We have recently started an anti-bullying group in Marshalltown with a goal of eliminating all forms of bullying including school bullying, cyber bullying, workplace bullying, bullying in the home and harassment of any kind in an effort to make our city a more open and welcoming community.
We currently have a wide range of participants on the committee, including the mayor, the chair for the county board of supervisors, the sheriff, the police chief, the superintendent of schools and leaders of various businesses and organizations.
We would like to expand our group to include you.
We have only met twice and in those two meetings we have already brainstormed on several ideas to help make the community bully-free. Some of the ideas we have already discussed and are exploring for implementation include inviting several nationally known speakers on bullying including Rachel Scott’s father and Matthew Shepard’s mother. We have also discussed bringing the movie “Bully” to Marshalltown, participating in the Oktemberfest Parade, speaking to service clubs and doing extensive publicity to raise the awareness against bullying.