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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
The Family Violence Prevention & Services Act Program’s calendar of events for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is now available! Some of the events are copied and pasted below.
February 12-16
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Respect Week
Respect Week is dedicated to raising awareness about healthy relationships and dating abuse. This year, through the theme “Hands Unite: Do Your Part,” loveisrespect will empower young people to build healthy relationships, as well as heal, love and share the power of their hands to create meaningful relationships, raise awareness and educate others.
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Download the Respect Week Guide atwww.loveisrespect.org/
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February 13
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National Wear Orange Day
Wear Orange Day is a national day of awareness where all people are encouraged to wear orange in honor of Teen DV Month. You can wear orange shirts, nail polish, ribbons, jewelry, shoes or anything else you can think of! Tell people why you are wearing orange and post pictures and updates on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtags #Orange4Love #HandsUnite and #RespectWeek2018.
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February 13
8pm ET
7pm CT
5pm PT
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NativeLove Tweet Circle for Teen DV Month
TWEET CIRCLE Collaborators, NativeLove, StrongHearts Native Helpline, We R Native and That’s Not Cool, will host a Tweet Circle on Twitter to celebrate Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
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Details forthcoming.
Check NativeLove Twitter for updates and use the hashtag #TDVAM
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February 14
9am-11am ET
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FVPSA TDVAM and Wear Orange Event
Wear orange and join FVPSA on February 14th from 9am-11am at an information table in the Hubert H. Humphreys Building/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) to observe Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, raise awareness of healthy relationships, and highlight the work that programs are doing across the country to address relationship abuse among teens.
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February 21
3 pm ET
2 pm CT
12 pm PT
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Ask an Advocate – Live Edition
Watch as loveisrespect advocates answer relationship questions in Ask an Advocate—Live Edition. If you have questions you’d like to submit for Teen DV Month 2018, send us your “ask” via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram using Teen DV Month in the title. If you need help or have more questions on how to submit your “ask”, feel free to stop by loveisrespect’s Ask An Advocate page!
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
A Community Forum: The Impact of Sexually Based Crimes on Young Women of Color in NYC
Friday, March 10, 2017
Women of Color Continue to be Disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS
In Recognition of National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
International Women's Day 2017
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| #WE_SPEAK for those who've yet to recognize the power in their voices. |
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
National HIV Testing Day 2016
This Black Woman’s HIV Story Is a Warning for Everyone
It’s National HIV Testing Day. Do you know your status?
Monday, June 13, 2016
#WE_SPEAK In Solidarity with Orlando Shooting Victims
Our collective hearts go out to the family and friends of those who lost their lives in Orlando, Fl. on Sunday, June 12 at the night club, Pulse.
Monday, June 6, 2016
National Council of Negro Women Queens County
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Extraordinary educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) founded NCNW in 1935 and envisioned it to be an "organization of organizations" that would represent the national and international concerns of Black women. It would also give Black women the opportunity to realize their goals for social justice and human rights through united, constructive action. Today, the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a council of 39 affiliated national African American women's organizations and over 240sections - connecting nearly 4 million women worldwide!
Monday, May 16, 2016
YWCHAC Joins the #SHEWILLBE NYC Council Young Women's Initiative
In May of 2015, New York City
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, along with her colleagues, Council
Members Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Elizabeth Crowley, Laurie Cumbo and Darlene
Mealy, announced the launch of the New York City Council's Young Women’s Initiative
(YWI).
YWI seeks to build a lasting
blueprint for investing in the future of young women and girls in New York City
over the long-term, especially those of color. YWI focused on the following:
- Addressing
the needs of young women and girls ages 12–24, knowing that areas for
intervention may reach a wider age range;
- Spotlighting
issues experienced by women and girls of color, knowing that when inequity is
disaggregated by race and gender, disparities in outcomes in New York City are
overwhelmingly concentrated in communities of color; and
-Embracing
an inclusive framework around gender beyond the binary, ensuring that
transgender women and gender-non-conforming young women are also centered in
this work.
Aligned with the Council’s
commitment to participatory governance and knowing that young women and girls
are experts in their own lives, the City Council created a Young Women’s
Advisory Council (YWAC), which played a key role during the process.
The
City Council called upon three leaders for racial and gender justice to serve
as Initiative Co-Chairs: Ana Oliveira, CEO of the New York Women’s Foundation;
Danielle Moss Lee, CEO of the YWCA of New York City; and Joanne Smith, Founder
and Executive Director of Girls for Gender Equity. In this capacity, they
helped provide the vision, structure and framework for YWI. Initiative
Co-Chairs then formed a Steering Committee of grassroots advocates, policy
experts and leaders of YWAC, who convened a Working Group process to develop
recommendations for improving the lives of young women and girls.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
YGB Awards 2/24/16
YWCHAC Co-Founder, Claire Simon & Co-Director, Kymsha Henry
received the Civic Leadership & Community Service Award
at the NetLinkz Group, Inc.
Unified NetWork of Business Professionals
2016 YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK ENTREPRENEURIAL AWARDS
Unified NetWork of Business Professionals
2016 YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK ENTREPRENEURIAL AWARDS
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
#WE_SPEAK Alum testifies at the NYC Council Hearing on Sex Ed Oversight
"Lack of comprehensive sexual education is a human rights violation...," May V.
To that statement, there were visible silent applauds from Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, 35th District.
Watch Live Stream of YWCHAC Alumni participate in today’s City Council hearing on Oversight: Sex Education in NYC Schools at 11am
Watch the Live Stream of YWCHAC Alumni
participate in today’s City Council hearing on Oversight: Sex Education in NYC Schools at 11am
This is why #WE_SPEAK: (Women
Empowered Support Protect Education Advocate Know)
YWCHAC is in support of the bills on the table and will be
asking that the NYC City Council also fund the NYC Sex Education Mandate issued
by Mayor M. Bloomberg (August 2011).
http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/webcasts/
Oversight:
Sex Education in NYC Schools
-&-
Int.
No. 771 - In relation to requiring the department of education to report on
student health services.*
Int.
No. - In relation to requiring transparency from the department of education
on instructors receiving training in sexual health education.**
Int.
No. - In relation to requiring the department of education to report
information regarding comprehensive health education.***
*Please
see the full text of Int. No. 771 at the following link: http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2271074&GUID=838E8B8C-C57D-44A6-884D-9B096E94D101&Options=&Search=
**Please
see the full text of Int. No. at the following link: http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2483808&GUID=1BCDE68B-17F4-4822-9B2B-61300AD11F7A&Options=&Search=
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Love & Politics 2015
YWCHAC supports LOVE + POLITICS 2015
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 between 7pm – 10:30pm
The Attic, 251 West 48th Street, New York, NY.
RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-politics-2015-tickets-17523847299?aff=es2
In recognition of National HIV Testing Day, join us for cocktails & appetizers as we honor activists, celebrities and politicians that use their influence to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Music by DJ Jon Quick (WBLS)
Sponsors: RCA; CURLS
Partners: Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer; NBLCA; Housing Works; Empire State Medical Association (ESMA); Human Intonations; Celestrial Caring Enterprises; #BEHIVSURE.
Media Sponsor: NV Magazine
Honorees - Tia Hines, Author; Ritchie Torres, NYC Council Member; Carine Jocelyn, CEO, Diaspora Community Services.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
NWGHAAD
Get Tested, Seek Support & Treatment
#WE_SPEAK for those young women and girls who've yet to find their voices.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Chakena Conway Memorial Service 01.23.15
In Loving Memory
Chakena R. Conway
Also
known as
DaviD Isaiah Joseph
10/10/86 – 1/8/15
Friday,
January 23rd, 2015
6:00 –
8:00pm
(Doors Open
at 5:30pm)
Federation
of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Laura
Parsons Pratt Conference Room on the First Floor
281 Park
Avenue South (at 22nd. St.)
Take the #6
train to 23rd St.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Youth Resources...YWCHAC is Thankful
YWCHAC is thankful for the national focus on adolescents and young adults. The Office of Adolescent Health highlights five resources that are providing the nation’s emerging demographic with much needed life altering information.
The transitions occurring in adolescence and young adulthood
are a time of growth and vulnerability for young people. Maintaining support
through both these periods is important, especially as career and personal
pathways become more complex. The Institute of Medicine’s new report, “Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults,”
investigates specific health issues that young adults face and the actions
programs and policymakers can take to help. Similarly, “Women and Girls of Color: Addressing Challenges and Expanding
Opportunity,” from the White House Council on Women and
Girls, shares the successes of evidence-based programming to improve economic
and health outcomes for minority girls and women. Both reports recognize the
progress that has been made, while highlighting the work that remains to be
done.
Schools can use new resources to promote safe spaces for
students and help them build healthier relationships, including training for school support personnel to address dating violence (from the National Center for
Safe and Supportive Learning Environments) and guidance on preventing sexual violence (from the U.S. Department of
Education). Just as safe physical spaces can help prevent in-person bullying
and violence, safe online spaces can help prevent cyber bullying. The Federal
Trade Commission has a new site with free printed materials targeted to adolescents on preventing
cyber bullying. Additionally, the International Association of
Chiefs of Police and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention have new tip cards on cyber bullying for law enforcement professionals.
Flu season typically starts in the fall and peaks around
December or January; approximately five to 20 percent of people in the U.S. get
the flu each year. Fortunately, you can prevent the flu with the flu vaccine,
recommended for everyone six months and older. Flu.gov has many
resources to help people stay healthy during flu season, including a flu vaccine locator widget and a handy infographic that
explains the different types of flu vaccines and dispels myths about the
vaccine.
Schools play an important role in adolescents’ nutrition. Farm to School programs operate in over
40,000 schools across the United States and expose students to locally grown
foods. The Food and Nutrition Service, within the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), has developed a new toolkit that
walks schools through the processes of starting and growing these programs.
Another tool that helps adolescents eat better is USDA's SuperTracker. To supplement this resource, USDA
recently released lesson plans high school teachers can use to introduce students to the
tool.
The Office of Adolescent Health updated their fact sheets on
adolescent healthy relationships, mental health, physical health, reproductive
health, and substance abuse. These updated sheets enable visitors to see the
health status of adolescents across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam.
Visitors can browse the data using either the interactive map or the list of states. Find
out how teens in your state fare in measures of health such as tobacco use,
physical activity, and more!
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