PreventIPV Newsletter: Youth Activism (Winter 2017)

Winter 2017: Youth Activism

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Young people have the power to change our world. They can; they will; they do.

Youth activism has propelled social justice movements throughout history, and today we are seeing youth taking on more issues than ever, employing a variety of creative strategies to accomplish real change.

This February for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (#TeenDVMonth), the Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Council, in partnership with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), is putting a spotlight on youth activism as essential to an effective movement to end gender-based violence. Intentional efforts to embrace intergenerational approaches to our work will help us to create real social change.

Youth engagement in the movement to end gender-based violence comes in many forms. The PreventIPV Tools Inventory features a variety of models and strategies for developing youth leadership capacity and more effectively engaging in intergenerational activism in our movement.

In this issue, you can register for our #TeenDVMonth webinars, explore our prevention "tools of the week" for February, and gain access to additional NRCDV resources highlighting the power of youth activism.

WEBINAR:
Crank Up Your Youth Community Action Teams: What’s working in Florida

Thursday 2/9 @ 2pm Eastern

Young people are working to stop domestic violence and change societal factors that support it. This webinar will examine the domestic violence prevention work of the youth community action team in Dade City, Florida, the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV) statewide youth summit, and FCADV statewide youth leadership programs. FCADV will provide examples of how prevention programs can increase youth leadership and engagement.

PREVENTION TOOL: Helping Teens Stop Violence, Build Community, and Stand for Justice

This publication provides support for adults working with young people and was designed to be a companion piece to Making the Peace, Days of Respect and Making Allies, Making Friends. It helps prepare adults for working with young people on addressing violence and oppression by providing a theoretical framework for violence prevention work along with exercises in being effective allies to youth.

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PREVENTION TOOL: White Ribbon Campaign's Education and Action Kits

Used by hundreds of thousands of teachers and students in 3000 schools across North America, the Education and Action Kits combine in-class lessons with school-wide projects that help to raise awareness about violence against women, and to promote ideals about gender equality and healthy relationships. It is designed as a positive resource for both females and males.

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WEBINAR:
Our Gender Revolution: Youth Leaders in Action

Thursday 2/16 @ 2pm Eastern

The Our Gender Revolution youth framework explores concepts of gender, inequality, and a vision of the world to end oppression and violence and engages young people as social change agents. On this webinar, presenters from the Idaho Coalition will highlight the 2017 We Choose All of Us campaign for National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month that directly addresses the current climate of hate and violence in our schools and communities as a model for promoting youth-driven activism for social transformation.

PREVENTION TOOL: Youth Activist Prevention Toolkit

This toolkit from the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence's Youth Advisory Board offers ideas for youth activists across the state to educate others about teen dating violence and to take action in their communities and schools.

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PREVENTION TOOL: Our Gender Revolution

Developed by the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Our Gender Revolution uses conversations to explore concepts of gender, inequality, and gender violence and to engage young people as social change agents.

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AWARENESS HIGHLIGHTS: The Power of Youth Activism

This post on the Domestic Violence Awareness Project blog reviews the state of youth activism in our country and highlights models for nurturing youth activism to help create a truly intergenerational movement.

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Teen dating violence takes many forms.

The NRCDV’s #ThisIsDV campaign for #TeenDVMonth elevates the voices of young people who experience violence in their intimate relationships to help validate and name their experiences and raise awareness about the multifaceted nature of teen dating violence.

Follow @NRCDV on Facebook and access the campaign materials here.

Forward

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