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Bullying to be focus of Teen Forum in Cobb Saturday

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March 15, 2012

Bullying -- an increasingly difficult topic for teens to deal with -- will be the focus of the Marietta-Roswell Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s annual Teen Forum. The event is from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the South Cobb Recreation Center, 875 Six Flags Dr. in Austell.

The forum, “A Time for PEACE: Parents Encouraged And Children Empowered,” will lead students through a day’s worth of educational and interactive workshops focusing on topics like anti-bullying, cyber bullying and conflict resolution.

Monique Rivarde, whose 18-year-old son Bobby Tillman was killed in 2010 by four teenagers in a random attack at a party in Douglasville, will address the teens at the forum.

Online registration closes Thursday, March 15. To register go to: www.dstmrac.com.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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