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INITIATIVE - e-GROUPS - CALL FOR MEMBERS |
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2006-03-31 15:25:07 |
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Dear Tammy,
Both Dr. Rona Novick and myself are
interested in participating in your e-Group on bystander involvement. We
have been working with schools in the NYC and Long Island areas on bully
prevention for 7 years. Our prevention program, BRAVE (Bully
Reduction/Anti-Violence Education), focuses on bystander intervention and
changing school climates so there are more opportunities for positive
social-emotional learning. Our department, The Alliance for School Mental
Health, is part of the North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System.
If you need more information about either of
us or our organization, please let me know. ;
Tara Moloney
Tara J. Moloney
Research
Coordinator
Alliance for School Mental Health
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health
System
(718/516) 470-8873
fax (516) 358-2629
tmoloney lij.edu
Tara-
did you ever look into this?
Rona
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Dear Colleague
We posted details of our Initiative a little while ago and wished to
update you on the call for members of our 5 e-Groups.
We have now established how the groups will work and have a number of
members for each one from the UK and US. However, we wish to ensure
as many organizations as possible have the opportunity to have an
input into the process so we are calling for interested
individuals/organizations to express their wish to join one or more of the
e-Groups
The
5 e-Groups are:
- The relationship between bullying and other
violence, including knife and gun related attacks
- The role of the bystander
- Effecting change in bullying behaviour
- Sharing knowledge, expertise and ideas amongst
'peer activists'
- Building people's confidence after bullying and
supporting
transition
How
will the e-Groups work?
I
will be acting as the virtual Secretary for each Group. Each
Group ;has been charged by the Chairman, Lord Brett, with producing,
by July 2006 if possible, an agreed paper for submission to the Management
Committee, setting out the issues on both of the Atlantic, priorities for
action and some recommendations for, if possible, joint activities between
organizations in the US and UK, at both NGO and Government level. These
are our initial thoughts, however each of you will have your own views as
what should be discussed.
- Each
member needs to let me have a paragraph about
themselves/organization and their interest in a particular
e-Group(s)
- Each
member can e-mail me items for discussion between the members of
the group and what they would like to see in the final
report
- As
the ultimate objective of the e-Groups is to each produce an agreed
position paper I will use the comments and discussion topics and any
papers sent to me to produce the first draft paper which will then
be the subject of comments, e-mail correspondence, revisions etc.
between each Group
- Each
member of e-group will be expected to contribute to the Report and to
talk to any member of the group on a one-to-one basis or e-mail all the
members of the group
- Membership
of the e-group is flexible and any member can recommend to the e-group
additional members to join the group
- From
time to time, and with the groups approval, I will e-mail drafts of our
document to our mailing list and also post it on the Initiative's
Bulletin Board to receive wider comment for our
consideration
Each e-Group
will evolve over time and establish its own pattern of working. You might
have your own views as to how we should be working - please feel free to
voice your thoughts and opinions.
What
we want to achieve, if at all possible, is a positive, jointly considered,
way forward in dealing with this serious issue using expertise from both
sides of the Atlantic. I am sure we can all learn from each other's
experiences and together can make a difference.
I
look forward to receiving your response, suggestions and papers, which I
will circulate to the specific group to "start the ball rolling". In the
meantime if you require any further information please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Very
best wishes
Tammy
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