Prevention Blog Posts

“Teaching healthy relationship skills early on 
is integral in the prevention of teen dating violence, which is far too prevalent and prevents far too many students from being able to focus on their education.”
– Kevin Jennings, the Assistant Deputy Secretary, 
US Department of Education[i]

Violence prevention work is inherently intergenerational, because we are trying to transform the conditions of the past and present generation that contribute to violence so that current and future generations can live free from the trauma of violence and oppression. So what does this inherent generational dynamic mean to the individuals and organizations working to end violence in California? How can we nurture a vibrant, sustainable, intergenerational movement that is capable of ending our collective “generational transmission of violence”?

Let us know about your local actions by completing our brief survey! We will include them in our TDVAPM 2012 California Calendar! (Check out our TDVAPM 2011 California Calendar.)

Here is a sample of TDVAPM 2012 California actions: 

City Councils, Boards of Supervisors and School Districts across the state are recognizing TDVAPM 2012 through proclamations.

The Partnership welcomes Anna Johnson, Ana Marie Zipagan and Erin Everett – our Spring 2012 Prevention Program Interns.

Lisa Fujie Parks, the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence’s Prevention Program Manager, spoke about trends in teen dating violence prevention in California on January 31, 2012 at a panel discussion at Wallenberg High School in San Francisco, sponsored by Project Youth Safety, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the California Adolescent Health Collaborative, and INOBTR.

Heather Fuchs, Prevention Policy Intern (Summer 2011), shares her thoughts as she wraps up her internship: 

“Working with The Partnership has been beyond rewarding. As a young, passionate activist and student, having the opportunity to take on several important and fascinating projects was a challenge, but a sincerely enriching one. I’ve learned so much, not only about the complexity of issues like domestic violence and teen dating violence, but also about how I operate in a non-profit setting. 

On June 28, 2011, Lisa Fujie Parks, the Partnership’s Prevention Program Manager, had the pleasure of making opening remarks at the Ending Violence Against Women and Teen Dating Violence Forum for California prevention advocates. Below is an excerpt from those remarks that highlight wellness practices, and celebrate the power of partnership, as the opposite of domination. 

The first week in February had been recognized as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Week since 2006 and 2010 was the first Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAPM) where the entire month was claimed and the focus was expanded to include prevention as well as awareness. TDVAPM is an opportunity to bring focus to the issue of teen dating violence at the local, state and national levels at the same time. 

It seems that 2011 was the year that TDVAPM really began to take off.