Zoom meetings from 3 PM to 6 PM - Last Saturday of the month

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1.    Brief Introductions

2.   Announcements 

3.   Special Guest Dr. Namie

3a.  Introduction and Upcoming Training

4.   Guest Speaker Claudia Susan Gold

4a.  Questions to Speaker

6.   Stories of your accounts

7.   Debrief

8.   Next meeting information 

9.   Meeting promptly adjourned 

Claudia Susan Gold is a facilitator for "The Virtues Project", an international project that initially reached out to indigenous communities across the globe and later spread to people of various backgrounds.

Educated at Columbia University, she is a semi-retired clinical social worker and public health educator, with a background in educating University classes in the Humanities Department and enjoys teaching yoga.  An enthusiast in expressive arts, she uses them to facilitate group sessions for mental health clients--adults and adolescents, as well as for staff in medical center departments, including for continuing

education. She enjoys writing fiction and non-fiction on Medium.com, doing Five-Rhythms dance, writing in calligraphy and reading and meditating on sacred writings. 

 The Virtues Project™ is a global grassroots initiative to inspire the practice of virtues in everyday life, sparking a global revolution of kindness, justice, and integrity in more than 100 countries through Facilitators, Master Facilitators, Champions and Virtues Connections.

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 The Five Strategies of The Virtues ProjectTM inspire individuals to live more authentic, joyful lives, families to raise children of compassion and integrity, educators to create safe, caring and high performing learning communities, and leaders to inspire excellence, ethics, and appreciation in the workplace. 

Our Agenda for the Halloween Meeting:

1. Introductions

2. Guest Speaker Karen Harold

2. A. Questions for Ms. Harold

3. Videos

3.A. Airforce Academy

3.B. The Bus Stop

3.C. The Silent Epidemic

4. Discussion on Videos

5. Stories

6. Debrief

7.  Meeting Adjourned 

8. Adjournment - Immediately

Karen Harold is a mediator, alternative dispute specialist, author, keynote speaker and adjunct instructor at California State University Sacramento who coaches, educates, and advocates for the development and implementation of peacemaking and peacekeeping strategies to increase internal tranquility, improve relational interactions, reduce escalation of violence, call to account those who violate the law and victimize others, collaborate with local communities to develop actionable safety plans, and raise global awareness of the benefits of conflict prevention and living a culture of peace. 

African-American cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado were targeted this week with racial slurs. Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the school's superintendent, made a powerful speech to the academy with an important message.

Magic Cube 2017 

You won't believe what happens to the bully in this video! This short film tells the story of Angela, an elderly woman who is bullied by a group of teenagers at a bus stop. She crosses paths again with, Carter, one of the bullies. Their confrontation leads to an unexpected outcome. 

CBC News  June 12, 2014

 Victims are speaking out and employers are trying to figure out solutions at a new anti-bullying conference.