RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Combating bullying is a cause near and dear to Jane Clementi’s heart. This fall will mark 10 years since she lost her son Tyler to suicide. The tragedy was a result of the teen being cyber bullied. It put a national spotlight on the trend and gave the New Jersey mom a

RIDGEWOOD – Today, Monday, January 13, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced a Five-Point Anti-Bullying Action Plan to improve data and incident reporting, to increase conversations between schools and parents, to help schools take more proactive steps with the right policies, to find and share the best practices on the local level, and to ensure

    “This administration’s erasure of LGBTQ people from the guidelines meant to protect them is a license for bullying behavior. Everyone deserves to feel safe and valued at work, including those who work for the federal government. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people are named for protection in employment policies because they have been

By New Jersey State Bar Association | November 25, 2019 at 08:01 AM Judges and lawyers from across the state gathered at the New Jersey Law Center on Nov. 20 to honor Judge Joseph A. Turula, presiding judge of the Civil Division in the Hudson Vicinage, and Judge Julio L. Mendez, assignment judge in the Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage.

October 24, 2019 at 6:58 pm PDT | by Karen Ocamb After 60 years of activism, the Tyler Clementi Foundation’s 2019 Individual Upstander Award presented on Wednesday may be the last honor David Mixner accepts in person. His new play, “You Make Me Sick,” scheduled to premier on Dec. 9 in New York, will be his

By Micah Walker For MediaNews Group Oct 22, 2019 Updated Oct 23, 2019 For those who were bullied in school, we all know the signs. There’s the name-calling, teasing, whispers and the feeling of being made fun of when there’s laughter in the room. As October marks National Bullying Prevention Month, administrators at O.L. Smith Middle School

Teen Died By Suicide; Bullying Over Sexuality Killed Him: Mom By Beth Dalbey, Patch Staff Oct 22, 2019 10:58 am ET | Updated Oct 25, 2019 1:32 pm ET Jane Clementi works to end bullying and cyberbullying through the Tyler Clementi Foundation. Tyler, shown with his mother in an undated photo, took his life after his Rutgers University

James Clementi, Guest ColumnistPublished 6:00 p.m. CT Oct. 18, 2019 The tragic death of Channing Smith, the young teen who committed suicide after being outed as Bisexual, is a wake up call to how we should treat others. Nine years ago, my younger brother Tyler Clementi died by suicide after being cyberbullied during the first weeks of

Jane Clementi’s son, Tyler, died before he could be fully out. In an op-ed for National Coming Out Day, she wants other LGBTQ+ youth to be free. BY JANE CLEMENTI OCTOBER 11 2019 11:42 AM EDT When news spread that a 16-year-old boy, Channing Smith, from Coffee County, Tennessee died by suicide after being outed by his classmates,

October 10, 2019 at 8:59 am PDT | by Karen Ocamb In an era freckled with ironies, this one stands out like a big red blotch. In a Politico/Morning Consult poll published Oct. 9, half of America’s registered voters supported President Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. After three years and what many consider several