The Squeaky Wheel Project
There is a really cool symposium taking place this week in preparation for the National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. The Squeaky Wheel Project Symposium on Teen Dating Violence takes place January 27th in Cypress, Texas at the Lone Star College Cy-Fair Branch Public Library. The Symposium is designed to raise awareness about the issue of teen dating violence and discuss prevention strategies that can be taught in schools. Those attending will be comprised of school district trustee presidents and directors of guidance and counseling. A panel of experts will be presenting the information including representatives from loveisrespect. Those wanting to attend to or receive more information can email registrar@squeakyspeaks.com.
We are less than two weeks away from Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month! That’s right you heard right, this year instead of dedicating the first week of February to the cause, we will be spreading awareness all month long. There are going to be a lot of great events going around the country that we will be posting blogs about as well as a few cool things we are involved in as well, so stay tuned for that. Have you thought about what you can do to help the cause? Check out our 
Did anyone catch Katie Couric’s new web show @katiecouric yesterday? They featured a teen dating violence segment and took an in depth look at the serious issues teens face in the dating world. A recap of a previous CBS broadcast about teen dating violence was shown where Katie spoke with real teens about their past experiences with dating violence which was followed by a chat with teen dating violence experts Jane Randel and Catherine Pierce. 
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. 
