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Who we are
No Bully® is
a San Francisco based initiative developed and directed by Nicholas Carlisle.
No Bully works in collaboration with other experts in the fields
of education, psychology and law.
Having endured four years of bullying while at school, Nicholas Carlisle is committed to creating school cultures where every child feels included and valued by their peers. Nicholas graduated with a bachelors and masters degree from Oxford University, qualified as a lawyer with a human rights focus and was chairman of the non-profit section of Amnesty International in Britain. In 1997 he came to California and began his work of helping schools put an end to student bullying and harassment. He researched with Eric Rofes the effects of school bullying (published in 2007 in the Journal of Traumatology) and has presented at the North Coast Education Summit, the Pacific Sociological Association and the California League of Middle Schools. Nicholas has worked in the field of education, with some breaks, for over twenty-five years, first as a math teacher, and then as a school counselor, child therapist and educational consultant. He holds a masters in psychology and is licensed as a psychotherapist in California.
Moira DeNike, Ph.D. is a native of San Francisco. She is a product of public education and believes that every child deserves high-quality public educational and enrichment services. She holds a doctorate in sociology and works to evaluate the impact of gang intervention, youth development, conflict resolution, after school enrichment, and specialized educational programs in several Bay Area public school districts.
Robert
Kim is an educational consultant and attorney. He has extensive experience
in education law, civil rights litigation, curriculum writing and development,
nonprofit management, strategic planning, and training. From 1998 to 2002,
he was an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, where he specialized
in discrimination and harassment, juvenile and criminal justice, and student
rights litigation. From 2002 to 2005, he was director of outreach and
training at The Respect for All Project, a program of Women's Educational
Media, where he developed and managed a nationwide teacher-training program
in the areas of bullying and diversity. He is author of the curriculum
guide Let's Get Real: Lessons & Activities to Address Namecalling
& Bullying (2004), which has been commended by Teaching Tolerance,
a program of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Lori Schwanbeck MFT is a licensed psychotherapist who has worked with children in many settings including individual and family psychotherapy, skills groups, and in the classroom. She has run conflict resolution programs for middle schools. Her work with children is aimed at helping them learn emotional intelligence. This focus encourages children to trust themselves and take responsibility for their emotions and how they act on them. Children also learn the impact their emotional expression has on others and on their relationships.
Tamara Goldsmith is our office manager. Tamara brings her passion for empowering children, educators, and parents to the No Bully office. She has worked with children for many years in various capacities, including her most encompassing and joyous role as mother to a grade school child.
The
Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a non-profit, created
in 1986 under the direction of psychotherapist and drama therapist Armand
Volkas. This company of actors and musicians has established itself as
an innovative local and national resource for transformation through drama.