Community Council Network Event - Bullying & Cyber Awareness

Bullying & Cyber Awareness

Event Timeline

11:15 AM – Doors open for networking and intentional connections
11:30 AM – Lunch served
11:30 AM – Welcome, member announcements, and new member introductions
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM – Presentation
12:30 PM – 12:55 PM – Q&A, discussion, and resource sharing
1:00 PM – Meeting adjourned

About the Speaker:

Tina Meier
Founder and Executive Director of the Megan Meier Foundation

On October 16, 2006, Tina Meier's life took a devastating turn when her 13-year-old daughter, Megan Taylor Meier, took her own life after being cyberbullied by an adult neighbor posing as a fictitious boy on MySpace. In 2007, Tina Meier founded the Megan Meier Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support and inspire actions to end bullying, cyberbullying, and suicide. Tina and Foundation staff have reached over 685,000 students, parents, and educators across the United States.

Tina worked closely with Senator Scott Rupp and Governor Matt Blunt's Internet Task Force for the State of Missouri to help pass Senate Bill 818, which went into law in 2008. Tina has appeared nationally and internationally on a large variety of network television stations, news magazines, and syndicated talk shows speaking about the issues of bullying, cyberbullying, and suicide. She served as a consultant for the 2011 ABC Family movie, "Cyberbu//y", and appeared in several documentaries, including Discovery ID's "Web of Lies" and the story of Lizzie Velasquez "A Brave Heart." Tina was a featured speaker for TEDx 2016 in Bend, Oregon. The Megan Meier Foundation received certification through the Department of Mental Health and became a member of the United Way Safety Net in 2019.

Tina has received numerous recognitions and awards on behalf of the Foundation for her bullying, cyberbullying, and suicide prevention efforts:

• Teen Line's Humanitarian of the Year
• Presidential Invitation to the White House Anti-Bullying Conference
• Judge Arnold Krekel Trailblazer Award by the Missouri Commission on Human Rights
• Women in Leadership honoree by Tribute to Success
• GRIT Award
• Human Relations Commission "Person of the Year 2022"

Today, Tina continues to travel throughout the country educating youth, parents, educators, and professionals on the issues surrounding bullying, cyberbullying, and suicide awareness with hopes to inspire others to "Be Megan's Voice... Be the Change!

Learn more about Megan Meier Foundation

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