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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches New Video this February Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
February 8, 2013
Features Start Strong Los Angeles and Futures Without Violence Founder Esta SolerThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation put a spotlight on how the Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships initiative is engaging students, teachers, parents, schools and entire communities to prevent dating violence and abuse in its new Promise Story video this month. › more
Start Strong and Futures Without Violence Present at 86th Annual American School Health Conference
October 17, 2012
On October 12, 2012, Barri Rosenbluth of Start Strong Austin and Safe Place and Debbie Lee of Futures Without Violence presented at the 86th Annual American School Health Conference, “Making Connections: The People, Passion and Promise of School Health,” in San Antonio, Texas. Their session entitled, “Coordinated Efforts to Promote School Health and Prevent Teen Dating Violence,” included: › more
Start Strong Teens Talk Dating: A Virtual Conference
July 30, 2012
On July 31st, Start Strong teens from all 11 sites will come together to promote healthy relationships during an innovative online event, “Start Strong Teens Talk Dating: A Virtual Conference,” and anyone can join the conversation in real time by following the hashtag #TeensTalkDating on Twitter. Using live video feeds, message boards, Twitter and Tumblr, this interactive one-day event will empower students across the nation to explore what it means to be in a healthy relationship and reframe what is acceptable and what is not. › more
TEENS GATHERED IN BOSTON FOR “BREAK-UP SUMMIT 3.0”: A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
July 27, 2012
On July 26th, Start Strong Boston hosted “Break-Up Summit 3.0,” a conference that brought together teens and adults to tackle teen dating abuse and explore healthy relationships including how to break up in a healthy way. The summit looked at steps teens can take to increase the likelihood of having a respectful split, such as talking face-to-face, sharing positives about the person, discussing the reasons for ending the relationship and setting healthy boundaries. › more
Teens Gather in Boston for “Break-Up Summit 3.0”: A One-Day Conference on Cheating and Break-Ups
July 9, 2012
It’s an issue that stirs up heated discussions and the Start Strong teens in Boston are ready to get the conversation started! Their upcoming conference, “Break-Up Summit 3.0,” will focus on the issue of cheating, an unhealthy relationship behavior that has all sorts of negative consequences. On July 26th, teens and adults will come together for this special one-day event to explore the impact and implications of cheating and strategies for approaching and overcoming this sensitive issue when it hits close to home. › more
Are Single-Sex Groups Better for Preventing Dating Violence?
June 3, 2012 | NYT - Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting
With the current national conversation about the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act focusing on adults, the notion of dating violence among teenagers seems an afterthought. But despite years of prevention efforts aimed at high school and college students, statistics around intimate violence and older adolescents are stubbornly grim. As I wrote in today’s story, programs are now skewing even younger: the latest drafts of the act make grants eligible to provide services and education to children as young as 11. › more
Start Strong Sites Team Up for Virtual Conference: Empowering UPSTANDERS Nationwide
May 15, 2012
Summer is just around the corner and Start Strong teens are planning to use this time to organize lots of fun and educational activities in their communities. One of the events is a national virtual teen conference on the importance of being an UPSTANDER. An UPSTANDER is someone who stands up to violence, intervening when they see potentially unsafe situations, talking to their peers about healthy relationships and taking proactive steps to break the cycle of violence. › more
Start Strong Idaho Teens Discover Relationship Lessons in The Hunger Games
April 17, 2012
It’s been a huge hit at the box offices, earning a spot on the list of Top-25 Performers of all time in North America. But The Hunger Games film has some interesting and debatable things to say about gender roles and relationships that the Start Strong Idaho teens thought needed a second look. Start Strong Idaho conducted an informal poll at The Hunger Games movie premiere with more than 300 Idaho teens to see what local youth thought about this film’s messages. Here’s what they found: › more
Start Strong Presents at National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence Pre-Conference Institute
April 13, 2012
On March 29, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships was the center of a full-day workshop at the Pre-Conference Institute of the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence (NCHDV) in San Francisco. The NCHDV was organized by Futures Without Violence and is the largest conference on focused on improving the healthcare fields’ response to domestic violence. The conference attracts hundreds physicians, nurses, researchers, social workers, violence prevention experts and more, from around the world each year. › more
Parenting Pointers: Talking to Kids About Dating
April 2, 2012 | Motherhood Moment
When should you start talking to your kids about dating? A new study conducted with more than 1,400 7th-graders showed that a high number of pre-teens are not only dating, but experiencing abusive relationships and sexual harassment. More than 75 percent reported they had been in dating relationships. Nearly one in six had experienced physical dating violence and more than half had experienced sexual harassment. › more