What happened to him

Alex Libby got bullied a lot. People used to beat him up emotionally and physically. They would call him names like fish face. He said that the most bullying would happen on the bus. He got punched and strangled regularly. Alex exclaimed "that he was friends with most of the Bullies in elementary school but then it was all about who was the most popular or who dressed the best or who had had the best hair. In elementary school everything was funny" (dailymail.co.uk). The principle said the children were as good as gold but Alex knew the opposite.

Alex exclaimed "I was craving friends". Which means he wanted to have more friends. He was determined to have friends. So he went to a different school. Once he uploaded the documentary it went viral. It was seen over 90,000 times. Also it had 97,000 likes on his Facebook page now that's a lot!

What he did (Activism)

He spoke up in a hit anti bullying documentary he was only 12. He visited a beauty pageant winner for the documentary and went to the white house for a clip in the documentary that he was a part of. He stands up for all bullying victims. "In October 2014 Alex worked as an intern for the Bully Project" (pbs.uorg) which is where victims text there situation and they send a solution itself in their offices in New York City. Alex was featured on CNN in 2013 to speak up about bullies.

Who it helped

You know how he was in that Anti Bullying documentary. Well the documentary got a lot of attention. To be exact it got "90,000 views! Also he got 97,000 likes on his Facebook page" (dailymail.co.uk). Hes helped thousands of kids from committing suicide because of the documentary. Alex said that if it weren't for the fame he would have probably been a victim of suicide.

Conclusion

Did you know that 2,000 U.S children have committed suicide due to bullying. Also 13 million kids in the U.S are victims of bullying. This was all about one kid trying to fix bullying and his name is Alex Libby. What would you do to to prevent bullying? We need to stop bullying together because there are kids like Alex Libby getting torchered every day of school when they are just trying to learn. This is the end I hope you enjoyed.