Help support a new video game!

February 28, 2010

Support the first video game that helps teach positive, protective relationship skills. Our friends at the Start Strong Rhode Island program have held 30 play testing sessions with over 300 students and want to expand it to YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY! Vote on March 1 and EVERY DAY IN MARCH so that Start Strong Rhode [...]

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Survey about dreams and aspirations

February 24, 2010

Calling all Latina girls aged 12-17. Take this survey about your dreams and aspirations to help a young woman start a new mentoring program!

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Stop digital abuse and meet NFL stars!

February 16, 2010

If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, design a cool e-card with a message to prevent teen dating violence and win a trip to the NFL PLAYERS Gala in Washington DC! If you win first prize, you’ll walk the red carpet at the event and go backstage to chat and take photos [...]

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Teen Dating Violence Prevention

February 15, 2010

Listen to what teens and researchers think about how to stop teen dating violence. Texas teen Mikala Jennings spoke about being one of three DoSomething.org and Liz Claiborne Fight Teen Dating Abuse Grant Winners, and University of Texas professor Beverly M. Black and Wayne State University Professor Arlene Weisz discussed the book they co-wrote Programs [...]

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Call in to ask questions on teen dating violence podcast 11 a.m. TODAY!

February 13, 2010

At 11 a.m. today (Sat Feb 13), I will be speaking about the Start Strong Bronx program on the “Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys. Go To: www.blogtalkradio.com/joykeys to listen from your computer. Call in with questions to 646-929-0368.
Special Guest: Three DoSomething.org and Liz Claiborne Fight Teen Dating Abuse Grant Winners. Alyssa Korman, Mikala Jennings and [...]

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It IS easy being green

February 12, 2010

To really show people how much you love them this Valentine’s Day, help save the environment, starting with your school! HP and Dosomething.org are joining forces to sponsor the Increase Your Green contest!! Winning schools get up to $5,000 in environmental funding plus very cool HP computers! So sign up by Monday and get a [...]

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Fall in love…

February 9, 2010

In honor of the month of love, Scientific American Mind magazine features a special section on how to fall in love…and not fall out! Professor Robert Epstein teaches a class at the UCLA San Diego on the science of relationships and let his lucky students be the guinea pigs. Eight students paired up randomly and [...]

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Unplanned teen pregnancies may be due to controlling partner’s sabotage

February 5, 2010

Another reason to help your friends escape a dating partner who isn’t treating them well is that the consequences could be lifelong. New research found that some teens and young women get pregnant without meaning to because their male partners are physically and sexually violent with them and messing with their birth control as another [...]

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“These FISH have manners!”*

February 2, 2010

Have you ever wanted to strangle the buffoon bellowing on his cell phone in the middle of a peaceful morning in your favorite Starbucks? Well, the flame-haired and very witty syndicated advice columnist Amy Alkon does the next best thing. She calls him at home – after all, everyone within a 10-mile radius heard [...]

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