Tina Meier’s life changed dramatically on October 16, 2006, when her 13 year old daughter, Megan Taylor Meier, took her own life after being cyberbullied by an adult neighbor posing as a fictitious boy named “Josh Evans” on MySpace. In December of 2007, Tina Meier founded the Megan Meier Foundation in St. Charles, Missouri, a non-profit organization that proactively addresses issues of bullying, cyberbullying, and suicide.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Center For Education & Outreach
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – or – 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The workshop will include:
- Megan’s story as a means of developing empathetic understanding
- Definitions, examples, and the psychology of bullying and cyberbullying
- Detrimental effects of bullying behaviors on youth (touches on mental health and suicide awareness)
- Evolution of cyberbullying through social media and other online mediums
- Pro-social, upstander behaviors and their impact
- Legal implications of bullying and cyberbullying
- Promising practices for bullying and cyberbullying prevention and intervention