That’s Not Cool: Mobilizing Youth Communities for Teen Dating Violence Prevention & Education

Title: That’s Not Cool: Mobilizing Youth Communities for Teen Dating Violence Prevention & Education

Date Recorded: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

Description: That’s Not Cool is an award-winning national public education initiative that uses engaging digital tools to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating abuse. With our newly developed website, mobile apps, and an incredible community of youth organizers across the country, That’s Not Cool brings adult allies a vast of culturally responsive prevention and intervention strategies and resources, as well as youth-driven and youth-led prevention programs. Join our webinar to learn more about innovative work being done in the field of teen dating violence prevention and to gain some tools for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

Learning Objectives:

  • Increase knowledge about innovative, youth-led teen dating violence prevention education around the country.
  • Expand understanding of strategies to engage youth in online spaces for violence prevention education.
  • Introduce That’s Not Cool’s new digital tools as resources for advocates and adult allies to support youth-led teen dating violence prevention programming.

Presenters:

Eleanor Davis, Program Assistant, Public Education Campaigns and Programs, Futures Without Violence

Yesenia Gorbea, Program Specialist, Public Education Campaigns and Programs, Futures Without Violence