Asher Brown’s parents, David and Amy Truong, are working to make sure other children in Texas are protected from bullying.
At the Capitol building in Austin on Monday, March 7, they joined Fort Worth Councilman Joel Burns and Equality Texas Executive Director Dennis Coleman to speak about bullying and then met privately with several key senators and representatives. Garnet Coleman announced that he renamed his bill Asher’s Law with the Truongs’ permission.
Asher’s bill would mandate the development of “a comprehensive suicide prevention program for implementation in public junior, middle and high schools,” provide training for teachers, counselors, nurses administrators and other staff who regularly interact with students and mandate a report to the legislature on implementation of the program.
About 350 people from around the state including a large number of straight allies lobbied legislators throughout the day.
Sorry for some of the shaky photography. I was photographing with one hand and video recording with the other.
