September 9, 2019 KUAM News
About 400 recruited students from nine private schools and one public high school participated in the two-day Safe School Ambassadors® training that was hosted for the sixth year by the Judiciary of Guam in partnership with the Guam Department of Education.
April 20 2019 by Karen Bossick, eyeonsunvalley.com
Most schools adopt an adult-driven, control-driven, outside-in approach to secure schools. They rely on school resource officers, punitive policies and, often, metal detectors. That approach—keeping trouble out—may work at an airport or in a prison but not in schools, says Community Matters founder Rick Phillips.
April 3, 2019 by Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(Photo: Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
Safe School Ambassadors at Adams-Friendship High School in Wisconsin are making a difference in the lives of their peers.
February 26, 2019 – Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) podcast
Community Matters founder Rick Phillips discusses the growing prevalance, causes and effects of cyberbullying on today’s youth with host Tiquan Gilbert of PRIMA.
September 19, 2018 – KZST Radio
Community Matters Executive Director Diana Curtin is interviewed by news director and host Ted Williams on Sonoma County’s Talking and discusses CM’s mission and the Safe School Ambassadors® program.
December 6, 2017 (updated) by Amy Neumann, Sean Gardner, Ann Tran, Huffington Post
Bullying has become a huge issue these days, both online and off. Not just for individuals, but also for families and communities.
July 13, 2015 by Wendy Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
Students at Pasadena High School train as Safe School Ambassadors to stop cyberbullying.
April 2, 2014 – KQED Forum with Michael Krasny
CM founder Rick Phillips joins a panel of experts on bullying to discuss a study of North Carolina youth that showed a surprising increase in bullying victimization as they went higher up the social ladder.
March 3, 2014 OpEd by Karla Conroy, SSA Program Advisor, Adele Harrison Middle School, Sonoma Index-Tribune
The Community Matters Safe School Ambassadors program, and the Waking Up Courage Assembly, have led to a change in the school environment at Adele Harrison Middle School.
May 9, 2011 by Lucas Kavner, Huffington Post
Community Matters founder Rick Phillips discusses his journey from childhood to a career in education, and ultimately to the founding of Community Matters and the creation of the Safe School Ambassadors® Program.