Prevention Links

Teen Relationship Violence:

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline (866-331-9474 /866-331-8453 - TTY )www.loveisrespect.org

National Hopeline Network: (800-SUICIDE (784-2433). The National Hopeline Network provides 24 hour suicide crisis and domestic violence service referrals for teens at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433). Callers are automatically routed to the closest certified crisis center.

National Runaway Hotline: (800-621-0394 (TDD). The National Runaway Switchboard operates this 24 hour confidential hotline for runaway youth, teens in crisis and concerned friends and family members.

 GLBT National Youth Talkline: (800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743). This hotline offers telephone peer counseling from Monday to Friday from 5-9pm Pacific Time. Peer counseling service is also offered through email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text27348 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rape Abuse Incest National Network (RAINN): (800-656-HOPE) The Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network provides 24 hours services.  RAINN will automatically transfer the caller to the nearest rape crisis center, anywhere in the nation. RAINN also runs the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, a free, confidential, secure service that provides live help over the RAINN website.

General Teen Relationship Violence Resources

A Thin Line – digital and technology abuse www.athinline.org

Break the Cycle - www.breakthecycle.org and www.thesafespace.org

Choose Respect/Centers for Disease Control – Resources for Parents http://www.chooserespect.org/scripts/index.asp

Digital Dating Abuse Resources at Family Violence Prevention Fund www.thatsnotcool.com

Futures Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund)http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/

Coaching Boys Into Men Materials (Coaches Kit, Media Materials, etc.) - http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/section/our_work/men_and_boys/_coaching_leadership

Lessons from Literature – A teacher program to include prevention messages in English courses http://www.lessonsfromliterature.org/

Love is Not Abuse - www.loveisnotabuse.com

MADE – Moms and Dads for Education to Stop Teen Dating Abuse – http://loveisnotabuse.com/web/guest/search/-/journal_content/56/10123/84973

National Resource Center – VAWNET, Preventing and Responding to Teen Dating Violence -http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=995#1028

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - www.safeyouth.org

Ohio Domestic Violence Network (800-934-9840 to find a local hotline) - www.odvn.org

See It and Stop It - www.seeitandstopit.org

 Start Strong Teens Program – Family Violence Prevention Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – National Prevention Initiative n-  www.startstrongteens.org or www.startstrongparents.org.

 Teen Action Toolkit: Building a Youth-Led Response to Teen Victimization -  Community Oriented Policing Office at Department of Justice & National Center for Victims of Crime http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/teen%20action%20toolkit.pdf

Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Curriculum Comparison - http://www.odvn.org/images/stories/pdf/odvn_teenrelationshipviolencecurriculumcomparison_april2010.pdf

That’s Not Cool Campaign – An online teen forum and text call out cards - www.thatsnotcool.com

 Videos and PSAs:

A PSA about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Teens in foster care - http://www.thekidsarelistening.org/.

 Promoting Gender Equality:

• Gabriella Network- Network of women's organizations focusing on grassroots multi-racial, multi-ethnic organizing and activism
• Madre- Focuses on women's grassroots organizations, particularly in Latin countries
• National center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• National Resource Center on Sexual Violence
• Prostitution Research & Education- Extensive information on the issues of prostitution and trafficking
• Media Watch- Challenges racism, sexism and violence in the media

GLBT Issues:

• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force- Resources and support for local and national organizing for GLBT rights

Nonviolence:

• Fellowship of Reconciliation- National organization with local chapters that promotes peace and nonviolence
• War Resisters League- U.S. affiliate of War Resisters International; one of the oldest pacifist organizations in the world
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Media Watch- Challenges racism, sexism and violence in the media

General Prevention Reading:

• "The Spectrum of Prevention: Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Injury Prevention" by Larry Cohen and Susan Swift
• "The Tipping Point: Why is the city suddenly so much safer...could it be that crime really is an epidemic?" by: Malcom Gladwell
• "Aggregation Bias and Woman Abuse" by: Martin D. Schwartz and Walter S. DeKeseredy
• "Current Controversies on Defining Nonlethal Violence Against Women in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships" by: Walter S. DeKeseredy
• "Toward a Gendered Social Bond/Male Peer Support Theory of University Woman Abuse" by: Alberto Godenzi, Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz
• "Male Peer Support and A Feminist Routine Activities Theory: Understanding Sexual Assault on the College Campus"by: Martin D. Schwartz, Walter S. DeKeseredy, David Tait and Shahid Alvi