Saturday, March 10, 2012
The panel discussion followed the premiere of 'Bully,' a documentary screened at the Palladium as part of the second annual Uptown Film Festival in Birmingham Saturday.
There were a lot of tears at probably the most talked-about premiere of the Uptown Film Festival. There was also a lot of anger, frustration and above all, a desire for change. Bully, a documentary on bullying in American schools and communities from acclaimed filmmaker Lee Hirsch, officially premiered Saturday afternoon at the Palladium 12 as part of the second annual Uptown Film Festival. The film will be officially released March 30. After the premiere, Defeat the Label, an international anti-bullying nonprofit with local roots — as well as one of the festival’s nonprofit partners — hosted a panel discussion with area educators, parents, counselors, a police officer and a 7th grade bullying victim. The film itself follows five bullied …
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
The anti-bullying nonprofit Defeat the Label will also host a panel discussion on the topic, featuring local students.
The upcoming Uptown Film Festival in Birmingham will host the Michigan premiere of Bully, a documentary spotlighting the impact of bullying in American schools and communities. Ironically, the film's R rating would exclude much of its intended school-aged audience if the Motion Picture Association of America refuses to change it to PG-13, Katy Butler, a Michigan bullying victim who hopes to change the board's mind, said in an ABC News report. Butler posted a petition at Change.org to get signatures in support of a PG-13 rating for Bully. The MPAA ratings board defended the R rating, saying the film includes epithets that are hurled at a 13-year-old bullying victim. The March 8-10 film festival will screen the documentary at 2 p.m. March …
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Statutes regulating film incentives, heating aid, business taxes and public safety mergers also take effect.
Local residents, workers and employers are affected by Michigan laws that took effect in late December or will do so as calendars flip to 2012. Gov. Rick Snyder this year signed legislation regulating home foreclosures, charter schools, student bullying, teachers' unions and other areas. Take a look at some of what's now the law of our state as a new year starts: Mortgage lenders must provide a list of nonprofit consumer counselors with the first foreclosure step so borrowers can seek immediate advice. Two bills signed Dec. 22 also provide additional time and ways for owners to arrange modifications such as interest rate reduction and principal reduction to cut monthly payments. To minimize solicitations by for-profit "rescue" advisers, …
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Students who send or receive inappropriate messages may go to jail.
Oakland County prosecutor Jessica Cooper delivered a tough message about cell phones and computers to about 40 students and parents gathered in Harrison High's cafeteria Wednesday night: If you're caught with nude, semi-nude or explicit photos of someone younger than 18 on your phone or computer, expect to go to jail. Cooper and Assistant Prosecutor Julie McMurtry, who heads up the juvenile division, spoke for more than an hour about the permanence and dangers of electronic communication, especially for teens. "There is nothing, nothing, nothing that is temporary ... There is a record forever," she said. "Even if you think you're texting in private, all of those things can be brought back up." Cooper reminded students that their phones and…
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Alan Stamm
2:15 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
Thanks for engaging and amplifying, Marcia. Healthy discussion to have. more ›