WEBVTT 00:01.233 --> 00:05.566 align:left position:47.5%,start line:71% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 00:05.666 --> 00:12.166 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% (Teens roll playing) Here let us help you... 00:12.266 --> 00:15.200 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% You a nerd, get out! 00:15.300 --> 00:17.733 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%   You a nerd, get out! 00:17.833 --> 00:18.566 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Christina: Here's a scene you might see 00:18.666 --> 00:19.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% in a classroom. 00:19.800 --> 00:21.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% Bullying and taunting. 00:21.666 --> 00:23.300 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% But then, someone steps in. 00:23.400 --> 00:24.533 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% You want to be in our group? 00:24.633 --> 00:26.133 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% -I would like that. 00:26.233 --> 00:28.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% -You can be in our group. 00:28.166 --> 00:29.866 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% -Thank you. 00:29.966 --> 00:31.033 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Christina: Practice makes perfect, 00:31.133 --> 00:32.100 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% as they say. 00:33.166 --> 00:34.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% That's why these teenagers at Fairfield High School 00:34.766 --> 00:36.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% are practicing ways to intervene if they see 00:37.033 --> 00:39.200 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% someone being bullied on campus. 00:39.300 --> 00:41.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So when the time comes, they'll be ready. 00:41.700 --> 00:42.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% (Teens acting out scene) 00:43.400 --> 00:46.500 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% >>Ones over here. >>Twos are that way. 00:46.600 --> 00:47.766 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>-I'm a one. 00:47.866 --> 00:49.366 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% >>Not today sweetie. 00:49.466 --> 00:50.500 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% Next time. 00:50.600 --> 00:51.533 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% Go over there. 00:51.633 --> 00:53.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>We don't want a bad grade because of you. 00:53.933 --> 00:55.500 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% >>You ain't gonna do work anyways. 00:55.600 --> 00:57.266 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% >>Not to be mean or anything, but you just - 00:57.366 --> 00:59.866 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% >>I can do it. I can help you guys. 00:59.966 --> 01:02.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% >>I think we're fine, but thanks for your help. 01:02.900 --> 01:03.733 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% >>Alright guys, that's enough. 01:03.833 --> 01:05.800 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>Who are you? 01:05.900 --> 01:07.000 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% (pulls her away) 01:07.100 --> 01:07.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Eric: We do all this role play, 01:07.966 --> 01:09.000 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% all this rehearsal. 01:10.133 --> 01:10.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% We create this safe space for them to actually step 01:11.600 --> 01:13.466 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% up and practice what it is like, and to build this 01:13.566 --> 01:17.066 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% network of humans they can rely on. 01:17.166 --> 01:19.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I think the one tool they come away with, 01:19.633 --> 01:21.833 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% is the sense of ok "I have a voice." 01:21.933 --> 01:23.033 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% Eric: Did he make a big to-do? 01:23.133 --> 01:24.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Did he make a big chorus and a bunch of noise? 01:24.666 --> 01:25.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% What did he do? 01:25.866 --> 01:28.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% He just walked up, said nu-uh, and pulled her 01:29.033 --> 01:30.266 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% away, right. 01:30.366 --> 01:31.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Christina: Eric Rubin is a trainer with 01:31.933 --> 01:33.000 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% Community Matters. 01:33.100 --> 01:35.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% The non-profit group teaches students how to 01:35.233 --> 01:37.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% deal with bullies through a program called 01:37.433 --> 01:39.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Safe School Ambassadors. 01:39.566 --> 01:41.366 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Diana: It's not just being able to stand up 01:41.466 --> 01:42.400 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% and intervene. 01:42.500 --> 01:45.000 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% It's really being able, first off, to be aware 01:45.100 --> 01:46.133 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% of what's going on. 01:46.233 --> 01:48.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% And then learn really appropriate, safe ways to 01:48.866 --> 01:52.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% intervene and then over time the influence that 01:52.333 --> 01:54.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% students have on each other has a real chance 01:54.800 --> 01:56.566 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% of changing the social norm. 01:56.666 --> 01:58.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But ultimately, it's the kids that determine the 01:58.833 --> 02:01.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% social norm if that's cool or not to do. 02:01.866 --> 02:03.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:71% size:67.5% Melyna: Lunchtime is a big spot where 02:03.900 --> 02:05.033 align:left position:27.5%,start line:71% size:62.5% I found my voice. 02:05.133 --> 02:08.866 align:left position:25%,start line:71% size:65% There's kids who be bullied right there, and 02:08.966 --> 02:10.200 align:left position:25%,start line:71% size:65%   I would like see that and be like 02:10.300 --> 02:12.833 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% 'Hey guys, you might not do that.' 02:12.933 --> 02:15.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Or I use do one of our training techniques, which 02:15.500 --> 02:17.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% is distract, so I'd be like, 'Hey I need this guy 02:17.966 --> 02:20.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or I need this girl for this' something like that. 02:20.166 --> 02:22.300 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% And take them away. 02:22.400 --> 02:24.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Christina: Melyna is one of dozens of safe school 02:24.200 --> 02:26.300 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% ambassadors at Fairfield High. 02:26.400 --> 02:28.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% She was hand-picked for the program - like all of 02:28.600 --> 02:30.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% these students - because her teachers know that she 02:30.800 --> 02:34.200 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% has social influence at this school. 02:34.300 --> 02:35.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Melyna: People don't trust teachers as much because 02:35.966 --> 02:37.600 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% they're not on their age level. 02:37.700 --> 02:39.533 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% They're not in your circles. 02:39.633 --> 02:41.833 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% They don't hear what us kids can hear. 02:41.933 --> 02:44.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% So when we go and we separate it, they're like 02:44.333 --> 02:45.566 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% 'ok maybe we shouldn't do this.' 02:45.666 --> 02:47.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Versus a teacher, they're like 'oh I'm not going to 02:47.933 --> 02:49.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% listen to this teacher.' 02:49.533 --> 02:51.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Rick: What we've found in 17 years of research is 02:51.666 --> 02:54.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that those kids use those skills on the average of 02:54.433 --> 02:56.633 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% twice a day. 02:56.733 --> 02:59.033 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% So imagine if you've got 40 kids, and in this 02:59.133 --> 03:01.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% school now almost 100, who twice a day are 03:01.533 --> 03:05.466 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% interrupting, de-escalating, preventing, 03:05.566 --> 03:07.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% or stopping something bad from happening. 03:07.900 --> 03:10.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% What happens is the school can see decreases in 03:10.766 --> 03:14.533 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% fights, decreases in reportable offenses, and 03:14.633 --> 03:16.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they can start to see an increase in kids 03:17.066 --> 03:18.533 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% feeling safer. 03:18.633 --> 03:21.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Rick: You are the eyes and ears of this school. 03:21.633 --> 03:23.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% You see hear and know things that adults 03:23.466 --> 03:24.500 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% don't know. 03:24.600 --> 03:25.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% You are on the scene of . . . 03:26.700 --> 03:26.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Christina: Rick Phillips is a former principal who 03:27.933 --> 03:29.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% founded the program after the 1999 Columbine High 03:29.933 --> 03:31.200 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% School shooting. 03:31.300 --> 03:33.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% He wanted to empower kids to get involved before a 03:33.933 --> 03:36.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% situation turns tragic. 03:36.133 --> 03:39.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% Shannon: We frequently will get a email, text 03:39.866 --> 03:42.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% message, umm from a student who's a Safe 03:42.966 --> 03:46.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% School Ambassador who is an Ambassador trying to 03:46.633 --> 03:48.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% let us know about something going on campus. 03:48.433 --> 03:49.800 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% There's two students over here. 03:49.900 --> 03:52.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% They're seem to be getting into a verbal argument. 03:52.700 --> 03:54.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Or even there's a student over here who 03:55.000 --> 03:56.133 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% looks really sad. 03:56.233 --> 04:00.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Having eyes and ears everywhere is extremely 04:00.666 --> 04:02.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% beneficial to our program. 04:02.466 --> 04:04.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Christina: The training isn't all serious. 04:04.233 --> 04:05.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% There's a lot of fun, too. 04:06.066 --> 04:08.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Eric: So we're doing all three sounds ready, one two 04:08.400 --> 04:09.233 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% ready go! 04:09.333 --> 04:21.866 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% (funny noises) 04:21.966 --> 04:24.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Christina: Students participate in a lot of ice breakers. 04:24.566 --> 04:26.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's a chance to get to know each other outside of 04:27.033 --> 04:28.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% their usual social circle. 04:28.933 --> 04:30.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Chyna: When you bring all these kids in, there are 04:30.966 --> 04:33.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% kids from multiple different groups here, 04:33.466 --> 04:36.533 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% like we have basketball players and cheerleaders 04:36.633 --> 04:37.933 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% and AVID kids. 04:38.033 --> 04:40.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% And you know like with our groups we're intermingled, 04:40.433 --> 04:42.166 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% so it gives you the chance to know people that 04:42.266 --> 04:44.233 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% usually you wouldn't have the courage to talk to 04:44.333 --> 04:45.933 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% outside of this. 04:46.033 --> 04:47.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:71% size:72.5% Shari: So many high school students feel so isolated. 04:47.666 --> 04:50.933 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Their impression is that their situations are so 04:51.033 --> 04:52.933 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70%   unique, their struggles are so unique, that nobody 04:53.033 --> 04:54.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% would understand, nobody could ever connect to what 04:55.000 --> 04:56.833 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% I'm going through or whatever I've seen. 04:56.933 --> 04:58.466 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% And through some of these trainings, like the 04:58.566 --> 05:01.200 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% "crossing the line" activity, they really are 05:01.300 --> 05:04.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% able to understand that so many other people share 05:04.366 --> 05:06.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% similar experiences and that there's so much 05:06.766 --> 05:09.500 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% support to be had with that. 05:09.600 --> 05:11.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% "Crossing the line" I heard someone using a 05:11.300 --> 05:14.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% racist or homophobic slur, and I said nu-uh. 05:14.133 --> 05:16.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Isabel: I was bullied myself and throughout 05:17.033 --> 05:21.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% sophomore year to junior year, I think I stood up 05:21.100 --> 05:22.566 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% for myself. 05:22.666 --> 05:24.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:71% size:67.5% There's this one time in class I was bullied 05:24.366 --> 05:26.433 align:left position:32.5%,start line:71% size:57.5% because I was wearing something. 05:26.533 --> 05:29.566 align:left position:32.5%,start line:71% size:57.5%   But it seemed like I was still in middle school, 05:29.666 --> 05:31.833 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% wearing little knit sweaters and knit mittens. 05:31.933 --> 05:34.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% I was like, 'You have your own style, I have mine. 05:34.766 --> 05:36.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Please leave me alone.' 05:36.266 --> 05:38.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% And I felt confident, I was standing up for 05:38.366 --> 05:39.033 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% myself. 05:39.133 --> 05:40.966 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% I was me. 05:41.066 --> 05:42.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Safe school ambassadors helped me stand up 05:43.066 --> 05:44.466 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% for myself. 05:44.566 --> 05:46.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Christina: Safe School Ambassadors is now 05:46.200 --> 05:48.466 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% in place in nearly 2,000 schools 05:48.566 --> 05:50.066 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% across the country. 05:50.166 --> 05:52.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The program is designed to be self-sustaining. 05:53.033 --> 05:55.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So after a few years of training from Community 05:55.300 --> 05:57.933 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Matters, the schools take ownership. 05:58.033 --> 06:00.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% That means it's up to students like Adrian 06:00.633 --> 06:02.666 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% to keep the tradition going. 06:02.766 --> 06:05.533 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Adrian: It's a great way to show love, you know. 06:05.633 --> 06:08.666 align:left position:25%,start line:71% size:65% 'Cause that's what a lot of this world needs. 06:08.766 --> 06:10.566 align:left position:25%,start line:71% size:65% You know, more love. 06:10.666 --> 06:12.333 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% We have a lot of hate in the world. 06:12.433 --> 06:14.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And being able to be an ambassador is a great 06:15.066 --> 06:17.100 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% opportunity to show that love. 06:17.200 --> 06:18.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Chyna: When I see bullying before, I just would 06:18.766 --> 06:20.100 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% steer clear of it. 06:20.200 --> 06:22.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Now I would step up and try and 06:22.100 --> 06:23.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% make a difference in it. 06:24.266 --> 06:25.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Melyna: I really found my voice here and I feel safe 06:26.266 --> 06:27.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% here in this environment, and I hope others do too 06:27.866 --> 06:29.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% when we try and help them. 06:29.566 --> 06:31.666 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% Rick: It truly can save lives, but more 06:31.766 --> 06:33.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% importantly, I think it does is it changes the 06:33.900 --> 06:36.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% climate of the school to be a more compassionate 06:37.000 --> 06:41.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% and caring place. 06:42.000 --> 06:43.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Narr: As many as one in three students say they 06:44.033 --> 06:45.733 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% have been bullied at school. 06:45.833 --> 06:48.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Studies show girls tend to be the victims of social 06:48.266 --> 06:51.200 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and cyberbullying, while boys often bear the brunt 06:51.300 --> 06:53.166 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% of physical attacks. 06:53.266 --> 06:55.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Research shows parents can help break the bullying 06:55.666 --> 06:58.066 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% cycle by talking to their kids about it, and 06:58.166 --> 07:00.600 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% encouraging them to participate in teams and 07:00.700 --> 07:03.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% activities they love.