Take Action Today- please call or write your state senator to voice your support of the School Violence Prevention Act in North Carolina.

School Violence Prevention Act

The NC House will debate and vote on SB 526, the School Violence Prevention Act during their session Monday night at 7:00 PM. The vote Monday night will make or break our effort to pass effective and inclusive anti-bullying protections, and it will be the toughest yet.

The bill would add language such as this: Bullying or harassing behavior includes, but is not limited to, acts reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender identity or expression, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability, or by association with a person who has or is perceived to have one or more of these characteristics. to the state education code.

In the committee meeting on Tuesday, the leading opponent of the bill in the House, Minority Leader Skip Stam (R-Wake) said same-sex parents are "more dangerous than second-hand smoke." Stam also "argued that explicitly protecting gay kids from bullying would lead to pedophilia and gay marriage," WUNC public radio reported. Obviously, COLAGE condemns these bigoted and false statements and invites you to take action to support the bill. Please share your story of how as a youth or adult with LGBTQ parents, you have been impacted by school bullying and safety issues and why you believe this bill would create safer school environments for ALL students.

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