The Close the Space Campaign
A movement built on one simple choice.
Notice who is outside the circle.
Move closer.
Make room.
Every day, you get to choose. Choose to Close the Space.
What the Campaign Is
This is not another anti bullying slogan.
It is not a lecture.
It is not a punishment program.
It is an invitation.
An invitation to notice the space between people and make a choice about it.
In every school, every hallway, every cafeteria, every team, every camp, and every group chat, someone has the chance to do one small thing.
Sit down.
Say hey.
Speak up.
Do not laugh.
Do not forward it.
Make room.
Tell an adult when someone is unsafe.
Forgive.
Include.
Stand close when everyone else steps back.
That is the campaign.
Small choices, made consistently, by regular people who decide not to leave someone alone in the space.
What the Campaign Asks You to Do
1
Recognize
See the space.
Notice the shove, the threat, the cruel joke, the rumor, the label.
Notice who is sitting alone, left out, ignored, excluded from the group chat, or kept outside the circle.
You cannot close a space you refuse to see.
2
Refuse
Refuse to help the harm grow.
Do not laugh.
Do not forward the screenshot.
Do not repeat the rumor.
Do not pile on.
Do not treat one mistake like it is someone’s whole identity.
Do not use a label as permission to be cruel.
Stay when everyone else walks away.
3
Repair
When harm happens, do not let it become the whole story.
Apologize when you are wrong.
Accept a real apology when you are ready.
Do not turn one mistake into someone’s entire identity.
Accountability matters.
So does forgiveness.
4
Expand
Help belonging reach farther.
Through scholarships, school partnerships, and Hero recognition, Close the Space creates real opportunities for youth to be seen, supported, and included.
Belonging should not depend on popularity.
What Closing the Space Actually Looks Like
It does not have to be dramatic.
It does not require a speech, a confrontation, or a grand gesture.
It looks like this:
Sitting next to someone who always eats alone.
Saying hey to the person nobody says hey to.
Making room when the circle closes.
Inviting someone into a conversation that was already happening.
Not laughing when the joke is cruel.
Not repeating something you know would hurt someone.
Apologizing without excuses.
Accepting a real apology without turning someone’s worst moment into their whole identity.
Adding someone back to the group chat.
Walking with someone who usually walks alone.
Staying friends when the group makes it clear there may be a cost.
That is the campaign.
Not perfection.
Practice.
Not popularity.
Courage.
Not a slogan.
A choice.
Heroes and Scholarships
Close the Space Heroes
Heroes are young people who choose inclusion when it costs them something.
They sit down.
They stay kind.
They forgive without pretending it did not hurt.
They include when the crowd makes it easier not to.
We recognize youth who make belonging possible.
Close the Space Scholarships
For youth experiencing. bullying and isolation, scholarships create a doorway into camps and leadership programs where they can start fresh, build real friendships, and remember they were never meant to be alone.
For Heroes, scholarships invest in the students already choosing courage.
Belonging matters on both sides of the space.
Get Involved
The campaign only works when people carry it into real rooms, real schools, real teams, and real communities.
Choose one way to close the space.
Nominate a Hero
Know a young person who chose inclusion when it would have been easier to walk away?
Tell us their story.
Support the Mission
Help fund scholarships, resources, school partnerships, and recognition for youth who create belonging.
Bring It to Your School
Bring Close the Space to students through conversations about exclusion, repair, forgiveness, and everyday courage.
Kindness costs nothing.
Compassion is a choice.
Forgiveness is strength.
Belonging grows when someone decides to make room.
Every day, you get to choose.