Thomas Brooks, Connecticut Commission on Children, speaks to Shereese Kelly, Business Education Teacher and School Climate Specialist, Windsor Locks High School, before the Bullying Forum begins.

A full audience of over 500 students, educators, counselors, principals and superintendents attended the Bullying Forum held in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on November 22, 2010.

Panelist participating in the Bullying Forum, chat before the event begins. (From Left to Right: Daniel Coffey, Principal, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden, Jack Morgan, Newington School Bus Driver, Thomas Brooks, Connecticut Commission on Children, and Rep. Catherine Abercrombie, Assistant Majority Leader.

 
Panelists (from left to right) Farah Khalid, junior at Great Path Academy, Jill Spineti, President & CEO, The Governor's Prevention Partnership, and Logan West, senior at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, at the Bullying Forum on November 22, 2010.

 
Jill Spineti, President & CEO of the Governor's Prevention Partnership, and Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education, sit on the panel at the Bullying Forum on November 22, 2010.

 
The full panel of legislatures, educators and students at the Bullying Forum on November 22, 2010.

 
Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director, Connecticut Commission on Children, speaks at the Bullying Forum on November 22, 2010.

Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education, was the forum's Keynote Speaker.

Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education, was the forum's Keynote Speaker.

A full audience of over 500 students, educators, counselors, principals and superintendents attended the Bullying Forum held in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on November 22, 2010.

The full panel of legislatures, educators and students at the Bullying Forum on November 22, 2010.

Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education, was the forum's Keynote Speaker.

A full audience of over 500 students, educators, counselors, principals and superintendents attended the Bullying Forum held in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on November 22, 2010.

Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education, was the forum's Keynote Speaker.