February 2020 Webinar
Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Media Literacy
What are effective youth engagement strategies? How do you uplift youth leadership? Through exploring the work and successes of Start Strong, this webinar will delve into best practices for engaging teens in dating violence prevention and media literacy. Start Strong is an international leader in innovative prevention-based work for young people. Using a Peer Leadership model, Start Strong trains high school-aged students to become young experts in the field of teen dating violence prevention and healthy relationship promotion. Start Strong uses a trauma-informed, youth-developed framework to guide conversations and often couch their work using a media literacy lens. Most notably, Start Strong is known for their Break Up Summit, the Web series “THE HALLS,” and their media literacy tools. This training will outline Start Strong’s work and approach in navigating youth-led prevention work and discuss best practices.
Measurable learning objectives :
Participants will understand the value and application of trauma informed approaches in working with youth.
Participants will understand the value and application of youth development models in working with young people.
Participants will understand how media literacy can support conversations around preventing teen dating violence and promoting healthy relationships.
Free for members / $25 for non-members
Speaker
Teakia Brown is the program manager for Start Strong at the Boston Public Health Commission in the Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health. Start Strong is a nationally- and internationally-recognized peer-led program focused on youth development, innovation, and media literacy, to address its goal of preventing teen dating violence and healthy relationship promotion. She is a passionate advocate for adolescent sexual, reproductive, and racial health disparities. She is incredibly driven and has pursued experiences in health promotion both nationally and internationally, as a member of the Peace Corps and in school-based health and community health centers in Boston.