This Valentine’s Day, share the love…and share the music! Martina McBride is teaming up with loveisrespect and Tickets-for-Charity to make some of the best seats in the house (and yes, we mean floor seats!) available to benefit loveisrespect for all dates on her Shine All Night Tour with Trace Adkins. Whether it’s your boyfriend, girlfriend, sister or best friend, here’s a great way to treat a loved one to an unforgettable performance with one of country music’s biggest stars! Visit Tickets-for-Charity to learn more and find fantastic seats in a city near you!
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.
We are so excited to announce that our LOVE Mashup has won a Gold MarCom Award! 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.
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!
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!
This morning we found out that loveisrespect.org is the Webby Award Winner in the category of Activism. We’re so excited that our website and live chat advocacy was recognized. We’re still working to improve our site and fill it with useful content and we’re always open to suggestions. Leave a comment or send us an email if you have any input.
Check out the the Webby Awards website for a full list of winners. Thanks to all who took the time to vote for us in the People’s Voice awards – and congratulations to Invisible Children for picking up that honor.
Ashley Hoyle, the winner of our Teen Dating Bill of Rights video contest, met with Tim Gunn and Jaslene Gonzalez during her trip to NYC (the first place prize) last week. We heard she had a great time, and we’re so glad she helped kick off Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.
In her article, Too often, teen dating poses hidden risk, for the LA Times Dr. Valerie Ulene includes some quotes from our president and a referral to our phone number and website.
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. 
