sumi mukherjee
Author and Speaker
MN, USAuthor and Speaker Sumi Mukherjee published his first book titled "A Life Interrupted – the story of my battle with bullying and obsessive compulsive disorder" in July 2011. His second book published in July 2014, is titled "Father Figure – my mission to prevent child sexual abuse". His third book titled "How to stand up to workplace bullying and take on an unjust employer" was published in Jan 2017. His latest book titled "Minority Viewpoint – my experience, as a person of color, with the American Justice System", was published in Dec 2020. Since October 2011, Sumi has been speaking to hundreds of people around the country so others can benefit from his stories. Sumi has spoken to teachers, counselors, principals, other administrators, social workers, school psychologists, mental health professionals, family members, caregivers, service providers, law enforcement professionals, students, parents, and the general audience. He has spoken at schools, colleges, universities, religious organizations, bullying prevention conferences, other professional conferences (including Principals conferences, School Social Workers Association conferences, School Psychologists Association Conferences, Counseling Association Conferences, State Psychological Association Conferences), child abuse prevention conferences, domestic violence/sexual abuse/mental health awareness events. Sumi has spoken extensively all over Minnesota as well as in a number of other states around the country including AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. He has also spoken in Montreal, Canada in 2016. His presentations are broadly focused on cultural diversity and social justice with specific focus on racial equality, long-term impact of bullying (including workplace bullying) and on prevention of child sexual abuse. Sumi was born in Calgary, Canada, and grew up in Minneapolis, MN. For more information, please visit his website at www.authorsumi.com
Author and Speaker Sumi Mukherjee published his first book titled "A Life Interrupted – the story of my battle with bullying and obsessive compulsive disorder" in July 2011. His second book published in July 2014, is titled "Father Figure – my mission to prevent child sexual abuse". His third book titled "How to stand up to workplace bullying and take on an unjust employer" was published in Jan 2017. His latest book titled "Minority Viewpoint – my experience, as a person of color, with the American Justice System", was published in Dec 2020. Since October 2011, Sumi has been speaking to hundreds of people around the country so others can benefit from his stories. Sumi has spoken to teachers, counselors, principals, other administrators, social workers, school psychologists, mental health professionals, family members, caregivers, service providers, law enforcement professionals, students, parents, and the general audience. He has spoken at schools, colleges, universities, religious organizations, bullying prevention conferences, other professional conferences (including Principals conferences, School Social Workers Association conferences, School Psychologists Association Conferences, Counseling Association Conferences, State Psychological Association Conferences), child abuse prevention conferences, domestic violence/sexual abuse/mental health awareness events. Sumi has spoken extensively all over Minnesota as well as in a number of other states around the country including AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. He has also spoken in Montreal, Canada in 2016. His presentations are broadly focused on cultural diversity and social justice with specific focus on racial equality, long-term impact of bullying (including workplace bullying) and on prevention of child sexual abuse. Sumi was born in Calgary, Canada, and grew up in Minneapolis, MN. For more information, please visit his website at www.authorsumi.com
Long lasting psychological impact of bullying
Prevention of child sexual abuse - whose responsibility is it?
This presentation is based on a recently published book titled "Father Figure - my mission to prevent child sexual abuse", by Sumi Mukherjee. The workshop focuses on prevention by intervention through multidisciplinary team efforts. Through a captivating story the presenter demonstrates how a timely intervention can dismantle a possibly abusive setup and thereby prevent possible child sexual abuse. However, in the process, the presentation also focuses on the existing systemic and...
Bullying and harassment in the workplace
Bullying and harassment in the workplace is a critical issue and all organizations must be careful in making sure they have appropriate processes and procedures in place to avoid significant problems. It is also important that all employees have a thorough understanding as to what kinds of things might constitute 'harassment' and what kinds of impact that might have. Harassment in the workplace can come in various shapes and forms. However, in general it is about treating everyone the same...
Acceptance of cultural diversity
This presentation focuses on long-term impact of bullying that is based on cultural/racial differences. Bullying continues to be a major problem in the United States today. Most people are starting to understand the fact that prolonged bullying can have significant long-term mental health impact that could last for years far beyond the school years. And when the bullying is based on cultural/racial differences, the impact could be even more devastating. When a person is bullied because of...
Challenges in prevention of child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a silent epidemic that takes place throughout the United States, creating social havoc for the children, adult survivors, and society. Even one single episode of child sexual abuse can scar the person for the rest of his/her life. It can be prevented if we can focus on the challenges, and that is the subject of this workshop. The presentation elaborates on the numerous challenges involved in dealing with several inconsistencies while trying to work...
Understanding the bully - key to prevention
The purpose of this presentation is to establish the fact that "understanding the bully" is one of the key factors that can help immensely in prevention of bullying. There are a large number of papers and publications that deal with the research and analysis of bullying prevention techniques and/or programs - focused more on "after the fact" rather than "before the fact". The purpose of this presentation is to focus on the goal of understanding why bullies do what they do - getting to the...
