Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships
This Thursday, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships national initiative to prevent teen dating abuse is launching a campaign to take “healthy relationships to the streets.” On October 22nd, teens all across the country are putting together local events to get the conversation going on developing healthy relationships before the violence and abuse can even start.
Want to take part and make a difference? Help spread the word by sending out the following email from Start Strong to all your friends and family, and also be sure to follow the steps listed yourself :
BE PART OF A RECORD BREAKING DAY ON OCTOBER 22nd AND STOP ABUSE
On October 22nd, we are on a national mission to define a healthy relationship. It’s urgent, and we need YOUR input. Too many people are finding themselves in violent, abusive and damaging relationships. By looking at what a healthy relationship is — how to have them, build them and keep them — we can end abuse.
Be a part of this RECORD BREAKING day. Start Strong’s goal is to get as many people as we can across the country (teens, adults, parents, grandparents, anyone and everyone!) tell us what they think about healthy relationships.
Below are ways that you can participate on October 22nd. A few minutes of your time can make a lasting difference in someone’s life.
1- Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your friends and family.
2- Go to www.startstrongteens.org and give us your relationship feedback. We need to know what you know.
3- IMPORTANT! Post a conversation starter to your Facebook (http://tinyurl.com/yfxr7yl) or Twitter profile. This will have a major impact.
For example:
(insert name) how do you start strong? Join the conversation http://tinyurl.com/tothestreets
(insert name) is on a mission to define a healthy relationship. Join the conversation http://tinyurl.com/tothestreets
(insert name) is wondering how do you define a healthy relationship. Tell us how to Start Strong before it ends wrong http://tinyurl.com/tothestreets
Thank you for doing your part to make sure that violence and abuse are never tolerated.
The Start Strong Community
Learn more about Start Strong at www.startstrongteens.org.
i’m not in a abusive relationship, but im doing an editoral on it for my school. i need to know: are there really alot of people out there who are in an abusive relationship?