Actress and keynote speaker Diane Neal, best known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak on the TV show “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” from 2003 to 2008, tells attendees of her own experience of being bullied as a student in Colorado.

Luz Minaya, a teacher at IS 528 in Manhattan, leads a workshop on bullying in the workplace during the Be BRAVE Against Bullying Conference at UFT headquarters on Oct. 28. 

UFT BRAVE Coordinator Adhim DeVeaux talks to Lainie Knapp, a teacher at Dewitt Clinton HS, during the conference. 

Melanie Mendonca (yellow scarf), the District 23 Community Education Council president, during the discussion about rethinking effective bullying and violence prevention efforts. 

Shatavia K. White, a school safety officer, takes a workshop on bullying in the workplace. 

Subrina Cek (left), a teacher at IS 93 in Queens, speaks during a panel discussion with one of the winners of a student essay contest on bullying. 

Jazmin Trani, a social worker at Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Brooklyn, takes a workshop titled Examining Our Personal Identities and Biases. 

Loi An Le, a teacher at PS 94 in Brooklyn, listens to one of the conference panel discussions on anti-bullying strategies. 

BRAVE conference attendees give a warm welcome to keynote speaker Diane Neal, who filled in for human rights activist Kerry Kennedy.

Melanie Schroeder, a teacher at the Young Women’s Leadership School in Astoria, Queens, expresses surprise after winning a raffle at the event. It’s being handed to her by UFT BRAVE Coordinator Adhim DeVeaux, while keynote speaker Diane Neal looks on. 

Bonnie Wolff, a social worker at Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Brooklyn, accepts the raffle basket she won from UFT BRAVE Coordinator Adhim DeVeaux and keynote speaker Diane Neal.