Rachel Joins National Crime Prevention Council’s Circle of Respect Initiative
Rachel is teaming up with Circle of Respect, the new initiative launched by the National Crime Prevention Council aimed at raising bullying awareness and reducing the occurrence of relational aggression. Circle of Respect strives to create an environment where bullying is unacceptable, and to shift public perception from one that tolerates bullying as a rite of passage to one that sees respect as the norm.
The Circle of Respect Book Club will feature Rachel’s book, Odd Girl Out, for the month of December. Odd Girl Out depicts a hidden culture of girls’ aggression that is as widespread as it is painful. Also in December, Rachel will be featured in Circle of Respect’s author led podcast, which you can listen to here later this month. Rachel and NCPC share the common goal of equipping children, youth, and adults with the tools to prevent bullying and ultimately stop it altogether.
The Circle of Respect initiative will start by addressing both bullying and cyberbullying to fundamentally change the notion that bullying is a rite of passage to one where bullying is unacceptable. The Circle of Respect is a multi-phased initiative that will eventually expand in scope to include harassment, vandalism, theft, alcohol and other drug abuse, date rape, and hate crimes. For more information on the Circle of Respect Book Club, visit http://www.circleofrespect.org/.
