Article updated: 7/5/2012 12:11 PM

Rolling Meadows Park District hosts powerful anti-bullying speaker

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Kirk Smalley gives a presentation about his son, Ty, who committed suicide after being bullied.

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Kirk Smalley gives the sign of support.

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Bracelets from the Illinois chapter of Stand for the Silent.

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Mariah Reeves, 13, of Hanover Park and her mom Sandy started the Illinois chapter of Stand for the Silent. Mariah was hospitalized for six days in February after suffering from depression when she was bullied via social media.

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Sandy Reeves talks about her daughter Mariah's depression after being the victim of cyberbullying.

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Mariah Reeves and her mom, Sandy, started the Illinois chapter of Stand for the Silent.

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One of the families featured in the documentary "Bully" will be in Rolling Meadows July 7 talking to 35 suburban park districts, and later giving a presentation that's open to the public. After his 11-year-old son killed himself, Kirk Smalley made a promise to stop bullying around the world. "I don't break promises to my kid," Smalley said.