Wexford has a long-term commitment to build bridges of understanding within, across and amongst communities, using evidence-based strategies to create and continue the evolution of Peaceful Schools and Communities.
​The Peace Academy Staff has extensive educational preparation and in-depth experience in: project management; cultural competency training; restorative justice practices; community development; and, school improvement/tramsformation.
United
Through the Arts -
to Prevent Bullying
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July - December 2025:
Begin Creating the Campaign
October 202 5: Anti-Hate and Anti-Bullying Month
October - December 2025: Collaborate to Create Campaign ​
February 2026:: Launch the Campaign
May 2026: Mental Health Month
Recognize Early Campaign Outcomes
Announce 2026-27 Plans
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Short and Long-Term Goals
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Create awareness of the need to prevent the increase of bullying and cyber bullying in schools/communities
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Develop collaborative relationships to focus on preventing bullying in grades 4-8
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Identify available online and creates others needed
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Begin development of resources in multiple languages
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Provide resources to support agencies in developing their campaigns
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Support development of the campaign in schools, including student leadership opportunities to lead the campaigns
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Begin creating a networked bullying prevention community
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Begin development of a compendium of examples of strategies and programs for using arts instruction and engagement to prevent bullying​
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Resources to Support
Mental Health
Access and Outcomes
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​​SAMHSA
​The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation and to improve the lives of individuals living with mental and substance use disorders, and their families.
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Los Angeles County Office of Education
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Project Creative AWARE and SPORT - school-based mental health and suicide prevention online modules
Trauma Sensitive/Informed Schools
LA vs Hate
LA vs Hate is an anti-hate system established by the L.A. County Commission on Human Relations at the 2018 request of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors noting a marked increase in hate violence.
The system provides for preventing and responding to hate (report hate - call 211), as well as services to support healing from the trauma of hate, through its network of community-based organizations (CBOs) in L.A. County. Wexford engaged with LA vs Hate and its CBO partners in the following projects.
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Wexford Prjects with LA vs Hate
1) Supporting development of over 30 new and existing projects provided by the network partners. New projects focus on reducing hate-incidents related to most vulnerable populations based on race, religion, and LGBTQ.
2) Collaborating with the L.A. District Attorney, L.A. City Attorney, L.A. Public Defender, L.A. Alternate Public Defender, along with clinical, counseling and educational agencies, including the the L.A. County Office of Education, to create a diversion program for hate-crime offenders. Based on an earlier pilot for selected offenders, the project provides them with anti-bias training and mental health counseling to reduce penalties and hate-crime recidivism.
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Creating a
Peaceful School & Commumity Environment
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School Safety, Culture and Climate
- ​SchoolSafety.gov
- National Center for School Safety
- AASA School Safety and Crisis Planning Toolkit
- School Safety Elements and Resources​ - California Department of Education
- ​​Enhancing School Safety - Using a Threat Assessment Model
- National School Climate Center​
- The PeaceBuilders® Program ​
Reducing Bullying and Other Hate Incidents
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Crisis Intervention Institute - Proactive Approaches to Address School Bullying
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StopBullying.gov - Reducing bullying and youth violence
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