Tina Meier Keynotes Third Annual CyberSummit
Meier now Cyberbullying activist following 13-year-old daughter's suicide
Two years ago the dangers of cyberbullying made front page news across the nation with the tragic death of 13-year-old Megan Meier, an O’Fallon, Mo., teenager who committed suicide after allegedly being the target of an Internet hoax created by Lori Drew, the mother of her best friend. The incident made national news and is now being decided by jurors in Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the third annual CyberSummit, hosted by CHARACTERplus, a project of the Cooperating School Districts and BJC Healthcare School Outreach, will be held at Lindenwood University’s Spellmann Center, 209 S. Kingshighway in St. Charles. Megan’s mother Tina Meier, who has become an activist against cyberbullying and is founder of the Megan Meier Foundation, will open the CyberSummit for middle and high school student teams. One team of students from Hinsdale Central High School in Chicago, Ill. will attend the event. Space is still available for 24 more teams. Seven member teams can be a combination of students and advisors/educators.
Eight breakout sessions, conducted by students and professionals include, Get Outa MySpace; FOCUSing on Solutions with Focus Groups; and Producing Videos that Get their Attention will be held along with sessions that include hands-on experience in breaking through the cyber-culture of harm and humiliation.
To register your school team for the third annual CyberSummit, please contact Brenda Kirchoff at 314.692.9736 or bkirchoff@csd.org. To learn more about the CyberSummit, click HERE.
Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD) is an educational consortium serving 65 public school districts in Missouri and Illinois. CHARACTERplus is a project of CSD that works to advance the cause of character education and sustain its impact on educators and students.
