Hello

I wanted to let everyone know of some new resources addressing statutory
rape and sexual coercion of minor teens within the Latin@ community.

Expanding on the "Isn't She A Little Young - sex with a minor don't go
there" campaign www.varapelaws.org the Virginia Department of Health has
these two new efforts.

The Gracias Papa campaign consist of a set of three radio spots that feature
Latino fathers with daughters. The fathers talk about the opportunities they
want for their children and how older men should not be dating younger
teens. These are real fathers and the wording is actually from an interview,
not a script. These spots can be heard at www.paramihija.com under
"Recursos" just click a name under the radio.

The second resource is www.paramihija.com This is a very basic web page in
Spanish discussing why statutory rape and sexual coercion of minor teens by
adults is a problem. There are some warning signs of abusive relationships
(borrowed from ChooseRespect.org), the radio spots, a brochure in Spanish
discussing how to avoid sexual coercion (under "Recursos") and other
national links.

The last project Virginia is working on is a Fotonovela for young Latina's
addressing the issue of minor teens dating older adults. This is about 75%
complete and we hope to finish by the end of October.

Please let me know if you have any questions, cool links/resources that
should be added and/or feedback. Also, if you are interested in using the
radio spots in your community please let me know. I recorded the spots
without the Virginia ending. This way any community can use them for FREE,
you just have to record your agency/state tag line at the end and find the
radio times.


Robert L. Franklin, MS
Male Outreach Coordinator
Division of Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor Street, 8th Floor
Richmond VA 23219
Phone: (804) 864-7739
Fax: (804) 864-7748

email: Robert.Franklin@...

web: http://www.menendingviolence.com
web: http://www.varapelaws.org
web: http://www.paramihija.com
web: http://www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence