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Seventh-grade student urges classmates to 'be an upstander' during District 25 leadership meeting
Summary
A seventh-grade student from PS/IS 499 delivered a Project Soapbox speech at the District 25 leadership meeting urging peers to intervene in bullying. District leaders praised the presentation and discussed extending respect-and-kindness programming beyond a single week.
Raisa, a seventh-grade student at PS/IS 499, told the District 25 leadership team she intervened when she saw a friend being bullied and urged peers to “be an upstander” rather than a bystander.
The student delivered a Project Soapbox speech during the district leadership meeting as part of Respect for All week. Raisa recounted an incident in which two students were attacking a friend and said her priorities were “to check if she was okay” and “to stand up for my friend and confront her bullies.” She closed: “Be an upstander to bullying because it’s the right thing to do.”
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