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Cindy Waitt
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Cindy Waitt is the Executive Director of the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention and Executive Producer of "Bully." She co sponsored the first Workplace Bullying Zogby Poll in the United States in 2007, and, with her brother, Ted, has been a lead supporter of Futures without Violence's campaign "Coaching Boys into Men" and Jackson Katz's "Mentors in Violence Prevention" for the past decade. She is Executive Producer, with Gloria Steinem and Kit Gruelle, of the upcoming documentary "Private Violence: the anti battering movement in America."

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The Upstanders

(2) Comments | Posted April 2, 2013 | 3:24 PM

Three nights ago, I watched the home-made video of the aftermath of the horrific Steubenville, Ohio rape of a 16-year-old girl. I can't describe it. Nothing I can say here can match the lack of humanity and decency I heard in the words coming out of that piece of rough...

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Who Did You Bully Today?

(15) Comments | Posted October 24, 2012 | 4:40 PM

I'll start. I gossiped about someone, and while that might not rate up there with threatening to smack someone across the face or actually doing it, bullying starts with words and moves its way up the pyramid of violence. That's how bullying works.

As executive producer and...

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Bully: The Sequel

(9) Comments | Posted May 15, 2012 | 11:41 AM

"What's next?" That was the question from Esta Soler, founder and president of Futures without Violence, and a longtime colleague of ours, as well as a huge supporter and advisor of the film Bully. We were discussing community outreach around the documentary, and Esta, who loves the film, knows its...

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