ProfNet Experts Available on Food Bullying, Sexual Harassment, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Food Bullying and 'Peter Rabbit': Spokespeople Available
• Is It Really Sexual Harassment? Four Questions to Ask
• Why the #MeToo Movement May Inadvertently Be Hurting Women and Men
• 3 Keys to Helping Victims Become Survivors
• Schools Consider Banning Best Friends to Foster Inclusive Environment

MEDIA JOBS

• Reporter, Google – The Wall Street Journal (CA)
• Writer/Editor, Electronics – Consumer Reports (NY)
• Managing Editor – The Employment Benefit Adviser (NY/VA)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• 11 News Sites We Love for Trailblazing Coverage of Black Culture, Communities
• 10 Simple Subjects to Build Your Photography Portfolio
• Blog Profiles: Wine Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Food Bullying and 'Peter Rabbit': Spokespeople Available
Tonya Winders
President and Chief Executive Officer
Allergy & Asthma Network
"Many parents, patients and food allergy advocacy organizations have expressed concern following Friday's release of the children's movie 'Peter Rabbit.' Food allergy bullying happens when those living with LTAs are teased, ridiculed, or even threatened or assaulted with food to which they are severely allergic. Nearly six million children suffer from LTAs in the United States. It is important that children are educated about life threatening food allergies and are taught to accept children who have them."
As part of the No Appetite for Bullying initiative, kaléo, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to building innovative solutions for serious and life-threatening medical conditions, offers the following media resources: Tonya Winders, president and chief executive officer of Allergy & Asthma Network, a leading allergy advocacy organization; Zac Chelini, a young man who has been bullied due to his food allergies since he was in elementary school; statistics regarding the prevalence of food allergies and food allergy bullying; and results from a survey released October 2017 regarding gaps in knowledge and perceptions that exist around food allergy bullying.
Website: www.noappetiteforbullying.com
Contact: Jennifer Corrigan, [email protected]

Is It Really Sexual Harassment? Four Questions to Ask
Ken Cooper
Sexual Harassment Prevention Trainer
CooperComm, Inc.
"With these questions, it's easy to figure out where the line is, and how not to go near it. Just ask yourself any of these four questions and it becomes obvious: 1) Is it OK to do? If you wonder about it, then by definition, it isn't. 2) Would you mind it being publicized? Would it bother you to have a picture and a caption of your actions on the front page of The Wall Street Journal or on the home page of MSN.com? If so, don't do it. 3) Would you do it in front of an important person? Would you do it to your CEO's spouse at a meeting? A policeman's spouse at a party? A giant football player's date at a bar? In front of your own significant other? No? Then don't do it at all. 4) Why would you need to do it? What business process required it? If there isn't a business reason for your action, don't do it."
Cooper is president and founder of CooperComm, Inc., a consulting firm with extensive experience providing sexual harassment prevention training to a wide range of private- and public-sector organizations. A body language expert, Cooper has authored several books, including "Stop It Now: How Targets & Managers Can End Sexual Harassment" and "BodyBusiness: The Sender's and Receiver's Guide to Nonverbal Communication." He earned his Masters at the University of Missouri, Columbia and is also a graduate of the IBM/Harvard Advanced Business Institute. A longtime sexual harassment researcher, speaker and prevention consultant, Cooper has conducted hundreds of seminars for tens of thousands of attendees, sharing his unique research-based tools for preventing harassment, changing behavior, and maximizing workplace productivity.
Online Press Kit: www.KenCooper.OnlinePressKit247.com
Website: www.StopSHNow.com
Contact: Jennifer Thomas, [email protected]

Why the #MeToo Movement May Inadvertently Be Hurting Women and Men
Dr. ArLyne Diamond
President and Founder
Diamond Associates
"Many men are now reluctant to work with women and, whether consciously or not, are avoiding them. Women are valuable additions to the workplace -- and if, as a class of people, they are being left out, the value they bring is being lost. Men are becoming much too self-conscious, walking on egg shells, afraid to accidentally offend. They are being vilified for behaviors they might have done years ago -- and it is ruining their careers."
Dr. Diamond is an internationally recognized leadership, management, professional development, and organizational development consultant specializing in people and processes in the workplace. As the president and founder of her consulting firm, Diamond Associates, Dr. Diamond's clients range from boards of directors and upper management to support staff in many industries, both public and private. She is well-known for her skill in large and small group processes, including workshops in strategic planning, change management, conflict resolution, system streamlining, communication, management of people and projects, as well as board of directors development, committee and team training. Her executive consulting/coaching and mentoring of individuals includes helping new CEOs grow into their position and learn how to create and work with executive teams, stakeholders, and others in their organization.
Website: www.diamondassociates.net
Contact: Mark Goldman, [email protected]

3 Keys to Helping Victims Become Survivors
Dr. Bradley Nelson
Holistic Physician and Author
"Trapped Emotions and Heart-Walls can lead to feelings of isolation, depression, and anxiety, and are an underlying cause of many of the symptoms of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Although these emotional energies are unseen, they can ultimately contribute to self sabotage, divorce, and abuse. And we now know that these emotional energies are passed from parent to child, creating patterns of negative thinking and abuse that can pass from generation to generation, interfering with the happiness and functionality of an entire family line, ultimately. To heal from sexual assault and abuse, 1) find and release trapped emotions; 2) forgive -- for your own peace of mind; and 3) reach out to help other survivors."
Dr. Nelson is a holistic chiropractic physician, a medical intuitive, and one of the world's foremost experts in the emerging fields of bioenergetic medicine and energy psychology. His bestselling book, "The Emotion Code," is helping people all over the world to improve their lives easily and quickly. Users of "The Emotion Code" have found freedom from emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, as well as physical problems including fatigue, pain and disease. A key element of "The Emotion Code" is removing emotional energies that have clustered around the heart, interfering with one's ability to find love and success. Dr. Nelson has coined this cluster of emotions the "Heart-Wall," and it has been called "the most important discovery in the history of energy medicine." He has trained thousands of practitioners worldwide to help people overcome unresolved anger, depression, anxiety, loneliness and other negative emotions and the physical symptoms associated with them.
Online Press Kit: http://drbradleynelson.onlinepresskit247.com
Websites: www.DrBradleyNelson.com and www.EmotionCodeGift.com
Contact: Jennifer Thomas, [email protected]

Schools Consider Banning Best Friends to Foster Inclusive Environment
Dr. John Huber
Chairman
Mainstream Mental Health
Dr. Huber is available to comment on the growing movement of schools banning the phrase "best friend": "For the government to encroach upon the basic rights of children to form close bonds with peers of their choosing is an outrage. It is mentally healthy to have best friends. Best friends can form through personality symmetry, mutual thinking, and similar interests. Some friendships that are formed at an early age can last a lifetime. To tell children that they need to be more inclusive in their social circles and expand them is a total infringement upon the basic rights granted to us as human beings. We have the right to choose who we associate and disassociate with. And because children tend to be more honest at an early age, they are more than capable of making these decisions themselves."
Based in Texas, Dr. Huber is the chairman of Mainstream Mental Health, a nonprofit organization that brings lasting and positive change to the lives of individuals that suffer from mental health issues. A mental health professional for more than 20 years, Dr. Huber is a clinical forensic psychologist and a practitioner with privileges at two long-term acute-care hospitals.
Website: www.mainstreammentalhealth.org
Contact: Ryan McCormick, [email protected]

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