Biography of jodee blanco

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    Jodee Blanco

    Survivor, expert, and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country’s most trusted voices on the subject of bullying. She is the author of The New York Times best-selling memoir "Please Stop Laughing At Me… One Woman’s Inspirational Story." The book, a chronicle of her painful school years, was a cultural catalyst and helped victims of all ages reclaim their lives and dignity.

    Blanco’s essential work as a school bullying survivor who revisits the issue through an adult lens has been recognized by The National Crime Prevention Council, The Department of Health & Human Services, the National Association of Youth Courts, Special Olympics, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and state and local entities from governors’ offices, PTAs, and law enforcement to school safety coalitions, mental health groups, and drug prevention programs.

    Her award-winning sequel, "Please Stop Laughing at Us…," was written in response to the demand for more information from her core audience—schools, parents, and other adult survivors of peer abuse like herself, who have come to know her as the champion of their cause. It provides advice and solutions set against the backdrop of her dramatic personal and professional journey as someone who unexpectedly finds herself the spokesperson for what would become a movement. Blanco released a companion journal to the "Please Stop Laughing at Me…" series and a third installment, entitled "Bullied Kids Speak Out," inspired by true stories of kids she’s met while working on the frontlines.

    Blanco has presented her message of hope and resiliency to thousands of people nationwide and implemented her anti-bullying program, “It’s NOT Just Joking Around!”™, in hundreds of schools. She focuses on the human element of bullying, incorporating the matrix of students, educators, and parents into each aspect of her program, and offers a realistic, practical plan of action for saving lives. No matter where Blanco goes

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    Jodee Blanco is the author of The New York Times bestselling memoir, Please Stop Laughing at Me. She is also a youth advocate and the creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed, “It’s NOT Just Joking Around!” anti-bullying program. She lives in Chicago.

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    Jodee Blanco

    American author and lecturer

    Jodee Blanco (born March 19, ) is an American author and lecturer. She is the author of Please Stop Laughing at Me . . . One Woman's Inspirational Story, a New York Times best selling memoir that led to her becoming an anti-bullying crusader. She was an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Publishing at New York University.

    Early life and education

    Born in Chicago, Illinois, Blanco was raised in Evergreen Park, and Palos Park, Illinois. She attended Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois and The American Community School in Halandri, Greece.

    Blanco completed an associate's degree from The School of Continuing Education at New York Universityin and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from New York University's Washington Square School of Arts & Sciences in

    Career

    From to , Blanco was senior publicist for Diane Glynn Publicity, Inc. in New York. In , she founded Blanco & Peace, Ltd. with publicist Lissy Peace, where she created multi-media campaigns for celebrities, corporations, production companies and publishers. Among the individuals and entities that she's worked with include Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen, Oleg Cassini, Universal Studios, Warner Books, among others.

    From Blanco was an adjunct faculty member at New York University's Center for Publishing, teaching courses on literary publicity and communications. In , she taught communications and public relations at the Graham School at the University of Chicago.

    In , Blanco co-authored (with Catherine Lanigan) The Evolving Woman (Health Communications Inc.), a non-fiction work focusing on domestic violence. The book received the Celebration of Hope Award from then-senator Joe Biden. In , her memoir Please Stop Laughing at Me . . . One Woman's Inspirational Sto

    Jodee has brought her in-school anti-bullying program, INJJA™ (“It’s NOT Just Joking Around!”™), which includes live presentations, a communications focused follow-up curriculum, and professional development, to hundreds of Catholic schools at the behest of diocesan leadership as well as individual administrators and teachers. All of her methodologies, the crux of everything she does in the anti-bullying space, are based on core Catholic values of tolerance, compassion, and forgiveness.

    One of the most trusted authorities on bullying within the Catholic school system, she has worked with some of the largest dioceses in the country who regularly turn to her to deepen their understanding of bullying from the rare perspective of someone that endured it herself and has dedicated her adult life to preventing other students from similar suffering. Dioceses (and archdioceses) in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, California, Kansas, Hawaii, Texas, Illinois, Idaho, Nebraska, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington State, Virginia, Curacao, Guam, and many others have brought Jodee in to keynote their in-services and then sent her to speak at their schools and implement her program. Often, she’ll do residency tours, working with large cohorts of schools across several months.

    Her seminars on restorative communication practices for Catholic administrators also draw large audiences. One of her signature talks, “How to Handle Parents that Bully the School,”™ has become so popular that she was asked to create webinars, boot-camps, a principals’ institute, and an entire NCEA Brief to the subject. The head of NACPA (National Association of Church Personnel Administrators), after attending one of these seminars had Jodee present a daylong masterclass on navigating challenging people as the keynote for their annual national conference. Jodee also recently released an online course for educators on building positive relationships with parents.

    In addition to her presentations and anti-