Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns invited to the White House for Conference on Bullying
Prevention
What: Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns was invited to participate in the White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. The conference will bring together communities from across the nation who have been affected by bullying as well as those who are taking action to address it. Participants will speak about the effects of bullying and the work of students, parents, and teachers nationwide.
When: Thursday, March 10th, 20011 - 10:30am EST
Where: The White House
Who: President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services.shared a few proud accomplishments including maximizing public investment in public-private partnerships like development along West 7th Street and Magnolia Ave which help small businesses start, create jobs and thrive. He also spoke of the creation of small community gardens on abandoned city property, Hemphill Street rezoning and expanded electronic availability of all council agenda information to improve transparency and reduce costs to the city and public.
Why: In October 2010 at a Fort Worth City Council meeting, Councilman Burns revealed for the first time his own struggle with bullying as a teenager. Subsequently, the video of Councilman Burns’ speech was posted on YouTube and received more than 3 million views to date. Since that time, Joel has received thousands of letters of inspiration and support for his speech and continues to be a spokesperson for this issue and a strong voice in lobbying for state legislation that will ensure that kids have a safe school and adults, parents, administrators and teachers have the tools to end bullying.
View more information about the Conference Schedule. For more information contained in this release, please contact Taylor McCarty at taylor@joelburns.com.