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Free Training on Choose
Respect & The White Ribbon Campaign in
This training will educate
participants on both the Choose Respect, Healthy Teen Dating Curriculum and The
White Ribbon Campaign.
Date: April 17, 2009
10:00am to 3:00pm
Location:
REGISTRATION: To register
for this training, please email Christie Bowers at
christie.bowers@...
Choose Respect: Healthy Teen
Relationships Training
Choose Respect is a national
initiative to help youth ages 11-14 form healthy relationships to prevent
dating abuse before it starts. The initiative reaches out to youth in this age
group because they are still forming attitudes and beliefs that will affect how
they are treated and how they treat others. Choose Respect also connects with
parents, teachers, youth leaders, and other caring adults who influence the
lives of youth. The way youth act and treat each other is often a reflection of
adults' actions. Healthy relationships are built on a foundation of respect.
You can help by educating youth and adults about the Choose Respect initiative
and how youth build healthy relationships.
The Virginia Department of
Health is pleased to offer this upcoming Choose Respect: Healthy Teen
Relationships Training. All training participants will receive a copy of the
Choose Respect Video and Curriculum Guide. This guide will give you everything
you need to present Choose Respect and lead a discussion about dating abuse in
youth. Use this guide to engage youth or parents and other caring adults.
Course objectives include:
-Define dating abuse
-Identify an unhealthy
relationship as depicted by characters in the Causing Pain: Real Stories of
Dating Abuse and Violence Video List
-Recognize the qualities of
healthy relationship behavior
-Demonstrate a way to tell
youth in unhealthy relationships how to end the relationship or get help
-Identify the warning signs
of an abusive relationship
-List recommendations for
maintaining a healthy relationship
-Develop an activity to
promote Choose Respect and healthy, respectful relationships in the community
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The White Ribbon Campaign
Historically, women have
been at the forefront addressing violence against women. We think it is
essential that men play a primary role in the solution to end this violence. To
do that, well-meaning men who don't see themselves as part of the problem need
to get involved.
This training addresses the
questions:
Why is violence against
women a men's issue? What can men do to prevent violence against women? And how
can we get more men involved?
The White Ribbon Campaign is
part of a multinational effort to get men involved in working to end violence
against women, to raise awareness of the problem, and to support organizations
that deal with the consequences of men's violence against women. WEB: http://www.whiteribbon.ca
The training will also
provide information and resources on how to implement a White Ribbon Campaign
in your community. Ongoing assistance from the VA Dept. of Health will also be
provided for organizations as they begin working on their campaign.
Attendees will receive a
campaign kit that includes:
*Organizer's Booklet
*White Ribbon Pledge Cards
*100 White Ribbons
*"A Call to Men"
Video www.acalltomen.com or "Wrestling
with Manhood Boys, Bullying & Battering" (*depending on supply, to
the first 15 programs to complete the follow-up report*)
Location:
10:00AM-3:00PM
Main Library
(276) 676-6222
Robert L. Franklin, MS
Male Outreach Coordinator
Division of Injury and
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/Injury/sexualviolence/
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