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SAVE THE DATE! August 19, 4-6 pm Reserve A Seat Now Only a Few Seats Left!

The Foundation for Respect Ability Partners with the Huntersville Police Department for a

Back to School Forum on Bullying and Cyberbullying

The Foundation for Respect Ability and the Huntersville Police Department has teamed up for a community back to

school open forum on bullying and cyberbullying. The forum will provide a dialog for parents and children to

address issues with bullying and cyberbullying with a panel of area experts and to create awareness of available

resources. The forum is on Tuesday, August 19 thfrom 4-6p.m. at the Huntersville Police Department, Community

Room, 9630 Julian Clark Ave, Huntersville, NC 28078.

This is an opportunity for parent, grandparents and students to get information and ask question of thecommunity experts. This forum will help prepare you and your child for the upcoming school year. All students, at

some point, will witness or be involved with a bullying or cyberbullying incident, states Diane Benson, Executive

Director of the Foundation for Respect Ability. This issue affects all of us.Lieutenant Tom Seifert of the

Huntersville Police Department stated, This is a greatopportunity for the Huntersville Police Department to help

shed light on this issue and provide our schools, students and parents with valuable resources.

The panel of experts include:

Kenny Lynch, Detective/FBI Cyber Crimes Task Force Officer

Debbie Lolla, Woodlawn School K-5 Life Skills teacher/curriculum creator

John Concelman, CMS Character Development Initiatives Specialist (Bullying and Character

Development)

Mark Weiss, Director of Education, Operation Respect

Sid Krupkin, Director of Education, Founding Board Member Foundation for Respect Ability

Lynn Hennighausen, President Davidson LifeLine

Officer Philip Geiger, Davidson Police Department / FBI Charlotte Child Exploitation Task Force

Kylee Geiger, Incoming Freshman at Hough High School

Tim Hager/ School Resource Officer at Alexander Middle School

Officer Matt Dunker: School Resource Officer

Dr. Matthew Hayes Community Superintendent North Learning Community CMS

This forum is free to the public. Parents, Students and Community Leaders are invited to join in this important

discussion. Seats Limited. To reserve your seat please contact Diane Benson atxbullying@gmail.comor call 704

438 9798

The Foundation for Respect Ability seeks to create a population of Upstanders, people who will intervene when

they encounter a bullying episode or an abusive situation or intolerant behavior. The Foundation for Respect

Ability offers events and services to address the concerns of parents, educators and students regarding bullying in

every form. www.xbullying.org

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