Building community is not easy. Building anything is not easy. You do not just have a plan and everything goes...
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Joining the Medical and Education Communities in Song
Supporting children who experience bullying, violence, and trauma takes all of us. The research is clear that both the short...
Thank you, Linda Lantieri!
We are so inspired by educators! We learn from the wonderful teachers, counselors and leaders we work with every day...
Person First Language: Bullies and Victims
I said in an earlier blog post that I freely admit to being a vocabulary geek. I believe words matter...
Building Community – Conscious Acts of Caring
Children are natural questioners. Young children especially ask why over and over and over as a way of learning about...
Thank you, Lady Gaga and Cynthia Germanotta!
We love it when celebrities and others with social prominence share their talents with the causes that most touch their hearts....
Share My Lesson
So many good things are happening! We are thrilled to announce today that Operation Respect’s full Don’t Laugh at Me...
Professional Growth through Professional Coaching
For sports fans, the names of great coaches leap to mind with ease – Vince Lombardi, Pat Summitt, John Wooden....
Bullying Prevention with a Constitution of Caring
Our post about establishing our Ridicule Free Zone classroom lesson ended with these words, “It would be so nice if...
Thank you for lifting us up, Bethany Yarrow!
This week, Operation Respect would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Bethany Yarrow, who once again has touched us...
Lift Us Up
“Lift Us Up” performed by Peter & Bethany Yarrow with members of the New York Choral Society in a benefit...
Bullying Prevention Through The Ridicule Free Zone
Continuing with our second cornerstone theme, Building Community, as we deepen the work we are doing in classrooms and schools...