Golden Key Flinders Anti-Bullying Project

“A Kind Word a Day

Offers Us a Better Way”
Flinders University Chapter
Presented by:
Jessica Newbury
Behzad Gitijamal
Caitlin Kramer
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 The Issue
● Almost every young person is confronted with
bullying; as a victim, bully, or bystander

● More than 100,000 Australian kids are bullied

daily

● Bullying can have lasting emotional, social, and

physical effects

● The term ‘bullying’ is often misunderstood and

cultural

● Victims feel unable to escape, lose motivation for

their studies/work, and fear being themselves.

● The issue is not going away, but evolving 2

 Our Initial Proposal
● Sharing of positive messages using “You are very inspirational to those
Fortune Cookies around you because….”
● Developing better/meaningful
relationships built on kindness “For .... I have to thank you”
● High focus on University students
● Lower focus on Primary and Secondary “Your smile makes this a brighter
school environments as an alternative place”
● Research
● Adaptability
● Methods
○ 10 week program holding sessions
within classroom/work environment
○ 2 week program holding stall during
3
recess and lunch
 Modifications to Proposal
● Stall during O-week / mental health days
● Choose and design their positive message
○ Wax seal, Bottle, Ribbon, etc.
● Additions, depending on chapter
○ Bringing stalls to young students
○ Message on desks (staff)
● Initiate conversation on bullying
● Encouraging kindness and thoughtfulness
● Work with existing anti-bullying programs
○ Local/school counsellors
○ PEACE package
○ Random Acts of Kindness 4
 Initial Implementation Strategies
● O-week stall
● Communication with Flinders
○ Zoe Walter (Student EO Advisor / health and
counselling)
○ Adam Rau (Clubs and services officer)
○ Flinders EO Staff
● Guidance from;
○ Prof. Phillip Slee
■ PEACE package
■ Extensive research in this field
○ Stephanie Walker
■ Be a Better Human campaign 5
"Don't ever diminish the power of words. Words move
hearts and hearts move limbs."
-Hamza Yusuf

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Benefits to the Community

● Creating caring environments to support building relationships

● Allowing people to feel comfortable being themselves

● Removing bullying misunderstandings

● Educating about the cost of bullying

● Providing a vital service exchanging positivity

● Providing the project as a pre-intervention strategy

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 The Necessity of your Supports
● Bullying is a worldwide issue
● Increase the reach of the project
● Golden Key members
○ Are educated in bullying prevention
○ build leadership skills
● Enable work on University and Workplace level integration
● Increase validity and viability when approaching schools
● Gather research data from a variety of communities and cultures
● Improve the lives of students internationally
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 Thank you for your attention

“Kind words can be short and

easy to speak but their echoes
are truly endless”

- Mother Teresa