Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying:

Examining the Federal Response

Briefing Transcript

Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying Briefing  May 13, 2011 Transcript (pdf)

Panelist Statements

PANEL 1: Federal Agency Efforts to Enforce Civil Rights Laws re: Inter-Student Violence

Russlynn H. Ali, U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Civil Rights (pdf)

Jocelyn Samuels, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (pdf)

PANEL 2: Gender and LGBT

Eliza Byard, GLSEN (pdf)

Byard Supplemental Materials (1) (pdf)

Byard Supplemental Materials (2) (pdf)

Roger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity (pdf)

John C. Eastman, Chapman University School of Law (pdf)

Fatima Goss Graves, National Women's Law Center (pdf)

Gregory M. Herek, University of California, Davis (pdf)

Ilan H. Meyer, Columbia University (pdf)

Hiram S. Sasser, III, Liberty Institute (pdf)

PANEL 3: Race/National Origin, Religion and Disability

Stuart Buck, University of Arkansas (pdf)

Paula Goldberg, PACER Center (pdf)

Helen Gym, Asian Americans United (pdf)

Kenneth L. Marcus, Institute for Jewish & Community Research (pdf)

Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP (pdf)

Rajdeep Singh, Sikh Coalition (pdf)

Singh Supplemental Materials (pdf)

PANEL 4: Federal/Local Rule in Bullying

Tammy Aaberg, Parent (pdf)

Anti-Defamation League (pdf)

ADL Attachment - ABA Anti-Bullying Resolution (pdf)

ADL Attachment - Ultimate ADL Chart of State Anti-Bullying Statutes (xls)

ADL Attachment - 2009 HCSA 2009 - 1999 Comparison (xls)

Francisco M. Negron, Jr., National School Boards Association (pdf)

Negron Supplemental Materials (pdf)

Kenneth S. Trump, National School Safety and Security Services, Inc (pdf)

Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law (pdf)

Additional Statements

Neal McCluskey, Cato Institute (pdf)

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (pdf)

U.S. Sen. Al Franken (pdf)

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis & U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (pdf)

U.S. Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (pdf)