Marshalltown
Not In Our Town
Kenneth Wisehun
14 years old
• Freshman at South O’Brien
High School in Paulina, Iowa
– Bullying Started
• School, class, halls, lunch
• Phone calls, texts, Facebook
– April 14, 2012
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Sioux City
On April 22 the Sioux City Journal
dedicated its entire front page of
its Sunday edition to an antibullying editorial after the death
of Kenneth Weishuhn. The
opinion piece urges the
community to be proactive in
stopping bullying.
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Types of Bullying
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School Bullying
Cyber Bullying
Workplace
Home
Harassment
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School Bullying
1 in 7
Students bully or are bullied
National School Safety Center
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School Bullying
1 in 7 equals over
700
students in the
Marshalltown District who
are bullied or are bullies
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School Bullying
• 15% of absenteeism is
related to fear bullying.
• 1 in 10 dropouts due to
repeated bullying.
• 75% of school-shootings
linked to bullying.
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Online Bullying
Social Media
and Internet
Texting/Facebook
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Workplace Bullying
1.7 Million workers
Workplace Violence
• Shouting or swearing at an
employee, unjustified criticism,
exclude, embarrass, practical jokes
380 Workers
In Marshalltown
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Domestic Abuse
1 in 4 Women
Experience violence by current or former
spouse or boyfriend Nationally
250,000- Year/500-day
Rapes/Sexual Assaults Nationally
3 women killed per day
Death Toll Nationally
2,517 Women
Experienced violence in Marshalltown Last Year
U.S. Department of Justice
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Suicide
Bully victims
2 to 9 times
more likely to
consider suicide
Yale University
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Suicide Statistics for Iowa
362
Suicides
In Iowa Last Year (2010)
46 suicides under 24
So What Did We Do?
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Billings, Montana – Where NIOT Began
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDH4gKDw_fo
Called On Community Leaders
Organized Marshalltown NIOT
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Public Service Ads
Over 50 Ads
Public Service ads
Run In The Newspaper Per
Month Reminding Readers On
Anti-Bullying Messages
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Anonymous Comments
Stopped
Eliminated Online Comments
Eliminated Call-in Comments
Honk!
Musical Honk
Orpheum Tied Theme To
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Anti-Bullying Message
Community Unity Picnic
Picnic Sponsor
NIOT Co-Sponsored
A Picnic With
Immigrant Allies
To Bring All
Members Of Town
Together As One
What’s Marshalltown NIOT Doing?
Rachel’s
Challenge
August 30, 2012
Funded By NIOT
• School Assemblies
- High School
- Middle School
•Night assembly community
Finding Kind/Light In The Darkness
Free Movies
NIOT Committee Raised Funds
To Pay For Screenings
Of Two Anti-Bullying Movies
Shown Free To All. Movie Bully
Coming Soon
NIOT T-Shirts
Over 2,000
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T-Shirts Sold
NIOT Posters
5,000 Posters
Distributed throughout
the community.
15,000 Posters
Distributed in newspaper
Thousands of posters
can be seen everywhere
throughout Marshalltown.
NIOT Pledge
Over 2,000
Over 2,000 people
in Marshalltown
have signed the
NIOT Pledge to
stand up to bullies
and stop hate
Two Full Pages Sign Pledge
Over 2,000 people
signed the Pledge
to Stand Up Against Bullying.
Names were published in two
Full pages in the newspaper
Courthouse Rally
Over 1,000 people
August 30, 2012
Courthouse Rally
Stand Up Against Bullying
Orange-Out Football Game
Over 2,000
Wore Orange
Support For NIOT
• Helmet Sticker
• Band T-Shirts
•Chain Of Kindness
Oktemberfest Parade
20,000 People
Lined the Streets Of Marshalltown
To See The Annual Oktemberfest Parade
NIOT outfitted the High School Band
In NIOT T-Shirts and Had a Float In Parade
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National Bullying Day
Oct 10, 2012
Make It
Orange
Day
Local NIOT Website
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/category.detail/nav/5165/Not-In-Our-Town.html
Marshalltown NIOT
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