Bullying is
a choice. How
somebody acts
and what they
say to somebody
is a choice. My
disease was
not a choice.”
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GREATEST
PERSON OF
THE WEEK
Gabrielle Ford
Raising
Hope for
the Bullied
BY EMMA
DIAB
SOME WOULD RATHER NOT remember their middle school days,
much less walk through those
doors again. Anti-bullying advocate Gabrielle ‘Gabe’ Ford not only
visits middle schools regularly,
but willingly relives her painful
experiences each time.
Since 2003, Ford, 32, has been
speaking to children and adolescents in small classrooms, huge
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT SNOW
HUFFINGTON
10.28.12