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Alex Libby Bully
Alex Libby, a teen activist, has been bullied from sixth to eighth grade. He has been regularly punched and kicked almost every day, on the bus and sometimes in school. “I stand for the silent,” is a popular quote associated with Alex Libby himself.Even though Alex was bullied all through middle school, he rose up and decided to join a movie called “Bully” and another movie “The bullying effect.” Today, Alex is still an intern at The Bullying Effect in NYC. As of today, he is still in high school and now has many friends.

Alex Libby From 6th to 8th grade Alex had been bullied from the moment he sat down on the bus to when he got off the bus, where he would be verbally harassed and sometimes even punched. Even though he wished for
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As more and more people saw the documentary, teachers and other school staff started to learn from the documentary. Speaking of the documentary, Alex also starred in a movie called “The Bully Effect” Alex started on CNN, talking about his experiences. This is how he became famous. The documentary aired on March 30th, 2012. After everything his family moved to Oklahoma, When he moved to Oklahoma, he started an organization to help prevent what he had to go through. You can join and or donate to the organization today.

Conclusion Today, Alex Libby is doing great, he has a lot of friends, and started an organization to help others that went he went through We thank him for his services, as 160,000 kids stay at home each day to escape their bullies. Over the past few years, Alex stayed in school and is still an intern at The Bully Project. As we said before, the director thinks that the movie experience “Made him find his voice” when one of Alex’s bullies apologized to him. If bullying doesn’t stop, more and more kids will commit suicide. About 55,000 kids committed suicide in the past seven years. If we don’t do something about this, those numbers won’t go down. To help prevent bullying, donate to the Alex Libby Organization online

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