As adults working with youth to prevent violence we often find ourselves telling teens what not to do. Primary prevention challenges us to take those good intentions to the next level and model a positive alternative and co-create spaces with youth where they can put their newly acquired skills into practice. The Cipher Project in [...]

This month’s article is a contribution from Primary Prevention Facilitator Jeremy Flowers from the East Texas Crisis Center.
Author, Activist, Educator, Jackson Katz examines the misogynistic behaviors of actor Mel Gibson that have been frequent in the media lately and explains why this is a “Teachable Moment.” He gives insight on beliefs of rape myths, racism, [...]

Recently the Cartoon Network has disclosed that they will be launching an anti-bullying campaign next fall. The campaign targets bystanders to take action against bullying and was prompted by a Cartoon Network poll which suggested that young people felt that while certain things like war and the economy were out of their control, they could [...]

The recent murder of University of Virginia student Yeardley Love by her ex-boyfriend and fellow college student George Huguely has drawn attention to the ways in which the university could have prevented this tragedy from happening.
In this article, the authors poignantly state “the most critical element in combating relationship violence will always be a willingness [...]

This month’s article has to do with a group of parents that are fed up with their children not receiving the education they deserve and are doing something about it. According to the article, parents are protesting the Hawaiian governor’s office because Hawai’i currently has the shortest school year in the nation due to the [...]

University settings are interesting spaces. In a sense, they are a community within a community; with their own social norms and hierarchies. Indeed, university settings afford us with a unique opportunity to create culture change.
A couple of months back I got to see an example of what this actually means in a prevention setting, when [...]

What emotions or images does your mind conjure up when you think about the Super Bowl? Perhaps you think about conquest, athletic prowess or the enactment of traditional gender roles. What perhaps is not at the forefront of your mind is affection, care and fatherhood.
This year the Super Bowl’s most valuable player, Drew Brees did [...]

Recently, Hanes made the decision to drop television advertisements featuring Charlie Sheen in response to a domestic violence incident he was involved in on Christmas Day.
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Spokesman for Hanesbrand Matt Hall stated:
“It’s a pretty standard, straightforward call when somebody who’s in your commercials is arrested on suspicion of something of [...]

The incident between Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren has been all over the news and even prompted a Saturday Night Live Skit.

Often doing anti-violence work we can get cynical. Seeing all the violence present in the world around us and hearing the intimate details of those experiences can prompt us to be confined to that world. Indeed, that perspective is apparent in the prevention work we do as we talk about statistics, relate stories of violence [...]