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“Can We Talk About That?” Partnership Blog

The Partnership envisions this blog to be a thoughtful space for questions, dialogue and reflections on our domestic violence movement in California.

What is at the core of our work? How do our enduring values inform our current strategies and future directions? Where do we need to do some critical thinking and take some risks? How do we re-envision this movement? What leadership do we need? How do we foster strategic alliances?

Here in this blog, we seek to foster conversations about the ways intersecting social justice issues impact our work and our communities. Transformational thinking, innovation and inspiration will guide our dialogue.

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Drawing attention to teen dating violence prevention in February

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAPM) – a national effort to raise awareness about abuse in youth relationships and mobilize communities to support young people in having safe and healthy relationships.

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Trends in teen dating violence prevention in California

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.

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Resources for Advocates

The Partnership’s Prevention Program works with a statewide network of prevention advocates to advance effective dating abuse prevention policies and programs.

To stay abreast of domestic violence and teen dating abuse prevention projects, opportunities and resources in California, send an email with your name to info [at] cpedv.org with the subject line, “Sign up for Prevention e-Digest.”

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Thank you Heather! Prevention Policy Intern, Summer 2011

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. 

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Last days to register! The Partnership’s Annual Membership Meeting and Statewide Domestic Violence Conference

This year’s Annual Membership Meeting and Statewide Domestic Violence Conference in Sacramento will focus on connecting social justice movements, enhancing collaborations, and strengthening the diversity and leadership of our advocacy network. Please join us for the Prevention Track, Partnership Awards (including our first-ever Prevention Educator of the Year Award and Youth Leader of the Year Award), and many other opportunities to grow and learn together! 

Register Now! 

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Working in partnership, we can replace systems of domination with systems of partnership

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. 

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Opportunities for teen dating violence prevention policy advocacy

Efforts to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence in schools are imperative in order to improve student health, safety and academic achievement. (See our fact sheet on the connection between teen dating violence, school safety and academic achievement.) That is why the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence(the Partnership) is sponsoring Assembly Bill 1373 (Fong): healthy relationships promotion, teen dating violence prevention.

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Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month 2011 was a success!

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. 

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Assembly Committee hears compelling testimony on successful ways to reduce teen dating violence

In observance of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, Assembly Member Fiona Ma, Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Domestic Violence, hosted a hearing entitled: Teen dating violence: current trends, youth perspectives, and family-school-community solutions. The hearing was attended by Assembly Members Susan Bonilla, Betsy Butler, Ricardo Lara, Dr. Richard Pan, Paul Fong and Norma Torres and 100 audience members. The hearing also receivednoteworthy media coverage.

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PPRC Adolescent Dating Abuse Sub-Committee

The Partnership’s Public Policy and Research Committee Adolescent Dating Abuse Sub-Committee (sub-committee) promotes school environments that support healthy relationships and prevent adolescent dating abuse. The sub-committee is one of the Partnership’s issue-specific sub-committees. 

Adolescent dating abuse sub-committee description 
Dating abuse sub-committee members

Sub-committee meetings

Upcoming meetings 

Blog post By Kelly Yost HarperShelter Outreach Plus

One Family’s Path to Economic Security

Veronica* dialed 9-1-1 while huddled in a closet, arms around her children, as her husband, John, threatened through the door to kill her. Authorities arrived, and as they warned John to “calm down,” Veronica slipped out the back with her children and convinced a neighbor to drive them to a local church. The church secretary made a call and before the stars came out, Veronica and her kids were safe and warm in one of Shelter Outreach Plus’s emergency shelters.