We are hosting two very special events in the coming weeks that we will feature here as we go through them. Please click on the banners to be taken to their respective sites.

The conference brings together the people, resources and tools needed to effectively and successfully manage, control and mitigate the issues of abuse and bullying in our society today and for tomorrow. The conference is free and more info can be found on the page by clicking on the banner. We invite everyone to actively engage in the activities today and after the conference so that we can continue the vigilance needed to stop these issues from happening.

Date: Wednesday September 29th from 8am-3pm

Conference theme: Proactive Intelligence through people convergence

Focus:

- Texting, Sexting, Sextortion – new trends, impacts, effects and mitigation
- Workplace Abuse and Violence - impacts, effects and mitigation strategies
- Abuse and Bullying Laws - so many laws, meanings, failures, strength
- Social Media and Networks - where do I begin, how to manage, threats
- Abuse and Bullying in Schools - school leadership challenges, failures
- School Leadership issues and challenges
- Parent and Community Engagement
- Mobile Devices - fastest growing threat to-date, multiple vu
- Internet Safety and Security - for parents, youths, everyone
- Actions and Accountability - who, what, when, where and why
- SISFI’s Local Abuse Support Groups - introduction
- SISFI’s Abuse Camp Retreat - introduction
- SISFI’s International Abuse and Bully Registry’s official launch and intro
- Special Tribute to Abuse Victims and Survivors and connecting the dots

Venue:

Microsoft's NYC Briefing Center
1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
Between 51st and 52nd St.
New York, NY, 10104
Tel: (212) 245-2100

SISFI’s president/chairman Brett A. Scudder's message about SISFI’s Abused and Bullied Victims and Survivors Apprecilove Tribute Day on Oct. 8th 2010

Good day to you,

As we gather together around the world on this very special day, to pay honor and tribute to the victims and people who have been and are affected by the impacts and effects of abuse and bullying in our world, we ask that you take a moment to reflect on these things in our own lives. Many have been lost, fallen and are slipping away from us because of the decadent and callous mentality towards each other as a people, and we must take the time to recognize the severity and seriousness of these issues around us and how they trickle down to every aspect of our society.

They have been through a lot, endured many hardships and sufferings at home, work, school and in the community as friends, communities, people and the world turned against them and they were left alone, desolate and hurting. When they reached out for help, none was given, when they cried out for help, no one heard, when they looked out, they saw no one to help. We do not wear their shoes nor feel there pain but we can let them know that we are here for them and are always willing to listen, hear, support and be a shoulder to lean on. Sometimes all that is needed is just to “listen”.

Won’t you listen to someone in need today?

Our world today is one of turmoil and hardships and instead of pulling together and supporting each other, we are seeing the rapid increase in selfishness, lack of respect, lack of basic morals, ethics and principles across the board. While families, friendships, relationships and communities are hurting from the loss and suffering of loved ones in many ways, we are further disjointed as a people through denial and being naïve about the issues because they may not be directly affecting us or our loved ones. And so we need to start focusing on the people and how their lives and our communities are intertwined and must come together in the fight against abuse and bullying.

This can only be successfully achieved as a people who are actively united and engaged towards this cause through positive support resource structures convergence in this goal of effectively and safely controlling, managing and mitigating these issues for all. Communities must rise up, get engaged, get educated and be more aware of the warning signs and symptoms that are right there in front of you and put a stop to them immediately. Now more than ever the saying of “it takes a village to raise a child” could never be more true than it is today.

School leaders and administrators, we are asking you to please take a more proactive and vigilant stance in listening, watching and identifying these issues in our schools and applying the appropriate handling so that it does not get to a state of fatality of if I had known or done. A school is to serve the community and the community must support the school. There must be coexistence and transparency in the development lifecycle of our youths and community development.

Parents and adults, we need to be more interactive and engaged in the lives of not just your children but the youths in and around our communities. Work with your school leaders to help in balancing home and school life so that when they come into the school, it is with a positive attitude of learning and development.

And so today my friends, let us forget about the problems and focus on the people and how they are and have been dealing with their challenges and problems and join in hands, hearts and minds in showing them love, support and how much they mean to us and that they are never alone.

Please join us as we pay tribute to these great people and the lives they have and are living and the path ahead. It’s their day, let is live it up for and with them. We will be adding the names of the honorees on the tribute page as we work with them and the final list will be announced at our Abuse/Bullying Offensive Education and Awareness Conference in NYC on September 29th at the Microsoft Briefing Center.

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~
President/Chairman/Founder
~SISFI~