January 17, 2018

Interfaith Efforts to Address Religious-Based Bullying

Originally Published in HuffPost – 1/16/18 Through the 2016 election cycle and since inauguration there has been as serious uptick in youth bullying, violence, vandalism, and hate crime in schools and online. With leaders in the highest levels of government making racial slurs and policy decisions that exclude, blame, and intimidate distinct groups, it is not difficult to understand how …

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November 29, 2017

Studies Link Bullying and Diabetes

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by Helga Luest and Susan Swearer, Professor with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Co-Director of the Bullying Research Network– Originally published in HuffPost A recent large study in Scandinavia links bullying and violence at work with a 46 percent increase risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The multinational study found that one in ten employees reported bullying or violence, or threats of harm …

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