NYCLU Hosts Local HS Students at Bill of Rights Day Commemoration

POSTED:JANUARY 2012

On Thursday, Dec. 15, the New York Civil Liberties Union’s Lower Hudson Valley Chapter hosted area high school students from Thornton, Eastchester, Hendrick Hudson, Tuckahoe and Clarkstown South at its annual Bill of Rights Day celebration at St. Paul’s Historic Site in Mt. Vernon.

This program, which marked the 220th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights, focused on school bullying in the context of students’ constitutional rights. It included a discussion of the Dignity Act – a new state law that will provide students in public schools a safe, nurturing educational environment once it takes effect in 2012.

The event’s program included a reading of the Bill of Rights by individual students; a discussion on bullying led by Prof. Ralph Stein, a law professor at Pace University School of Law; and a talk by Jim Bostic, the executive director of the Nepperhan Community Center in Yonkers.

The event also featured awards presented to the winners of the chapter’s annual Bill of Rights Essay Contest. This year’s contest asked students to consider how school administrators should address bullying.

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