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    A leader in #MeToo: Mechelle Vinson

    A leader in #MeToo: Mechelle Vinson

    Ms. Vinson pictured above sued her former employer on the grounds that sexual harassment was a form of unlawful sex discrimination prohibited by the federal statute known as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Prior to that time, the appellate courts across the land were divided as to whether harassment constituted an unlawful employment practice under Title VII... President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Title VII into law July 3, 1964. Note Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. st
    Reducing the Risk of Active Shooters

    Reducing the Risk of Active Shooters

    Kathleen's comprehensive article on workplace violence prevention made the cover of Claims Magazine in January 2017. The article is available here:
    WVPI 2019 Violence Prevention Symposium

    WVPI 2019 Violence Prevention Symposium

    Our upcoming 3/27/19 Violence Prevention Symposium will focus on Columbine: 20 yrs. of school and workplace violence and prevention strategies. email info@workplaceviolencepreventioninstitute.org for information on our event. Here's the highlight reel from our 2018 Violence Prevention Symposium held 5/10/18 in Orlando, Florida: The "Columbine effect" still exists today.
    Shana and Caroline: They Said "No!" Then they were murdered.

    Shana and Caroline: They Said "No!" Then they were murdered.

    Shana Fisher, 16, was shot dead 5/18/18 at Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, Texas; a fellow male student is accused of her murder. Caroline Nosal, 24, was shot dead on 2/2/16 while leaving work in Madison, Wiscosin; a male co-worker pled guilty to hr murder. Caroline's mother, Jane Brady Nosal, will co-host a discussion entitled "They Said No!" at the WVPI's second annual violence prevention symposium in Orlando on March 27, 2019. Watch this space for further information or e
    Kathleen's interview on the Nagele-Knowles show

    Kathleen's interview on the Nagele-Knowles show

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    Prevention is the Only Solution

    Prevention is the Only Solution

    Please watch the WVPI's short video on workplace and school violence prevention:
    How we "fix-it" (school shootings) from the horses' mouths

    How we "fix-it" (school shootings) from the horses' mouths

    "9/11 happened once and they fixed it!!" says Andrew Pollack father of Meadow, murdered at Douglas High School on 2/14/18. Columbine is the 9/11 of school shootings. The kamikaze hit at Columbine High School ushered in the modern American active school shooter/bomber era. On 4/20/99 13 innocents were murdered, two dozen more wounded including two teens who were paralyzed for life. Students walked out of schools all across the U.S. on 4/20/18 - Columbine's 19th anniversary. Co
    Four Mothers

    Four Mothers

    Four mothers. Four lost precious children. The common theme: BULLYING. Pictured From Left to Right: Angela Suttner (Kenny) Self-murder, bullying, Missouri. Karen Bischoff Rea (Ryan) Active shooter, bullying. Kentucky. Jean Lampman Jones (Jodie) Self-murder, bullying. Florida. Jane Brady Nosal (Carrie) Active shooter, bullying. Wisconsin. Eradicating bullying from our schools and workplace is easy. Eradicating bullying from our schools and workplace is free.
    20 years of Columbine

    20 years of Columbine

    Before a former student took a rifle into Forest High School in FL on 4/20/18 & shot a student just as he & his classmates were to participate in a national walkout to mark Columbine's 19th anniversary, -Before 17 innocents were murdered and 17 were wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in FL on 2/14/18 Lake Worth, FL middle school teacher Barry Grunow, 35, was shot dead in front of his class by a 13 year old student on 5/26/00. Teacher Dave Sanders warning of the kamikaze a
    We Forgot, We Let it Happen Again.

    We Forgot, We Let it Happen Again.

    We Forgot. We Let it Happen Again. Get involved. Stay involved. Join your friends and neighbors and take concrete action to ensure our schools are safer for students to learn and teachers and faculty to work: Activist Michaelangelo Hamilton explains and signs the WVPI 3-3 Pledge above. Please take the WVPI's "3-3 Pledge today." Go here: https://www.workplaceviolencepreventioninstitute.org/single-post/2018/08/02/Please-take-the-Personal-3-3-Commitment-Today?fbclid=IwAR1k1uToPp
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