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Nicole Jon Sievers

Nicole Jon Sievers, born August 11th, 1967 in San Francisco, California, is a Southern California -based author, speaker, counselor, educator, creative, and social justice advocate who works as a licensed clinical social worker.[1]

She is best-known as an innovative problem solver, for her work in music and for founding the non-profit Stand For Courage (SFC) bullying-prevention program, which employs stories, creativity, and popular-culture to recognize students leading bystander action to eradicate bullying. She currently serves as executive director.[2]

In 2018, Sievers widened the scope of her philanthropy via the non-profit Little Mercies[3], which focuses on providing aid to underserved and vulnerable youth. Through Little Mercies, Sievers built an orphanage and supported schools in Thailand for stateless youth from Myanmar. She is currently making a documentary film about their plight.

Stand For Courage Bullying-Prevention Program

In 2014, SFC received the American Psychological Association Visionary Award[4]. In 2017, an academic study reported that victimization decreased drastically when schools actively taught and adopted SFC bullying prevention practices. It is recognized as one of the first anti-bullying programs to be data-driven, with empirical evidence that is both open source and student-led.

Another study evaluating Stand For Courage’s effectiveness in six high schools in the Mountain West was published in 2022 in The High School Journal and The University of North Carolina Press. Co-authored by Sievers, the study found that, among other positive results, “students in SfC schools were 51.9% less likely to report victimization and 53.8% less likely to report perpetration compared to students in control schools.”[5]

Little Mercies Program Aiding Vulnerable Youth

After becoming concerned about families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, Sievers held a fundraiser in Seattle that garnered around $135K to pay for attorneys to reunite families. This experience led her to found Little Mercies in 2018.

The organization creates distribution channels for essential items for those experiencing acute hardship. It has helped migrant children who are awaiting court dates in U.S./Mexico border towns by providing them with a backpack filled with essential items such as general first-aid and toiletries, a blanket and pillow, a coat and a pair of shoes. Each gift also includes a journal and crayons. These items are either donated directly or purchased with monetary donations received.[6]

Some of Little Mercies’ bigger accomplishments include feeding over 14,000 people a month for several years and buying land in Thailand so they could help build a school and orphanage.[7]

In 2020, Peter Yarrow put on a concert with all proceeds going to help Little Mercies and One Story at a Time.[8]

Career

For nearly 30 years, Nicole Jon Sievers has worked with youth and the systems serving them. Her roles have included therapist, teacher, educational district consultant, Outward Bound instructor, and forensic consultant.[9]  

She is certified in Imago Therapy[10], a form of marriage therapy developed by Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt[11]. She is also trained as an instructor in the PAIRS Psychoeducation Process[12], a nationally-recognized relationship education program.

Sievers also holds positions on the Seattle Music Commission[13] and is on the Board of Advisors for both The Origins Project[14] and Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care-Kenya[15]. For many years, she worked with Nobel Laureates[16] at the Wholistic Peace Institute in Portland, OR[17].

In 2011, she founded non-profit anti-bullying program Stand For Courage, where she continues to serve as Executive Director[18].

Sievers served as producer on the 2014 music album The Violet Sessions, which donated 100 percent of proceeds to fund research for cancer and rare diseases through Project Violet[19].

In 2015, she co-authored It’s Your Mind: Own It. A Manual for Every Teen[20], which offers up-to-date information and practical tools based in neuroscience, inspire readers to harness the power of the mind and manage the Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) that can lead to depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Every chapter engages teens with ideas, illustrations, quotations, and enrichment exercises. It won a National Indie Excellence Book Award that same year[21].

In 2019, IndieFlix released The Upstanders, a documentary on bullying and how to create systemic change on which she served as an impact producer[22].

In 2021, she released The One and Only You!,[23] a well-reviewed, multi-award-winning[24] tool kit designed to support positive growth in tweens and help them navigate the complexities of adolescence. Filled with illustrations and opportunities for self-exploration, the book encourages adolescents to embrace their truest selves with curiosity, compassion, and love, and includes group enrichment exercises for teachers and counselors.

In 2022, Sievers co-authored a study on Stand For Courage that was published in The High School Journal and The University of North Carolina Press[25].

Sievers is producing the Seattle-based concert “Dreaming in Analog” in May, 2025. It is in honor of the music writer Charles R. Cross and features numerous Grammy award-winning artists.

She has an upcoming project with Lili Anolik[26].

Additionally, she is a frequent radio and television guest and speaks to many professional groups around the nation.

Awards

  • 2009 Universal Peace Federation Ambassador for Peace Award[27]
  • 2015 American Psychological Foundation Visionary Award Grant for Stand For Courage[28]
  • 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Award for It’s Your Mind: Own It![29]
  • 2022 National Indie Excellence Book Award for The One and Only You[30]
  • 2022 Kirkus Review Editor’s Choice for The One and Only You[31]
  • 2022 BookFest First Place Award Winner for The One and Only You[32]
  • 2022 Mom's Choice Gold Award for The One and Only You[33]
  • 2022 Nautilus Silver Award for The One and Only You[34]
  • 2022 Pinnacle Achievement Award for The One and Only You[35]

Media Coverage

Print & Digital Media Coverage & Contributions

  • 2024 Image featured in article about Charles R. Cross’s death
    • The Stranger, Thank You, Charley[36]
  • 2024 Pictured at “Didion & Babitz” celebration
    • Women’s Wear Daily, Emma Roberts, Nicole Richie, and More at the Celebration of “Didion & Babitz” at Chateau Marmont[37]
  • 2020 Pictured in a local San Diego magazine
    • Ranch & Coast, Komen San Diego presented its virtual More Than Pink Annual Dinner[38]
  • 2019 Featured on Dr. Sheryl Ziegler’s podcast
    • Dr. Sheryl’s Podcouch, Bullying Prevention with Nicole Jon Sievers[39]
  • 2019 Feature in a local San Diego magazine
    • L’Chaim San Diego Magazine, ‘Go with all your heart’ [40]
  • 2019 Partnership Fundraiser with Courtney Love garners national & international magazine coverage.  
    • Elle Magazine, Courtney Love Called Me[41]
    • Vogue Magazine, You Can Now Own a Piece of Courtney Love’s Closet[42]
    • New York Post, Why Courtney Love’s selling her wardrobe[43]
    • Hollywood Reporter, Courtney Love on Her Latest Closet Sale for Charity[44]
    • The Telegraph, Courtney Love on her fashion history[45]
    • People Magazine, Courtney Love Set to Sell Off Iconic Clothing Items[46]
    • Heroine, The Editorial, Courtney’s Loves: The Icon Talks Rick Owens, Independence, and Personal Style[47]
    • Vanguard Seattle, Fashion and Philanthropy: Shop Courtney Love’s Closet on December 6[48]
    • The Guardian, ‘I talk to my clothes’: why Courtney Love is selling her best-known outfits[49]
    • Paper Magazine, Courtney Love Is Opening Up Her Closet For Charity[50]
    • Dazed, Courtney Love is selling iconic pieces from her wardrobe online[51]
    • Oyster, Shop Pieces From Courtney Love’s Actual IRL Closet[52]
    • Page Six, Style, Courtney Love is selling her clothes for as little as $50[53]
    • Comic Sands, You Can Own Legendary Pieces From Courtney Love’s Wardrobe to Benefit A Good Cause[54]
  • 2018 Society Page Feature for Seattle-local magazine coverage.
    • Vanguard Seattle, Stand For Courage: A Fresh Approach to Social Accountability[55]
  • 2015 Avenue Insider for New York City-local magazine coverage
    • Avenue Insider, A Visible Cause[56]
  • 2014 Quoted and featured in Acknowledgements of book
    • Charles R. Cross, Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain[57]
  • 2014 Quoted in article promoting Charle R. Cross’s book on Kurt Cobain’s legacy
    • Seattle Weekly, It feels awful to even write these words, but Kurt Cobain is[58]

Radio & Television Broadcast Coverage & Appearances

  • KEXP - Seattle-Tacoma, WA Feature
    • 2019 KEXP’s Morning Show, The Story of Stand for Courage with Nicole Jon Sievers[59]
  • (ABC) KATU – Portland, OR Segments:
    • AM Northwest Talk Show, How to Understand the Teen Brain[60]
  • (FOX) FOX 31 – Denver, CO Segments:
    • New bullying prevention protocol established at Thornton school[61].
  • (NBC) KGW8 – Portland, OR Segments:
    • 2017 Managing your children’s holiday expectations[62]
    • 2014 Local Kids Perform with Roger Waters[63]
    • 2014 Managing kids’ holiday expectations[64]
    • 2014 Study reveals what lies parents tell most[65]
    • 2014 How to talk to kids about elder bullying[66]
    • 2014 Talk Box: Stand for Courage[67]
    • 2013 Teen group helps younger kids prevent bullying[68]

Personal

Daughter of Linda Carroll. Granddaughter of Paula Fox[69].

Sister of Courtney Love and the attorney Jaimee King[70][71].

Sister-in-law of Kurt Cobain[72].

Several brothers, including Tobias Menely[73].

Cousin of Douglass Fairbanks, Sr. and Douglass Fairbanks, Jr.

Great-granddaughter of Elsie De Sola Tupper and Paul Hervey Fox.

Step-niece of Clem Greenberg[74].

Step-granddaughter of Martin Greenberg[75].

Great-great-great niece of Laura Martínez de Carvajal.

Descendant of Lord Fairfax of Virginia.

Nicole currently lives in Southern California with her husband, Dr. Eric Sievers. Together, they raised five sons, with the youngest still living at home[76].

External Links

Official Website

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

References

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