"We Don't Do That Here!"
The DON'T BE A Bully Project
The Don't Be a Bully Project is a social responsibility campaign that uses entertainment to combat bullying in middle schools and completely halt youth suicide due to bullying.
NWP's DON'T BE A Bully Project
"We Don't Do That Here!"
Bullying occurs in every school in America.
NWP's Don't Be a Bully (DBAB) Project shines a light on and changes behavior by presenting a 30-minute musical production - "We Don't Do That Here!" - to middle school students around the country. The production is paired with 5-10 minute classroom skits. The musical and skits are designed to reflect current bullying strategies and behavior, then show, real-time, how the behavior can effectively be changed.
The production empowers the victims, turns the onlookers into “Interveners,” and redirects the "Culprits" - the person(s) who are engaging in the bully behavior. The DBAB Project also creates awareness for teachers, counselors and administrators who may be blind to situations going on right in front of them.
Our first 15 Target Cities are:
1) Washington, DC
2) Los Angeles
3) Chicago
4) Atlanta
5) Philadelphia
6) Baltimore
7) Durham
8) Boston
9) Houston
10) New Orleans
11) Cleveland
12) Detroit
13) Phoenix
14) Las Vegas
15) Seattle
Statistics ABOUT BULLYING
Statistics
- Overall Prevalence: 34% of students reported being bullied between July 2021 and December 2023. ²
- By Gender: 38% of female students and 30% of male students reported being bullied. ²
- By Grade Level: Bullying was more prevalent in middle school (38%) compared to high school (30%). ²
- Cyberbullying: Among those bullied, 28% of females and 14% of males experienced cyberbullying. ¹
- Repeated Bullying: 32% of students reported being repeatedly bullied. ²
- Negative Self-Perception: 38% of bullied students reported negative feelings about themselves. ¹
- Academic Impact: 27% of bullied students reported negative effects on their schoolwork. ¹
- Social Relationships: 24% reported negative effects on relationships with family and friends. ¹
- Physical Health: 19% reported negative effects on their physical health due to bullying. ¹
- Reporting to Adults: 44% of bullied students notified an adult at school about the incident. ¹
- Frequency of Bullying/Reporting: Students bullied more than 10 days in the school year were more likely (59%) to report the incidents. ¹
- Types of Bullying: The most common types were being the subject of rumors (13%) and being made fun of, called names, or insulted (12%). ¹
- Physical Bullying: 5% reported being pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on. ¹
- Exclusion: 4% reported being excluded from activities on purpose. ¹
- Student Reports of Bullying: Results From the 2022 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey published by the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences.
- Bullying Victimization Among Teenagers: United States, July 2021 – December 2023 published by the Center for Disease Control National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief No. 514, October 2024.