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USING MUSIC, MOVIES, VIDEO GAMES & SCHOOL CURRICULA, START STRONG IS PROMOTING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
July 20, 2010 | Family Violence Prevention Fund

The middle school years offer key moments in which to educate young people and their parents about healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention. Programs that are doing this work should meet youth where they spend their time, such as in schools, and engage a range of community partners. And when these programs are effective in engaging youth as advocates and peer leaders, they can have lasting benefits.Those are among the lessons that adolescent experts, researchers and advocates shared with representatives from diverse federal agencies at a forum on July 20, 2010 at the United States Department of Justice. The “Teen Dating Violence Prevention: Why Middle School Matters” forum marked the halfway point of the four-year Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships,a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) administered by the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF). Its goal is to prevent teen dating violence. › more

Love Letters Workshop
June 21, 2010

Working with Start Strong Indy, Second Story, and the Learning Curve, students between 11-14 participated in a six-day writing, discussion, and technology workshop on the topic of healthy relationships. Author John Green joined the camp for a day to talk about writing, his books, and to participate in activities with the students. During the workshop, students created video blogs (vlogs), in addition to picking their favorite written pieces to be included in a paperback book. › more

CDC releases 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) report
June 9, 2010

The CDC has recently released the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) report, which has found that an alarming one out of ten (9.8%) high school students nationwide reported being hit, slapped or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend during the previous year. To view the YRBSS data, visit http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss5905.pdf. › more

Start Strong Sites to Celebrate Denim Day on April 21
April 9, 2010

April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month. This year Start Strong Los Angeles and Start Strong Bronx are teaming up to take a stand for healthier, violence-free relationships by hosting Denim Day events from coast to coast on Wednesday, April 21.Established by Peace Over Violence 11 years ago, Denim Day is a sexual violence prevention and education campaign that has reached millions with its message that “there is no excuse and never an invitation to rape.” › more

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

Start Strong Rhode Island’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. › more

Start Strong Bridgeport Hosts MYOscars Event
March 5, 2010

Start Strong Bridgeport Hosts MYOscars EventStart Strong Bridgeport RYASAP’s MYO project (Mine, Yours, Ours: What’s Right in Relationships) hosted their first MYOscars event on March 5th. The event highlighted “what is right in relationships” in teen’s “most watched” movies of 2009. › 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

Start Strong Program participates in the Final Friday Art Crawl
February 19, 2010 | WPS-TV School News

February 19th edition of the School News presents:"Start Strong Program participates in the Final Friday Art Crawl": Play VideoAnchor is Ailis Smith from Brooks Technology and Arts Middle Magnet. › more

The United States Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution 373, Declaring February “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month!”
January 28, 2010

Since 2006, Congress has passed resolutions designating the first week in February as the “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.” In recognition of the growing problem of teen dating violence and abuse, and increased attention around the issue, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently reintroduced the teen dating violence resolution to highlight the ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY as “Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.” The resolution was co-sponsored by Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), James Inhofe (R-OK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Josep › more

February Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month Proclaimed in Oakland!
January 20, 2010

Start Strong Oakland collaborated with the Oakland City Council, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Berkeley City Council to proclaim February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention month! This is the first citywide proclamation acknowledging teen dating violence prevention in Oakland. This momentous accomplishment was made possible through the efforts of Start Strong Oakland, local domestic violence organizations and public officials working together. › more

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