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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, May 18, 2017:
Councilwoman Cherelle L. Parker (9th District) speaks on the effects of bullying on schoolchildren in the wake of the suicide of a young Germantown boy.
Story: http://6abc.com/news/mom-says-bullying-led-to-10-year-old-sons-death/1986682/
A
And
finally,
mr.
president,
some
of
us
may
have
heard
the
tragic
story
last
week
of
a
young
man
named
Malik
Kelly,
who
happened
to
live
in
my
district,
actually
two
blocks
from
me,
and
he
was
a
fourth
grade
student
at
the
Pennypacker
school
and
last
night.
Residents
of
our
community
gathered
and
masks
for
a
visual
that
was
hosted
by
the
penny.
Packers
school
family
I
want
you
to
know
that
after
visiting
with
Malik
mother
and
her
family,
that
Malik
was
a
smart
and
caring
young
man
who
had
a
very
bright
future.
A
A
A
Nearly
nine
out
of
ten
LGBTQ
youth
report
being
verbally
harassed
at
school
and
six
out
of
ten
teenagers
say
that
they
witnessed
bullying
in
school
once
a
day
with.
That
being
said,
I
want
to
say
a
special
thanks
to
members
of
this
body
who
have
long
raised
the
awareness
regarding
this
issue,
which
is
why,
mr.
A
But
what
Malik
circumstances
remind
us
of
is
that
bullying
has
serious
adverse
educational
effects,
that
students
who
are
target
often
experience
extinct,
extreme
stress
that
can
lead
to
the
symptoms
of
physical
illness,
diminish
their
ability
to
learn
and
it
can
translate
and
to
increase
absenteeism
and
impair
performance.
So
while
we
keep
Tanisha
and
Malik
family
and
friends
and
our
thoughts
and
prayers,
we
also
need
to
keep
our
thoughts
on
what
we
can
do
to
say
no
more
to
bullying.
We
have
campaigns
about
domestic
violence.