09/12/2025
Dear DKG members and guests,
You are cordially invited to attend a webinar “The Bully Needs a Buddy Too: Using Kindness as an Early Childhood Intervention Strategy” with Loverly Sheridan. We scheduled the webinar for a time that most members, including our DKG European members, will be able to attend.
📅 Saturday, September 27, 2025 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM ET
⏰ Hosted by DKG members: Dr. Elizabeth Tarner (Virginia), Carol Linscott (Washington), Beverley Johns (Illinois)
Register here: https://forms.gle/3uWv7wdKXiB6gu7dA
🌟 Meet the Speaker: Loverly Sheridan, DKG Florida member 🌟
Award-winning Author • Educator • Global Changemaker • Mental Health Advocate
Loverly Sheridan is a visionary educator, author, and global changemaker whose life’s mission is rooted in spreading kindness, reimagining mental health, and empowering children and adults alike.
Born and raised in Saint Lucia in a single-parent household of six, Loverly grew up with a dream to see the world beyond her island. That dream took her far— earning her bachelor’s degree in the United States, a master’s in Australia, and later living and teaching in China and Japan. With over 80 countries visited, Loverly has turned her global experiences into lessons of compassion, education, and inclusion.
Her most impactful work is Buddy Ambassadors, an organisation she founded to promote kindness, empathy, compassion, and inclusion in and out of school.
She creates programs and campaigns to empower both children and adults. One of her most successful campaigns was birthed from her award-winning book, “ Be a Buddy, Not a Bully.” Unlike traditional anti-bullying campaigns that focus on the problem, Buddy Ambassadors shifts attention toward kindness, recognizing and celebrating children who model empathy and positive behavior.
This fresh approach has been welcomed in schools across the U.S. and the Caribbean, earning her accolades such as Educator of the Year, the International Athena Leadership Award, and recognition from Palm Beach State College with the Martin Luther King Leadership Award.
Today, Loverly is expanding her platform to champion neurodiversity and mental health, aiming to change the narrative around ADHD, autism, OCD, and other differences.
She boldly calls her neurodivergence her “superpower” and is working with clinicians and educators to revolutionize how society, schools, and workplaces view and support the neurodivergent brain.
Her goal: to spark a global movement that normalizes differences, eliminates stigma, promote empathy and kindness, and equips future generations with the tools to thrive in a complex world.
Learn More & Connect
www.loverlysheridan.com
www.buddyambassadors.com
www.takeaminutebench.com
loverlysheridan@icloud.com
