Were you at the TACS convention in Arlington, TX Sunday, March 29th where 100s of students representing their schools attended booths? If you came by the loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline booth and loved the materials there, including the Love Campaign T-Shirts and would like one for your elected student body officials, please contact us at contact@ntdah.org. Because of the large number of students requesting T-shirts, we ask that you limit the request of shirts for those elected officers only, with a maximum of 8 shirts per school.
The rules are there and so are last year’s winners… Can you make a game about teen dating abuse without using violence? We can’t wait to see what you come up with for this great group.
Fox News dropped by the loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline room to interview our Director Candice Hopkins for a piece on the organization and the wonderful work they do.
February 2nd to the 6th is the fourth annual Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. Here at loveisrespect we are busy creating new LOVE Mashups and responding to calls and chats.
What are you doing? Is your school hosting an event? Can you add us to your Facebook or MySpace profile? Check out our GET INVOLVED page to see all the ways you can show your support of loveisrespect and join the efforts to end teen dating abuse. There are also tool kits for teachers to download and share with their classes. Check them out!
If you have pics or videos an event or project for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week send it in. We love to show the great things teens are doing across the country.
Receiving the Girl Scout Gold Award, “The Line” does a magnificent job of illustrating the invisible boundary between love and control in relationships.This video not only demonstrates how teens are turning project assignments into messages to raise awareness of teen dating violence, but also shows how the Girl Scouts of the USA are passionate and committed to ending teen dating violence.
We want to give so much praise to the “The Line.”The video discusses one of the fundamental issues of teen dating violence:What is the line between love and control in relationships?This question is never easy to answer because definitions of love in relationships vary: people want different things out of relationships.Even though it may be hard to figure out relationships, it is never OK to take advantage of, or demean your partner.Like the video details, being jealous, possessive, suspicious, obsessive, or demanding are all controlling behaviors that take away the other person’s rights in relationships.
This video is a great example of how you can turn projects into something that helps raise awareness for teen dating violence.The guidelines for the Girl Scout Gold Award are simple and straightforward for every eligible Girl Scout: create something that greatly impacts a Girl Scout’s community.One Girl Scout took this opportunity to help out her organization AND spread the word about dating violence at the same time.Think of all the projects that you are doing or will do for school or other organizations.If the guidelines of the project allow you to do so, these projects are a great opportunity for you to tell people in your community while doing the work that you already have to do!
Remember, you can often incorporate teen dating violence into the projects you are already doing.We are so impressed with this video.This is yet another example of how talented everyone is!
Receiving the Girl Scout Gold Award, “The Line” does a magnificent job of illustrating the invisible boundary between love and control in relationships.This video not only demonstrates how teens are turning project assignments into messages to raise awareness of teen dating violence, but also shows how the Girl Scouts of the USA are passionate and committed to ending teen dating violence.
We want to give so much praise to the “The Line.”The video discusses one of the fundamental issues of teen dating violence:What is the line between love and control in relationships?This question is never easy to answer because definitions of love in relationships vary: people want different things out of relationships.Even though it may be hard to figure out relationships, it is never OK to take advantage of, or demean your partner.Like the video details, being jealous, possessive, suspicious, obsessive, or demanding are all controlling behaviors that take away the other person’s rights in relationships.
This video is a great example of how you can turn projects into something that helps raise awareness for teen dating violence.The guidelines for the Girl Scout Gold Award are simple and straightforward for every eligible Girl Scout: create something that greatly impacts a Girl Scout’s community.One Girl Scout took this opportunity to help out her organization AND spread the word about dating violence at the same time.Think of all the projects that you are doing or will do for school or other organizations.If the guidelines of the project allow you to do so, these projects are a great opportunity for you to tell people in your community while doing the work that you already have to do!
Remember, you can often incorporate teen dating violence into the projects you are already doing.We are so impressed with this video.This is yet another example of how talented everyone is!
Congratulations to the winners of the Tennessee Coalition AgainstDomestic and Sexual Violence video contest!These gifted students put a lot of hard work and effort into these videos, and they definitely deserve the credit they received.Each video does a great job of discussing one or more aspects of dating violence.
“Somebody Say Something” by Sabrina Morris is a great example of how friends and family can help those who are in abusive relationships.“Run Girl Run” by Courtney Pennington is a great illustration of how difficult and scary life can be while in an abusive relationship.“Make a Difference” by Ciara Gray demonstrates how everyone has rights in their relationships and that everyone has the right to end a relationship.“Somebody Say Something” by Kevin Scott Page shows that abuse is real.Abuse should be discussed and dealt with and not be covered up.
It is great to see how teens are spreading the word about dating violence in their communities.Not only are these teens getting the message out, they are doing it in creative and impactful ways.Think about all the things you like: do you like to act, make videos, sing, write, or play music? Then you can help to end dating violence too!Perform a skit, make a movie, sing a song, write a poem or short story, or play a song, or do something else… there is no limit on your creativity!
We are always eager to hear about what you are doing to end dating violence in your community and would love to hear from you.Also, if you are having trouble coming up with a creative project, talk to us and we will help get started.
Below is a link to check out all the winning videos.Keep up the great work and congratulations!
Have you ever designed a shirt?Do you like free prizes?Have I got your attention yet?BOM411.com has just launched its Design Not Drama campaign.The campaign is a T-shirt contest that helps get the word out about domestic violence.What a cool way to tell people about dating abuse!The purpose of the campaign is to emphasize that “relationships come in all shapes and sizes… and they will involve some sort of drama.How you decide to deal with that drama is up to you.”
The contest is open to all California residents ages 15-19, and all entries are due December 5, at 11:30 p.m. (for all you procrastinators, I recommend starting on your design before 11:29).If you are not a resident of California, you should check out the T-shirt design anyway.
CAUTION: The T-shirt design is highly addictive.You may lose track of time while making your T-shirt, so make sure to have a clock nearby (in case you have to go to school, or in my case, get back to work).
The winner of the contest receives a $1000 Apple gift card, 20 prints of his/her winning design, and a posting on the BOM411 website!In other words, you could get a lot of cool stuff for expressing yourself.We always have posted ways and tips for you to express your creativity to tell people about dating abuse, and we are ecstatic to hear that BOM411 knows that you guys are as creative as we have been saying!(Also, free stuff never hurts.)Below is a link to the contest.Good luck to all participants… design your hearts out.
In case you have been living under a rock (or have not seen the movie), we ran an ad before the start of movies in parts of California and in parts of Texas .The ad asks a simple question: “Does your relationship need a makeover?”The question makes you think about your current relationship, drawing attention to the fact that you have rights and deserve to be in a healthy relationship.We now have a quiz on our website (www.loveisrespect.org or on our Youtube account at ) that asks about your relationship.
We want to hear what you thought about our ad?Think about all the times you have to be quiet: at school, during a movie (especially High School Musical 3), at church, when your parents are talking to you… the list could go on forever.Basically, you have to be quiet forever, and your opinion is not highly valued.We think differently!
Tell us anything you want, good or bad.Was the ad cool or stupid?What parts were your favorites?Did you tell your friends about the ad?If you were in charge of making the ad, what would you have done differently?
If you have any questions or want to talk more about the quiz, call or chat with us (oh yeah, we have a chat service that you can access on our website).This is your chance to be heard, so speak out!
