Anti Bullying Assembly Help

synchrosally

My GSA is working on an anti bullying and suicide prevention assembly for our high school. We're trying to end the assembly on a positive note leaving students with the "it will get better" message. As the students leave the assembly I'd like to play a song with a positive, uplifting message. Something the students can relate to. I've got a few options to show the students in my GSA but sometimes I'm out of touch with what's "cool" so the more options the better.

So far I've got:

Hollerado Good Day at the Races

Alabama Shakes Hold On

Florence and the Machine Shake it Out or Dog Days

AWOLNATION Kill Your Heros

Imagine Dragons It's Time 

Any suggestions? 

RockyTopVols

Youth of a Nation - P.O.D.

 

Not very lifting but a good song about bullying.  

CoffeeBeen

I didn't know any of those songs either...  These may be too happy for the subject matter, but what about:

You Get What You Give by New Radicals

Beautiful day by U2

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel I'wekjlwerweoiwr (Or whatever)

Firework by Katy Perry

Move Along by All American Rejects

The Middle by Jimmy eat World

synchrosally

mbenit4:

I must be out of touch. I don't know any of those songs, never heard of them at all.

Bully ? Shinedown

Make It Stop ? Rise Against

Jumper ? Third Eye Blind

Never Too Late ? Three Days Grace

To Write Love On Her Arms ? Between The Trees

The Call ? Matt Kennon

Don?t Laugh At Me ? Mark Wills

Everybody Hurts ? R.E.M.

Don?t Jump ? Tokio Hotel

How To Save A Life ? The Fray

Falling Away From Me ? KoRn (well its about if your being abused to speak up. dont believe me look it up)

Savin? Me ? Nickelback

Jeremy ? Pearl Jam (Seeing them live in Sept. )

Hold On ? Good Charlotte

thats about all i can think of hope these help

I got this list from the suicide project site as best anti bullying songs. I copied and pasted.

https://suicideproject.org/2012/07/best-anti-suicide-and-anti-bullying-songs/

Wow! That's quite the list! Thanks! I'll have to check them out. We're using the Rise Against video in the middle of the presentation. It's an awesome video!  

ktshoff

This reminds me of the show, Awkward.

Sorry, I don't have any ideas but it seems mbenit has got the goods!

missymo

Hmmm. That's tough.

Some Nights by Fun.
Firework by Katy Perry
I think Taylor Swift has some antibullying song out as well.

synchrosally

CoffeeBeen:

I didn't know any of those songs either...  These may be too happy for the subject matter, but what about:

You Get What You Give by New Radicals

Beautiful day by U2

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel I'wekjlwerweoiwr (Or whatever)

Firework by Katy Perry

Move Along by All American Rejects

The Middle by Jimmy eat World

I forgot about Jimmy Eat World! That's exactly the kind of message we want, thanks! 

CoffeeBeen

Oh, oh, last minute submission:

Float On by Modest Mouse

synchrosally

mbenit4:

We did something like this at DD's school however our approach was more like we're not going to accept it anymore. More about peers stepping in. If the bully doesn't feel support or the audience is on their side, etc. Don't be quiet.

We're focusing on cyber bullying and LGBT issues. We're starting with the consequences of bullying and then the Rise Against video, then a PowerPoint about The Trevor Project and how victims can get help and blocking cyber bullies and ending it off with positive affirmations and the "it gets better" message. The song will be played as the students leave the assembly. I think we've got something the students might actually pay attention to, which is saying a lot for high school students! Fingers crossed it goes as well in reality as it does in my head. 

synchrosally

mbenit4:

We did something like this at DD's school however our approach was more like we're not going to accept it anymore. More about peers stepping in. If the bully doesn't feel support or the audience is on their side, etc. Don't be quiet.

We're focusing on cyber bullying and LGBT issues. We're starting with the consequences of bullying and then the Rise Against video, then a PowerPoint about The Trevor Project and how victims can get help and blocking cyber bullies and ending it off with positive affirmations and the "it gets better" message. The song will be played as the students leave the assembly. I think we've got something the students might actually pay attention to, which is saying a lot for high school students! Fingers crossed it goes as well in reality as it does in my head. 

synchrosally

mbenit4:

We did something like this at DD's school however our approach was more like we're not going to accept it anymore. More about peers stepping in. If the bully doesn't feel support or the audience is on their side, etc. Don't be quiet.

We're focusing on cyber bullying and LGBT issues. We're starting with the consequences of bullying and then the Rise Against video, then a PowerPoint about The Trevor Project and how victims can get help and blocking cyber bullies and ending it off with positive affirmations and the "it gets better" message. The song will be played as the students leave the assembly. I think we've got something the students might actually pay attention to, which is saying a lot for high school students! Fingers crossed it goes as well in reality as it does in my head. 

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KathrynMD

What about "Born this Way" by Lady Gaga or Beautiful by Cristina Aguilera

synchrosally

CoffeeBeen:

Oh, oh, last minute submission:

Float On by Modest Mouse

Love that song! Thanks! 

synchrosally

mbenit4:

synchrosally:

mbenit4:

We did something like this at DD's school however our approach was more like we're not going to accept it anymore. More about peers stepping in. If the bully doesn't feel support or the audience is on their side, etc. Don't be quiet.

We're focusing on cyber bullying and LGBT issues. We're starting with the consequences of bullying and then the Rise Against video, then a PowerPoint about The Trevor Project and how victims can get help and blocking cyber bullies and ending it off with positive affirmations and the "it gets better" message. The song will be played as the students leave the assembly. I think we've got something the students might actually pay attention to, which is saying a lot for high school students! Fingers crossed it goes as well in reality as it does in my head. 

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It sounds great. I think you will be surprise but it will get and hold their attention because you are talking their language when it comes to FB, texting, twitter, etc. They engage in all of it so they get all leaned it.

I am sure it will be great. Also - it is something everyone can relate to. Everyone has been teased or worse at least one time. So you know it didn't feel good.

Thanks. My GSA kids have been dying to do an assembly for a long time and I finally got up the guts to tackle it.  It's been a lot of work because I'm the only staff sponsor and I have 15-20 very enthusiastic and distractible kids, so it can be tough to get them wrangled long enough to put anything together.  But I think it will be fantastic! I hope.  

klondikebar

Demi Lovato is an anti-bullying spokesperson. Maybe she has a song about it? I've never listened to her stuff.

missymo

GhostMonkey:

missymo:

Hmmm. That's tough.

Some Nights by Fun.
Firework by Katy Perry
I think Taylor Swift has some antibullying song out as well.

Taylor's song "Mean" ends with her insulting those that insulted her. So bad choice unless that's the message you want to send. You can't say you don't like my music, but I can call you pathetic for having that opinion.

Ahhh. Well I wouldn't have know that because I've never heard an entire Taylor Swift song. It seems like she just has one long song that just goes on and on and on.