Madison McDermott's Contact Details

Madison McDermott's Company Details

Beyond Bullies

Los Angeles, California, United States • 1 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

Beyond Bullies' goal is to provide youth who are the target of any form of bullying support in order for them to feel safe and comfortable in their surroundings. We empower teens to become leaders against bullying in their schools and to help middle school and elementary students learn to handle bullying in a way that will make them feel empowered, safe and want to achieve in school. We strive to educate people who work with children and help them identify the signs of bullying in order to prevent it and understand what actions to take when they see it. Beyond Bullies (BB), was founded for the purpose of providing relief for bullied children and to create awareness about the impacts of bullying. Melissa Sherman came up with the concept while working with a coach in April, 2010. Melissa and a group of friends discussed the concept and together they worked on a plan to launch the online program. Some of the services Beyond Bullies provides include: E-Teen Leader, an online one-on-one confidential chat between trained teen leaders and bullied teens spread across the country; an end to the silent bystander program, a teen leadership and adolescent bullying prevention program; workshops/trainings for school faculty, students, teachers and professionals who work with youth.Beyond Bullies is dedicated to helping youth who have become the targets of bullying and cyber bullying, by providing them online real-time support from E-teen leaders, viral campaigns to engage youth to take action and prevention/educational programs to create awareness to stop it.A future where bullying or cyber bullying is not tolerated or accepted and immediate consequences are given to those who bully at school or using any form of digital technology.