Interview with Trina Green and Frank Blaney August 7, 2009
Posted by preventconnect in Interviews.Tags: Be Strong, Curriculum, Gender Specific, MyStrength, Peace Over Violence
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Trina Green
Frank Blaney
(8 min) This is an interview with Trina Green, MA, Education Coordinator, and Frank Blaney, MA, Director of Youth Leadership Development at Peace Over Violence in Los Angeles, California. It was recorded on November 17, 2008 at Peace Over Violence’s 1st Annual Violence-Free Teens: Building Healthy Relationships Conference.
In this interview, Ms. Green and Mr. Blaney talk about the use of gender-specific programming in prevention education. They use the examples of Peace Over Violence’s Be Strong clubs for girls and MyStrength clubs for boys, which are both part of Peace Over Violence’s Youth Over Violence project.
Peace Over Violence’s 2nd Annual Violence Free Teens: Building Healthy Relations Conference will be held on October 1, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Visit their website for more information.
Interview with Emily Austin August 3, 2009
Posted by preventconnect in Interviews.Tags: Curriculum, In Touch with Teens, Peace Over Violence, School Policy, Teen Dating Violence
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Emily Austin
(8 min) This is an interview with Emily Austin, JD, Prevention Services Division Manager at Peace Over Violence in Los Angeles, California. It was recorded on November 17, 2008 at Peace Over Violence’s 1st Annual Violence-Free Teens: Building Healthy Relationships Conference.
In this interview, Ms. Austin talks about working with schools and school policies in prevention teen dating violence. She also talks about In Touch with Teens, a nationally recognized curriculum that, “…empowers youth to have healthy relationships by providing information about power and control, elements of healthy relationships and healthy sexuality, and media literacy as well as education on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence.”
Peace Over Violence’s 2nd Annual Violence Free Teens: Building Healthy Relations Conference will be held on October 1, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Visit their website for more information.
