FREE Virtual Screening: The Upstanders - featuring Westgate students, families and staff!
- What
- FREE Virtual Screening: The Upstanders - featuring Westgate students, families and staff!
- When
- 10/28/2020, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Where
- via Zoom
The film explores cyber-bullying, bullying among friends, families, co-workers and the brain science behind it all. The film highlights new laws and programs already reducing bullying in schools and shows us how we can learn to make a difference together to create systemic change. We will be showing the film at 6:00 PM, which will promptly be followed by a panel discussion with the film's director/producer, Scilla Andreen as well as the following Westgate staff members: Sharon Collins, Amanda Novak and Autumn Washington.
The movie features David Molak’s family, who founded David’s Legacy after his death by suicide due to cyberbullying. Weaved in throughout the movie are additional interviews featuring Westgate students, families and staff members who discuss the impact of bullying in various settings, including the workplace. According to “The Upstanders,” toxic stress in corporate America leads to a loss in profits and has a cost of $3,000 per employee.
Trigger warning: this movie has suicide and self-harm content.