Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton has signed on to participate in a new coalition to raise awareness about the effects of bullying.
The coalition between the BULLY Project and the U.S. Conference of Mayors aims to curb bullying in cities throughout the Southwest.
The BULLY Project on Tuesday announced the collaboration with mayors from Phoenix, Houston, Sante Fe, N.M., Corpus Christi, Texas, Tempe, Laredo, Texas, and Las Cruces, N.M.
The project stems from the success of "Bully," a 2011 film documenting bullying in schools across the country. The project provides resources to schools in the U.S. to combat bullying.
The new partnership will give the mayors resources to host educational events in their communities, including screenings of the film, educate students and raise awareness of the effects of bullying, according to a news release.
The collaboration comes one month after the U.S. Conference of Mayors launched the Mayors' Campaign to End Bullying at its annual meeting in Dallas, which received support from 170 of the conference's members.
Stanton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Every day, 160,000 kids in America stay home from school to avoid being bullied, according to PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center, a Minneapolis-based anti-bullying advocacy organization.