Revenge Porn And Teen Sexting: A Roundtable Discussion

NORTHBOROUGH, MA—The MetroWest Commission on the Status of Women has assembled an impressive

panel for a round-table discussion on teen sexting for an event to take place on Sept. 20.

State Representative Danielle Gregoire; Girl Scouts of Central and Western MA CEO Pattie Hallberg; President of the MA Association of School Committees Beverly Hugo; Superintendent of Northborough and Southborough Schools Christine Johnson; She-Hawks Co-President Rianna Mukherjee; and Boston Girl Up Executive Board Member Anusha Tandon discuss the issue of teen sexting and offering insights on how to best address this issue. They also take questions from the audience.

As part of our Revenge Porn and Teen Sexting Event, this is an issue anyone with teenagers in their life needs
to be concerned about, said the announcement. The 2016 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey reports cyberbullying victimization in MetroWest (19 percent) remains higher than in the state (13 percent) and nation (16 percent) Few cyberbullying victims seek help from adults. Among students who were cyberbullied in the past 12 months, only 16 percent had talked to an adult at school and 30% had talked to a parent or other adult outside of school about being cyberbullied.

Combined with Keynote Speaker Darieth Chisolm, who speaks about revenge porn, this event is
an opportunity for members of our community to learn more about two topics that can impact everyone.

This meeting is open to people of all ages and this is a free event, though organizers ask that you RSVP> We do ask that you RSVP.

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