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Start Strong Providence Participating in Pepsi’s Refresh Everything Competition
March 5, 2010

Start Strong Providence’s Sojourner House, along with software developer and youth advocacy group & Young Voices, have come together and formed The Game Changers Project as part of their participation in Pepsi’s Refresh Everything Competition.The Game Changers Project is creating a groundbreaking video game to help kids learn about healthy relationships and stop violence before it starts. The Game Changers Project has reached over 500 youth in their community. Now, they need your help to take this game to the next level by taking it nationwide!The Game Changers Project is in the running for a $250,000 grant from Pepsi’s Refresh Everything competition. You can help Start Strong Providence and The Game Changers Project get this award by voting every day this month at www.refresheverything.com/gamechangers › more

Just For Teens: Tell Us What You Think
February 26, 2010 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Ann Shoket, editor-in-chief of Seventeen, joined the RWJF Forum as a guest ambassador. Ann has started a new discussion thread just for teens. For your teens to join in click here! › more

Teen dating violence is real and rampant
February 25, 2010 | Los Angeles Daily News

EARLIER this month, in Northern California, 17-year-old Rebecca Layson was brutally murdered and raped allegedly by her 17-year-old boyfriend and 18-year-old male friend. This tragedy occurred just weeks after California Assembly Resolution 100 was introduced to declare February National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. › more

What Good Is A Month?
February 24, 2010 | Huffington Post

This February is Black History Month. It is also American Heart, Children's Dental Health, Marfan Awareness, Library Lovers' and as of this year, Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. As a leader of Break the Cycle, a national abuse prevention organization, I don't want to discount the effort it takes to get the federal government to declare a national awareness month. Yet I can't help but wonder, now that we got one of our own, what good is it going to do us? › more

Lead Teen Dating Violence Experts Unite at Capitol Hill to Urge Increased Prevention Efforts
February 25, 2010 | Family Violence Prevention Fund

On Thursday, February 25th, a Congressional Briefing was held on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to raise awareness about Teen Dating Violence prevention efforts and to highlight promising programs to build healthy relationships. The event was hosted by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, Jewish Women International, Liz Claiborne, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, Break the Cycle, and MTV.The event, cosponsored by Senators Crapo (R-ID), Lieberman (I-CT), and Whitehouse (D-RI), and Representatives John Lewis (D-GA), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) was attended by nearly 100 congressional staff, members of the media, and leaders from national advocacy organizations and federal agencies, as well as local youth. Panel members included Sue Pfeil - Principal of Jenks Junior High School and Start Strong Rhode Island partner; Dr. Rodney Hammond from the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Catherine Pierce from the Office of Violence Against Women; Jason Rzepka from MTV; and Loribeth Weinstein from Jewish Women International; and Kiersten Stewart, Family Violence Prevention Fund. Learn more. › more

Launch of Largest National Public Health Initiative Ever Funded to Stop the Spread of Teen Dating Violence
July 30, 2009

Blue Shield of California Foundation and Family Violence Prevention Fund unite with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to build "Start Strong", the largest prevention initiative aimed at 11 - 14-year-olds › more

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