Facing Race: A National Conference in St. Louis, MO — November 20-22, 2024

Tiffani Sykhammountry

GLSEN | GLSEN Student Ambassador
Tiffani has dealt with bullying but it was her close friend's experiences with severe forms of harassment that motivated her to pursue anti-bullying and human rights work. Tiffani is a senior in high school, President of her school’s GSA and Humanitarian Club, and a GLSEN Student Ambassador.

Presentations from Facing Race 2012

Words Matter: Organizing Against Bully Language

Through history harmful language has been used to dehumanize, hurt and marginalize groups of people based on ethnic background, gender, queer identity, disabilities and other reasons. Organizers will discuss their work to build awareness about harmful language and the efforts to defeat it. Come learn about ARC's Drop the I-Word campaign, the work young people at The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network are taking on to combat GLBTQ bullying as well as playground bullying and how escalation to violence is prevented.

Speakers: Lamont Carey, Tiffani Sykhammountry, Jennifer Pozner