Sheryl Cates, CEO of loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is shown presenting Claudia Poccia, President of mark, and Carol Kurzig, Director of the Avon Foundation for Women, the Gold MarCom Award won for the LOVE Mashup. We won in the Web Multi-Media Games, Contests, Presentations category and competed against entries from all our the world. It is really great to be recognized for an application that spreads positive messages for teens. The LOVE Mashup was funded by the Avon Foundation for Women through m.powerment by mark, a campaign dedicated to empowering young women. Click here to check out a release with more info. Visit the MarCom Awards site to see a full list of winners.
Today marks Liz Claiborne Inc.’s sixth annual It’s Time to Talk Day. This day is dedicated to encouraging Americans to speak-up about domestic violence. People all around the country will be talking about this serious issue including schools, radio stations, businesses, government officials, etc. We are so proud to partner with Liz Claiborne for this amazing event and we are joined by other experts in the field such as MTV, Seventeen, Talk Radio News Service and many more. Check out loveisnotabuse.org for more info and great ideas for how you can get involved. Get your friends and classmates talking today and help bring awareness to this important issue! Read more…
Hey music fans – our friends at Tickets-for-Charity® are teaming up with Martina McBride and Trace Adkins on their Shine All Night Tour to make fantastic seats available to benefit loveisrespect (all for the same or better price you’ll find elsewhere)! Check out TicketsforCharity.com where a portion of each seat for the tour will automatically benefit the loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline.
Here’s an easy way to support our work and a great way to see the country music superstars when their tour kicks off November 20th! Great seats are available now on TicketsforCharity.com.
 loveisrespect has an exciting campaign to share with all of you! We are taking part in My Time to Shine, a joint venture with Grammy award winning artist Martina McBride along with her daughter Delaney. We want to educate both teens and parents on safe dating habits and get the word out about teen dating abuse. Click here to visit our campaign page and get more info. Be sure to take our cool, new dating quiz as well!
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and there are a ton of ways you can support the cause. We put together a list of cool things you can do this month to help spread awareness.
Put a purple ribbon up as your facebook/twitter/myspace profile pic to show your support for ending domestic violence.
Post a link on your profiles to www.loveisrespect.org to spread healthy dating awareness and let your friends know about the awesome resources we have if they ever need help.
Send anti-dating violence awareness mass texts to your friends.
Organize an anti-dating violence rally at your school.
Submit an article on teen dating violence awareness to your school newspaper.
Write a letter to get a Teen Dating Abuse curriculum in your school; Dosomething.org has great info on the steps you need to take.
Create an anti-dating violence PSA and post it to your YouTube account.
We have big news! loveisrespect has just started recruitment for the Peer Ambassador Program! This is a national volunteer program opportunity and as a Peer Ambassador you would have the chance to work directly with loveisrespect to help shape our future by providing information, support and feedback about what teen dating abuse and real relationships look like in your communities, schools, etc. Not only that, you would get a free trip to Dallas, Texas to attend the initial meeting/training/ information-sharing weekend! Click here to check out more information or fill out an application. There are only 10 spots available so be sure to apply early!
Some of our loveisrespect staff just participated in a really great forum last week. The Austin Leadership Forum on Healthy Teens was held at the ACC Eastview Campus on July 1st in Austin, TX. We gained some great knowledge about local strategies focused on keeping Austin teens safe and healthy. The leadership forum was held as part of ichoose 2009, where one of our staff members was a presenter. Our peer advocated were also present for training and volunteer efforts. Check out ichoose2009.com for more information.
Now that school is out and summer is here, many teens out there are looking for part time jobs to occupy their time. However, with the economy still a little shaky, finding a job may not be that easy.
What can a bored, unemployed teen do? Well, there are other options to keep busy. Many teens are choosing to make a difference and volunteer for a worthwhile cause instead. There are many wonderful organizations out there that rely on volunteers to help and may not have the money to hire paid staff. Not only is volunteering a great way to do something worthwhile but it pays off in the long run since philanthropic work looks really good on a resume or college application.
loveisrespect is always looking for peer volunteer advocates, so if you live in the central texas area and you are interested, check out our volunteer page. If you do not live in the area but are interested in helping fight dating violence, give our teen advocates a call at 1-866-331-9474 or 1-866-331-8453 TTY and they can help locate your local domestic violence organization.
Click here to check out an article on the situation on teen summer jobs this summer from msnbc .
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.
Hey, did you see High School Musical 3 or SAW IV?Â
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?â€Â 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!Â
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!    Â
Sheryl Cates, CEO of loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is shown presenting Claudia Poccia, President of mark, and Carol Kurzig, Director of the Avon Foundation for Women, the Gold MarCom Award won for the LOVE Mashup. We won in the Web Multi-Media Games, Contests, Presentations category and competed against entries from all our the world. It is really great to be recognized for an application that spreads positive messages for teens. The LOVE Mashup was funded by the Avon Foundation for Women through m.powerment by mark, a campaign dedicated to empowering young women. Click here to check out a release with more info. Visit the MarCom Awards site to see a full list of winners.
