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A Partnership of the Nevada Departments of Education and Public Safety

Your School Needs Your Help Are you an Upstander?

It’s Anonymous! SafeVoice is Now Available for You What does that mean? Safe Voice is a safe way to share your fears about ● your friends’ safety or your own If you don’t want to Access to help, any time any day ● give your name, that’s SafeVoice app ● OK. Call 833-216-7233 (SAFE) ● You don’t have to use your name, just use www.safevoicenv.org ● your voice.

What happens here at ● school and in your life that Why SafeVoice? would be helpful to be able to tell to an adult? Your voice can be the difference.

When to Use SafeVoice If you or someone you know is being bullied ● If you are worried about a friend who is sad or ● doing risky things. If someone tries to touch you or a friend in a ● way that makes you feel uncomfortable OR, if you see violence or weapons at school you can SPEAK UP!

Telling vs. Tattling Telling an Adult Tattling on a Classmate Keeping school safe Use SafeVoice to report serious Avoiding Blame problems and harmful bullying, Feelings are hurt Someone could be not when you have a playground badly hurt argument or someone looks at you You think you will gain something from tattling funny, OK? Problem is urgent and important Problem is made bigger, Let’s be kind not solved An adult can help solve the problem

Who receives the SafeVoice Reports? ● Law enforcement is engaged immediately for ‘911’ situations ● A team here at your school of administrators and counselors receives the reports multiple times a day and will start taking appropriate actions to intervene and support ● You won’t hear directly about the response because reporting is anonymous, but you can feel better knowing you stood up for a friend

Contacting SafeVoice SafeVoice can be used on your phone or computer or computers and tablets here at school. SafeVoice app Call 833-216-7233 (SAFE) www.safevoicenv.org

Friends use SafeVoice for friends who need help ● If a student contacts SafeVoice with a concern it will ALWAYS be taken seriously by professionals. ● You can use SafeVoice to speak up for yourself too

And why? You can be the change. You can be a hero.