Celebrate National Bullying Prevention Month:
Rooted In Resilience
Welcome to our “Rooted In Resilience” Campaign
Being rooted in resilience means embracing our emotions—not as weakness, but as proof of our humanity. Life will test every one of us, yet emotional resilience gives us the courage to face those moments, to name what we feel, and to choose a response grounded in compassion & kindness.
This campaign invites you to join a movement where strength is shared, understanding is extended, and kindness becomes our collective power. Together we can create communities where everyone feels seen, supported, and emotionally safe.
Why This Matters
Emotional resilience belongs to all of us. For students, it sparks curiosity and deepens friendships. For educators, it steadies the classroom and nurtures connection. For community members, it shapes workplaces and gathering spaces where understanding and respect can take root. When we learn to name our feelings and meet them with clarity and kindness, we create communities that feel safer, stronger, and more compassionate—places where everyone can learn, grow, and belong.
Participate in our Bullying Prevention Month Activities! Each activity centers around our connection to emotions and feelings.
Click the pictures below to learn more about each activity
Community Art Contests
Riverside City Reading Challenge
Student Workbooks
Join Our Community Art Contests
Many of us move through life carrying feelings we rarely name—joy and wonder, fear and doubt, hope and heartache. Facing those inner worlds isn’t always easy. But art gives us a way in. Through color and texture, through shape and story, we can bring the unseen into the light.
This October, our community is coming together to celebrate that power of expression with two creative contests:
Option 1: Classroom Door Decorating Contest – Classrooms across the Inland Empire are invited to work as a team, turning a single doorway into a vibrant display of shared feeling. Students and staff collaborate to show how emotions connect us all.
Option 2: Youth Art Contest – Individual artists can paint, draw, sketch, or use mix media to reveal the characters and landscapes of their own inner world.
Whether you create side-by-side with classmates or on your own canvas, your work will help our community see what words often hide—and remind us that every emotion has a place.
Create. Express. Reveal.
Riverside City Reading Challenge
When you pick up a book, you can travel anywhere and be anyone. But the real magic? Somewhere in those pages you meet pieces of yourself—feelings you recognize, questions you’ve carried, courage you didn’t know you had. Stories connect us to each other and to the deeper truths we sometimes overlook.
The Community Reading Challenge is your invitation to explore those worlds. Read what excites you, share what you find, and let every story bring you closer to yourself and the people around you.
Everyone who reaches the 10-hour goal will be entered to win a prize. Three readers will each win a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card.
How to Join
Visit any participating Riverside City library branch to pick up your Reading Challenge Passport.
Library staff can help you choose books that spark your curiosity and fit the challenge.
Log at least 10 hours of reading in your passport to complete the challenge.
Turn in your passport to any Riverside City Public Library branch by October 31st, 2025 to be entered to win!
Student Workbook
Practical tools to help you recover, adapt, and grow after life’s challenges
Everyone experiences setbacks. What matters is how we respond. Our Rooted in Resilience Student Workbook is a free resource designed to help students, educators, families, and community members strengthen their ability to cope with stress, regulate emotions, and keep moving forward.
Resilience is not about avoiding problems—it’s about responding to them with flexibility and confidence. These resources give you practical ways to develop emotional regulation, self-awareness, and healthy coping skills, whether you’re supporting yourself or guiding others.