We are the Steering Committee of the Sheridan County Bullying Prevention Program, a working group of the community-based People for Human Rights of Sheridan County.  The People for Human Rights has a rich history of working with the local public schools and the community to bring awareness and tolerance of diverse cultures to our community and its schools. 

In 2003, after local residents brought incidences of bullying to our attention, we initiated a project to reduce bullying in Sheridan County public schools. Drawing from an internationally respected model (Olweus) that had proven highly successful in other states in the country, we worked with the local school districts to create a bullying prevention program appropriate to our schools. We raised approximately $60,000 from local sources (see below) to hold a series of workshops with national experts to 1) bring awareness of bullying prevention to the community, 2) train a group of local educators to be bullying prevention trainers in the schools, and 3) train a group of local citizens to lead support and accountability circles for those bullied and for those who bully.   

There are trainers available to provide help for planning and setting up bullying prevention programs in schools and to provide circles (Trainers and Circle Training).  We have created this web site to continue to support and provide information on bullying prevention for all school staff, students, parents, and community leaders. Also, we have developed a brochure describing bullying prevention resources available at Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library. 

Although our groundwork is complete, we continue to promote bullying prevention both in our community and within the state of Wyoming. For more information, please contact us: 

Georgia Foster: murfos@wavecom.net    (307) 672-6779     

Emily Nelson: onelson4@bresnan.net      (307) 647-3246

Marcia Westkott: marciaw@bresnan.net   (307) 673-7388