I often think of a good book as a good friend, and I know so many of the kids that we serve feel the same way. Since then, No Name-Calling Week is recognized each year to bring attention to this all-too-important topic. Together, they organized an actual No Name-Calling Week in schools across the country. Motivated by this message, the No Name-Calling Week Coalition was created by GLSEN and Simon & Schuster Children’s publishing. They band together and decide to create their own political party with the platform of eliminating all name-calling from their school. It’s a story about four middle school students who feel like outsiders in their own community. No Name-Calling Week was actually inspired by a book– The Misfits by James Howe. By providing tools and inspiration, this project kick-starts dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying and name-calling of all kinds in communities across the country. That’s why the No Name-Calling Week campaign is important. It’s a sad reality–children with and without disabilities are often the target of name-calling and bullying in our schools and in our communities.
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