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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

Preventing Teen Dating Violence
February 22, 2010 | KUT Radio News

SafePlace has teamed up with several organizations including the Austin Independent School District to create a new program to help teens have healthy relationships. The program called Start Strong Austin gets the message out with a theater troupe called Changing Lives.Interview with Barbara Ball, Program Director, and Bonnie Brookby, Project Coordinator, for Start Strong Austin. To listen, click here. › more

Be Proud Of Your Teens Idaho!!!!
February 18, 2010 | 103.3 KISS FM

I can't put in words how cool and impressive our teens are right here in the Treasure Valley. Tonight I attended the Power Of Words Poetry Slam. It was a gathering of teens, parents, and teachers to discuss prevention against teen dating violence in a pop culture way. › more

Teen Dating Violence
February 13, 2010 | Blog Talk Radio

Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys: Interview with Christina Alex, Director for Start Strong Bronx. › more

Crapo, Luna, Idaho Students to Headline Roundtable on ‘Sexting’ and Dating Abuse Next Week
February 12, 2010 | The Idaho Statesman

Sen. Mike Crapo, a longtime leader in combating dating violence among adolescents, will appear at Wednesday in Boise at a 2-hour forum.The event is titled, "Idaho Policy Roundtable Discussion on the Prevention of Digital Dating Abuse and 'Sexting' in Adolescent Relationships." It helps mark National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month, an effort supported by Crapo, R-Idaho. › more

Start Strong: Engaging Teens in Dating Abuse Prevention
February 11, 2010 | JWI.com

Start Strong is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Blue Shield of California Foundation* are investing $18 million in 11 communities across the country to identify and evaluate the most promising ways to promote healthy relationships to stop dating violence and abuse before it starts. › more

Clarian Health and Start Strong Indianapolis invite parents, students and community members to Westlane Middle School for free performance of “There’s No Excuse for Dating Abuse"
February 8, 2010 | Indystar.com

INDIANAPOLIS—In recognition of February being National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, Start Strong Indianapolis, a local initiative aimed at preventing dating abuse among teens, invites parents, students, and community members to a free performance of “There’s No Excuse for Dating Abuse.” Act Out, a local professional theatre troupe, will be performing the play on Tuesday, February 9th at 7 p.m. at Westlane Middle School, 1301 West 73rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260. › more

I Didn't Call It Abuse
February 7, 2010 | Hartford Courant

The second he put his hand on me, I knew it was really over.Everything went quiet as he shoved me back into the wall and my head scraped against the wrought-iron coat rack. Quiet, even though I could see him screaming at me.Now, watching a slow-motion, suddenly silent, violent scene on television or in a movie brings back that moment when I was 16 and the way it felt. Slow. Muffled. Distant. And then, the sudden snap return to the pain in the back of my head and the sounds of him yelling at me about how he wasn't going to leave my house and we were not going to break up no matter what I said or wanted. › more

Local play speaks against teen dating violence
February 5, 2010 | KVUE.com

According to a national youth risk behavior survey, one out of ten students has been hit, slapped or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend. The statistics are even worse among teenage girls. One in three girls experiences some kind of violence or emotional abuse in relationships. This is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.A new event, in Austin, encourages teens to take a stand against violence. See video. › more

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