Adrian Skoczylas born in 1991 in Zgierz. In years 2007-2010 he attended a secondary school in Zgierz (Samorządowe Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Romualda Traugutta). At present, as a student at the Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities programme, he studies Political Science at the University of Łódź. A member of the Civil Society Initiatives Association EZG (Stowarzyszenia Inicjatyw Obywatelskich EZG) and an editor of the internet service EZG.INFO.PL. A founding member of “SofA”: the School Club Against Cyberbullying (Szkolny Klub Przeciwko Cyberprzemocy „SofA”), which started its activity in Adrian’s hometown secondary school on May 26, 2009. The idea for the “SofA” Club was initiated during the international project “Schools’ Challenge” organised by the British Council from March 2008 to May 2009. Local-scale initiatives, which aim to raise awareness about cyberbullying, inform about ways of counteracting it and help its victims, are the main activity areas of the Club. As an active Club member, Adrian Skoczylas took part in numerous conferences and events concerned with the problem of e-violence, such as “Electronic Aggression Among Young People” organised at the Higher Teacher Training School in Łódź in cooperation with Dr. Jacek Pyżalski, “16 Days of Non-Violence Against Women” in cooperation with SIO EZG, “Children of Zgierz Week” in cooperation with Children’s Cultural Centre in Zgierz, and many others. He is the author of many articles on cyberbullying for the internet service EZG.INFO.PL and for the Zgierz Weekly Illustrated newspaper. He created the internet website of the “SofA” Club, the Club poster and leaflets and questionnaires on cyberbullying, which are used to study the phenomenon. He ran numerous workshops and presentations on the subject of e-aggression.
Presentation title: Activities of anti-cyber bully school club "SofA"
The “SofA” Club was founded by a group of students from a secondary school in Zgierz (Samorządowe Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Romualda Traugutta) under kind supervision of Marzena Więckowska. The founding members were: Karolina Sobierajska, Izabela Tomczak, Adam Kostecki and Adrian Skoczylas. The idea for the “SofA” Club was initiated during the international project “Schools’ Challenge” organized by the British Council from March 2008 to May 2009. The Club started its activity on May 26, 2009 and its name is an acronym of the English “The Society of Anti-cyberbullying”. The Club’s logo features a mouse which signifies both – the computer mouse and mousy people, who are customary victims of cyberbullying. The Club’s priorities include: protecting students against e-violence, devising the code of conduct in case of electronic aggression acts, providing help to student victims of cyberbullying, raising awareness of e-violence and ways of preventing it. These aims are reached through a series of workshops for students and youth leaders, systematically tested knowledge on cyberbullying, the school contact point, numerous contests and educational events, cooperation with anti-cyberbullying organisations and local initiative groups. The Club consists of 18 members (10 ordinary and 8 honorary), a supervisor and a co-supervisor. 3 sponsors support the Club financially and 2 media sponsors cooperate with the Club. The Club has its our own statute, stamp, membership declaration, posters, leaflets, business cards and website: http://www.traugutt.miasto.zgierz.pl/stop_przemocy/index.htm, contact: .
In the presentation Adrian Skoczylas will present the origins, activity and the most important events in the “SofA” Club’s young existence, our successes, problems and plans for the future.
Adrian Skoczylas born in 1991 in Zgierz. In years 2007-2010 he attended a secondary school in Zgierz (Samorządowe Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Romualda Traugutta). At present, as a student at the Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities programme, he studies Political Science at the University of Łódź. 
