WHEREAS,  judgment and discrimination against others may be based on many factors and may be due to a person's accent, age, disability, height, weight, nationality, race, religion, sex, gender, gender-identity or sexual orientation; and

WHEREAS,  bullying includes harassment that may occur in the workplace, at schools, in families, in social settings and online; and

WHEREAS,  bullying is the harassing display of discrimination; and

WHEREAS,  discrimination and bullying have direct effects on the physical, emotional and mental health of an individual, on organizational stability in schools and businesses and on the well-being of society as a whole; and

WHEREAS,  a disproportionate number of disabled individuals, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Americans and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community report experiencing daily discrimination; and

WHEREAS,  37% of Americans report being bullied on the job; and

WHEREAS,  160,000 children around the nation stay home from school each day because of bullying and fear of bullying; and

WHEREAS,  in 80% of school shooting cases in the 1990s, the shooters had histories of being bullied; and

WHEREAS,  90% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered teenagers reported being bullied at school; and

WHEREAS,  more than 50% of adolescents and teenagers report being bullied online and bullying others online; and

WHEREAS,  everyone of all ages, groups and backgrounds may be victims of bullying, marginalization and discrimination, and it is reported that half of all suicides among young people are due to bullying; now, therefore, be it