OXFORD, MS —July 24th, 2007 — AnComm, the nation’s first and only provider of anonymous online messaging for schools, today announced that Carter B. Myers, President of AnComm, will speak on “Breaking the Code of Silence” at the Virginia Center for School Safety’s 2007 Virginia School Safety Conference to be held August 7-9 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia.
In a session scheduled for Wednesday, August 8, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (ET), Myers will address how the ‘code of silence’ ― a pervasive sense among adolescents that telling grownups another student is in pain or may pose a threat to others violates an unwritten, but powerful ‘code.’ This behavioral dynamic forces students to handle their pain and problems on their own, without the benefit of adult and professional counseling support. The ‘code of silence’ also has the potentially dangerous effect on students that they should not bring concerns about a peer’s behavior to the attention of school administrators, counselors, teachers and law enforcement officials.
During this presentation, Myers will examine how schools can dramatically reduce the likelihood of school violence by breaking this ‘code of silence’ ― without the massive capital investments in school infrastructure, such as metal detectors, security cameras and the hiring of security personnel, as proposed in many recently released school safety audits and plans.
Myers speaks frequently to schools, educational associations, and parent groups on the subject of school violence, including such various topics as the role of anonymous communication in making schools safer and how new technology can break the ‘code of silence’ and bridge the communication gap between faculty and students. He is also a Mississippi State Director of BullyPolice.Org, an advocacy focused on the rights and needs of bullied children.
About AnComm
AnComm is a leading provider of anonymous messaging and communications solutions to the education market. Easy to implement and affordable, ‘‘Talk About It®’’ opens two-way lines of communication between students and school administrators. For students, ‘‘Talk About It’’ gives students a web-based tool to communicate their troubles, breaking the code of silence through anonymous communication. For schools, administrators and counselors are newly empowered with information so that they may take proactive steps to communicate, intervene and resolve school violence before it occurs.
AnComm was founded in 2005 and has offices in Houston, Texas and Oxford, Mississippi. To learn how your school or educational institution can benefit from AnComm’s ‘‘Talk About It’’ anonymous online and text based reporting service, visit our web sites at http://talkaboutit.ancomm.com or http://www.ancomm.com or call (866) 926-2666. |
