Molina, Luis
English 105
Professor Amanda Reyes
U.N.
Proposal
In order to cause effective change, we would like to
request 150 million dollars, your power, and influence. With this amount of
funds we can stop kids and teens from being hurt.
The End to Cyber Bullying organization was founded in
2011 by Samuel Lam and David Zhao, we are a non-profit organization, and we
were formed with one mission: to end cyber bullying by raising awareness and
educating children, parents, and teachers and also offering help and sympathy
for students who are being bullied online. We have an office in New York and
our address as well as our contact information are available on our website. You
can also visit our website to donate or volunteer. We now have thousands of volunteers
all over the world who are dedicated to make the internet and social media safe
for kids and teens. We have traveled to middle schools and high schools
throughout the world to teach kids and teens how to prevent cyberbullying and
what to do if cyberbullying does happen. Ever since we were founded, we have
partnered with Sears, Girl scouts of the USA, solutions for bullying, Long
Island Volunteer Center, and Jericho public schools. We wish to be partners
with every school district in the U.S and Europe to further educate people on
the dangers of cyberbullying. Our organization is the appropriate grantee
because we are protecting your children from being harassed on the internet and
social media so they can grow up being healthy and confident.
In modern day, almost every child and teen has a phone,
computer, or tablet that they use to check their social media profiles on websites
and apps such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. the internet and social
media are amazing sources for information and entertainment for kids and teens,
but there is a dark side to the internet and social media. When a child or
teens posts a photo of themselves, they can become easy targets for
cyberbullying. If a teenage girl posts a photo on Instagram for example and she
doesn’t physically appeal to another person, she will often be rudely and
harshly criticized for her looks or if teenage boy of a specific race posts a
photo of himself on Facebook, he will often receive racist comments. 25% of
teenagers have been harassed online and 24% of cyberbullied youths have
committed self-harm. Cyberbullying victims are more likely to avoid going to school
out of fear of being physically harmed due to the threats they receive online. Teens
can be bullied for different reasons such as their race, religion, physical
appearance, rumors, or sexual orientation. Large news sources have noticed this
and have reported on cases of cyberbullying that pushed the victim over the
edge or have written articles on the topic of cyberbullying such as ABC news
and CNN.
Tyler Clementi
Tyler
was a shy 18-year-old who went to Rutgers University in New Jersey. He had a
sexual encounter with a man in his dorm. This encounter was filmed without
Tyler knowing and was uploaded online. He was teased about the video by his
peers. He killed himself by jumping off of the George Washington Bridge on
September 22, 2010.
Jessica Logan
Jessica
was a high school senior from Ohio. She sent nude photos of herself to her
boyfriend. When they broke up, he sent her nude photos to all of their school
mates. She harassed online and in-person by the other girls at her school, she
was called a slut and a whore. She would skip school and when she did she would
hide in the bathroom. On July 3, 2008, her mother found her hanging in her
closet with her phone lying on the floor nearby.
Kenneth Weishuhn Jr.
Kenneth
was a gay high school freshman from Paullina, Iowa. He was bullied both online
and in person. He was bullied by an anti-gay hate group on Facebook that was
formed by his classmates and received death threats through text. Some of his
bullies were once his friends. He killed himself in 2012.
Amanda Todd
Amanda
was a high school student from British Columbia, Canada. In the 7th
grade, she was pressured by a man in an online chat room to expose her breasts
to him. She fell for the pressure and did as he said. Her topless picture was
posted online and was seen by all of her classmates. She transferred schools twice
because the bullying was so bad but the bullying followed her. Amanda attempted
suicide twice but failed. She was sent pictures of bottles of bleach by the
other students provoking her to attempt suicide again. She committed suicide on
October 10, 2012.
The project that we have in mind will use the funds to
pay for services for the victims of cyberbullying such as emotional therapy and
bullying hotlines to be put into schools. We don’t just need money, we need
help from the world’s leaders to pass anti-cyberbullying laws across the world
so that cyberbullying can be just as punishable as real life bullying. We will
also need the help of the social media companies such as Facebook, twitter, and
Instagram to start monitoring online harassment. If this project can begin, we
expect to see a steep decline in suicides among kids and teens.
The services for victims of cyberbullying will come first
in the middle of next year. Then the laws against cyberbullying, with your help,
will be passed by the end of next year. With the help of social media
companies, we will start monitoring online harassment by the end of next year.
1. Half
of the money will go to victims of bullying hotline
2. The
other half will go to emotional therapy services in schools across the world
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