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Pheobe Prince
Phoebe Prince, 15, hangs herself after being harassed mostly in school, but also on Facebook and through other electronic forms. The teen had just arrived in South Hadley, Mass. from Ireland months earlier to begin ninth grade. On March 29, Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel indicted six students on charges that included statuatory rape. The town's school committee approved a 62-page anti-bullying policy June 30. -
Alexis Pilkington
Alexis Skye Pilkington, 17, of West Islip, N.Y., is the target of insulting online messages before and after her suicide. Though her family did not believe the messages were a major factor in her death, classmates, relatives and friends were incensed over what they called creepy, insensitive messages about Pilkington, many posted anonymously and also appearing on other Web sites since her death. -
DAn Savage and Terry Miller Found the It Gets Better Project
The project was founded in response to a wave of teen suicides that were often a result of the individual not feeling comfortable with who they were. This discomfort was often triggered or based in bullying. -
Tyler Clementi Jumps off the Washington Bridge
Tyler Clementi, 18, jumps to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge, prosecutors say, after his roommate Dharun Ravi, and fellow Rutgers freshman Molly Wei transmit a live image of Clementi having sex. Ravi and Wei are charged with invading Clementi's privacy. -
Raymond Chase- 5th Suicide in 3 weeks
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Barak and Michelle Obama Host Anti-Bullying Conference
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It Gets Better Book is Released
The book details Dan Savage and his partner's life and the various challenges they encountered on the way. -
Current It Gets Better
30,000 Videos, 40,000,000 views of those videos, and the organization has spread to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
