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WomenSource event gives girls tips, advice on how to avoid being a victim of bullies
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Cori Hosch speaks to local students about ways to deal with bullying in real life situations during this year’s Girl Power event held by WomenSource Saturday morning at the Brenau Downtown Center in Gainesville. Hosch is a Brenau University student in the clinical counseling master’s program who volunteered during the Girl Power event. - photo by Erin O. Smith
A young person is liable to face bullying by the time you finish reading this story. That’s because girls and boys are being bullied every seven minutes, according to international speaker and therapist Tracie Berry-McGhee, founder of SistaKeeper. The group started in Berry-McGhee’s basement with seven girls and grew to an international organization that works to help young girls victimized by bullies.