Equipping Communities to Combat Cyberbullying

Our Mission

PLUS3FORCYBERSAFETY provides engaging and innovative continuing education to build collective knowledge through collaboration with our communities for responding to cyberbullying.

Our Core Values

  • Building Collective Knowledge Among  Professionals for Overcoming Cyberbullying
  • Embracing Collaboration Across Multiple Fields
  • Responding with Professionalism and Care
  • Providing Opportunities for Continuing Education
  • Giving Intentionally to Support Safe School Initiatives
  • Encouraging Communities to Advance Our Mission

Our Purpose

PLUS3FORCYBERSAFETY exists to provide guidance and educational resources on how to overcome cyberbullying in our communities for aspiring school personnel and those currently serving the schools.

The Meaning of Our Brand Colors

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Building peaceful and understanding relationships among students to prevent cyberbullying

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Teaching students to have hope, inner strength and resilience in adversity.

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Helping those who are victimized by cyberbullying and empowering them to overcome it.

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Remembering those who took their own lives due to relentless cyberbullying.

What is Cyberbullying?

cy·ber·bul·ly·ing
noun
  1. the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
    “children may be reluctant to admit to being the victims of cyberbullying”

26.5% of American teenagers have experienced cyberbullying within the last 30 days.

More than 1 in 4 middle and high school students have been cyberbullied in the past 30 days.

28.6% of US females aged 13-17 have been cyberbulled in the past month.

When it comes to lifetime figures, 59.2% of girls and 49.5% of boys in the age group 13-17 have experienced cyberbullying.

18% of teens view cyberbullying as the biggest cause of a mental health crisis.

1 in 7 tweens say they have been cyberbullied (ages 9-12).

Stats provided by https://cyberbullying.org

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