Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month was a national effort to raise awareness of teen dating violence. 33% of women get sexually, physically and verbally abused, according to loveisrespect.org. It was has been observed every February since 2004.
At CSSJ, Ms. Saini and Ashley created a wall installation for students to write anonymous personal experiences, definition of a healthy relationship, inspiring stories, definition of an unhealthy relationship, and words of support.
According to the pamphlet, “[the] goal is to create a wall of shared experiences, community support and awareness about this important initiative.” The pamphlet also contained more scary stats such as up to 19% of teens experience sexual and physical dating violence
After students have contributed their words, they went to visit Ms. Saini for a TDVAM pouch. Included photos show some of the students’ words here.
Ms. Saini and Ashley also shared that teens could contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
