DEARBORN — Paul Abbate, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit Division, joined Samia Hamid Sareini, the Arab American Civil Rights League field director, on Monday, March 23, at  William Ford Elementary School in Dearborn, where the two read to students as part of the National Reading month.

Celebrities and public officials have been promoting books by reading to students during March in schools across the country.

On Monday, William Ford administrators promoted a national anti-bullying campaign called Defeat the Label. 

The national campaign works with parents and schools around the country to combat bullying, and push students to stand up against it. 

Defeat the Label believes that in order to end bullying we have to put the power back where it belongs, in the hands of the students. Both Hamid and Abbate encouraged students to be brave and stand up against bullying.

The objective of Defeat the Label is to create a movement. Defeat the Label strives to promote an inclusive, judgment-free society. The event was held in collaboration with 98.7 AMP radio.