMIS KOLKE 13 year old Saskatchewan girl Took her life April 2011 Result of intense cyber bullying

ALLEM HALKIC 17 year old Australian boy Took his life April 2011 After being bullied online Received death threats �over 300 text messages

NICOLA ANN RAPHAEL 15 year old Scottish girl Took her life June 24, 2011 After 3 years of being bullied For Goth dress style

MITCHELL WILSON 11 -year-old with muscular dystrophy from Pickering, Ont Took own life in September, 2011 After months of being physically attacked by bullies.

JAMEY RODEMEYER 14 year old New York boy Took his life Sept 18, 2011 Constant bullying Openly bisexual Activism against homophobia

JAMIE HUBLEY 15 year old Ottawa boy Took his life Oct 15, 2011 After being constantly bullied for being openly gay Bullied since grade 7

MARJORIE RAYMOND 15 -year-old Quebec girl Took her life November 28 2011 after being tormented by bullies. 3 years of bullying

KENNETH WEISHUHN JR 14 year old Iowa USA boy Took his life April 15, 2012 After coming out as being gay A Facebook hate group created Death threats to cellphone

GRACE K. MCCOMAS 15 year old Maryland girl Took her life April 9, 2012 After being cyber bullied Social networking sites �Ex. Facebook

DANIEL TATUM 15 year old Georgia USA boy Took his life August 2012 After being bullied Felt guilty for friends accident �Because he was texting her �Died same day she died (coma)

CIARA PUGSLEY 15 year old Irish girl Took her life Sept 26, 2012 After being bullied online Popular social networking site �ask. fm

ERIN GALLAGER 13 year old Irish girl Took her life October 2012 After enduring Vicious online bullying On popular social networking site �ask. fm

AMANDA TODD 15 year old British Columbia girl Took her life October 10, 2012 After being bullied Spreading of topless photo �Taken in grade 7 Physically and Emotionally abused

KYLE WELLS 16 year old Arizona USA boy Took his life Oct 30, 2012 After being bullied for Being really small Being openly gay

COURTNEY WALKER 14 year old Virginia USA girl Took her life Nov 11, 2012 After being bullied First year of high school

MATTHEW BORTH 15 year old Walkerton boy Took his life November 13, 2012 After being bullied A girl blogged about this stating “Bystanders are part of the problem” �“They are hypocrites” �“say bullies have to stop �but they bully”

JESSICA LANEY 16 year old Hudson, Florida girl Took her life December 9 th, 2012 After being cyber bullied Ask. fm �Called slut, fat, �tormented over looks and love life

JERAD MERIWEATHER 13 year old Grovetown, GA Took his life January 18, 2013 Bullied But never reported it

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ 12 year old Spring Hill, Florida boy Took his life January 23, 2013 Bullied and reported it Physically bullied Emotionally bullied �Short (even though is normal) �Mexican

AARON DUGMORE 9 year old Birmingham, UK boy Took his life February 11, 2013 Bullied at school For being white By asian gang of older students

JOSHUA MADDOX 15 year old UK boy Took his life February 2013 Constant bullying for Learning disability �ADHD �Autism Dating a girl two years younger

REHTAEH PARSONS 17 year old Nova Scotia girl Took her life April 4, 2013 (died Apr 7) Cyber-bullied When at a party drinking �Was raped and photographed �By four boys �Picture circulated at school �Was called a slut

Nigel Hardy 13 year old California boy Took his life April 15, 2013 Bullied For participation in extracurricular �Cheerleading squad

ANGIE VERONA 14 year old USA girl Still alive Private Photo account hacked Sexting with boyfriend �Fully clothed pictures Now young sex symbol �Without wanting to be �Wants it to stop but can’t �photos are out there

Message to those being bullied To the young people who are going through this right now, allow me to share some advice I wish I could go back and tell 12 -year-old me: It does get better. Your peers may spew insults and make you feel worthless, but you are not. You will go on and persevere because, even though it might not feel like it when you’re in the eye of the storm, you are strong. And you will be a better person for it, someone who is filled with empathy, humility, generosity and kindness. One day, you will no longer wake up filled with dread anxiety. You will go on to have adventures, find love and acceptance, and be thankful for every day that you are alive. Hold on to that hope, and never let it go. Carly Weeks Globe and Mail Oct 14, 2012

Message to Bystanders And to everyone else: It’s time to recognize bullying is not about a headline or an isolated incident or a tragedy you heard on the news. It is a problem that affects all of us. There are bullies. There are victims. And there is everyone else watching from the sidelines. It’s time for us to take a long look in the mirror. It’s time to speak up, say something, and refuse to be the complicit bystander. Carly Weeks Globe and Mail Oct 15, 2012

IT DOES GET BETTER! The End REFUSE TO BE THE COMPLICIT BYSTANDER