UNM to Host 3rd Annual OUT Loud: Bullying Prevention Community Forum

The Uni­ver­sity of New Mexico’s LGBTQ Resource Cen­ter, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Don’t Just Stand There, Stop Bul­ly­ing Now Task Force, presents the 3rd Annual OUT Loud: Bul­ly­ing Pre­ven­tion Com­mu­nity Forum on Tues­day, Oct. 30 from 4–6 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the Stu­dent Union Build­ing, Lobo rooms A&B. The forum is open to all.

There will be two pan­els: one of indi­vid­u­als shar­ing per­sonal bul­ly­ing sto­ries and another of indi­vid­u­als who rep­re­sent resources avail­able to those being bul­lied. In addi­tion, there will be a “safe room” avail­able for any­one who may need it, as well as a num­ber of orga­ni­za­tions tabling with infor­ma­tion and resources that can help those who are being bul­lied or who wish to work on bul­ly­ing prevention.

The Com­mu­nity Forum on Bul­ly­ing Pre­ven­tion was cre­ated in response to a num­ber of nation­ally reported cases of teen sui­cides that resulted from homo­pho­bic bul­ly­ing and harass­ment in 2010. Since then, media cov­er­age of sui­cides con­tin­ues, but more impor­tantly, so does the hate and dis­crim­i­na­tion that youth experience.

The Don’t Just Stand There, Stop Bul­ly­ing Now Task Force mem­bers com­prises UNM’s LGBTQ Resource Cen­ter, the APS Safe Schools Healthy Stu­dents, Bernalillo County Parks & Rec, AGORA and Strong Fam­i­lies NM.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact the LGBTQ Resource Cen­ter at 277‑0834.