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How can advocates raise awareness about emotional abuse for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM)?

While these abuse tactics are certainly not exclusive to teens and can show up in relationships between people of any age, young people experience emotional abuse at alarming rates. This February marks the 10th anniversary of Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month (TDVAM), which means that this month is the perfect time to turn outrage into action to prevent emotional abuse and to promote safe and healthy relationship norms for teens.

Q: How can advocates raise awareness about emotional abuse for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month?

🧡 #TeamNRCDV's Breckan Erdman Winters has so many suggestions and resources! 

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One of this month’s #TDVAM #PreventIPV spotlights is Brown Boi Project. 🧡 The Brown Boi Project’s leadership program is designed to strengthen brown bois' masculinity through culturally-based gender transformative learning. 

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This Special Collection of resources emphasizes collaborative and multilevel approaches to the prevention of and response to teen dating violence. Recent updates include additional resources for teachers and school-based professionals and a new section to support the efforts of pregnancy prevention advocates and adolescent sexual health practitioners in addressing adolescent relationship abuse.

Are you an advocate working with youth? This Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, #1Thing you can do to strengthen your advocacy is check out these resources on #VAWnet! 🧡 

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Relationship spectrum - love is respect

The #1Thing I want everyone to know this #TDVAM is to #KnowYourWorth! All relationships exist on a spectrum from healthy to abusive, with unhealthy relationships somewhere in the middle. 

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How can we create meaningful connections with youth leaders seeking opportunities to become vocal advocates for themselves and their communities?

“When we treat each other with respect and value each other, we have the beginnings of ending violence in our communities. Promoting ‘unity’ is how we can accomplish those goals.” - Tanae LeClaire

Q: How can we create meaningful connections with youth leaders seeking opportunities to become vocal advocates for themselves and their communities?🧡 Rebecca Balog and Tanae LeClaire share so much wisdom on #VAWet. It's #1Thing you must read this #TDVAM!

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"This Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we’re calling on domestic violence & sexual assault and runaway & homeless youth programs to commit to doing #1Thing to support Black and Trans runaway and homeless youth." 🧡 Learn more this #TDVAM from #TeamNRCDV's Breckan Erdman Winters.

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One of this month’s #TDVAM spotlighted #PreventIPV tools is a big spotlight on Girls for Gender Equity! 🧡 They engage young girls & women of color to become activists. They've got resources, publications, reports, & many innovative ideas for educating and engaging young folks! 

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Every February, orange is #TeamNRCDV's favorite color! Orange is the color of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (#TDVAM). 🧡 Everyone deserves a healthy relationship, and by wearing orange, you’re helping to show people that #LoveIsRespect.