Feb 2010
February is Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month
04 February 10 Filed in: Dating
Violence | Mental
Health
In the US, 1.5 million teens experience dating abuse
each year. Young women ages 16-24 experience the
highest rates of violence-nearly triple the overall
average. If girls are to live free from
violence and fear, we must empower them to speak out
on their own behalf. The Pepsi Refresh Project
is providing funds for organizations to do something
amazing and Break the Cycle, a nonprofit dedicated to
empowering youth to end domestic violence is
contending for these funds. With $250,000, Break the
Cycle will invite 120 Girl Scouts ages 15-17 and
40 female college-students to become
peer ambassadors against dating
abuse. Participants will travel to Washington,
DC for a 2-day training to become leaders
in this movement! Over the next year, these young
women will educate and inspire other Girl Scouts in
their region, using service-learning activities
to help over 50,000
girls. Charged by their peers to educate
five others, these 50,000
youth will help give a total
of 250,000 young people the life-saving
knowledge needed to create safe, healthy and happy
futures.
Please help us give all teens the right to safe, healthy relationships by voting for Break the Cycle's project; click here now!
Please help us give all teens the right to safe, healthy relationships by voting for Break the Cycle's project; click here now!