Happy National Youth Violence Prevention Week

This week is National Youth Violence Prevention Week, put on by The National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE).
SAVE is a national student-initiated program that promotes nonviolence within schools and communities, and Youth Violence Prevention Week brings SAVE chapters and organizations across the country together to raise awareness and to educate the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence. Each day highlights a different challenge to prevent youth violence, sponsored by a national youth-serving organization:

• Day 1: Promote Respect and Tolerance, sponsored by Teaching Tolerance
• Day 2: Manage Your Anger, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association
• Day 3: Resolve Conflicts Peacefully, sponsored by the Association For Conflict Resolution
• Day 4: Support Safety, sponsored by the National Youth Court Center
• Day 5: Unite in Action, sponsored by Youth Service America

Visit SAVE’s website to find out how to support National Youth Violence Prevention Week 2013, and mark your calendar for next year’s weeklong campaign on April 7-11, 2014.

Gabrielle Nygaard is a Digital and Social Media Intern at Prichard Communications, where she assists on several accounts, including Reclaiming Futures. She is a student at Linfield College studying Mass Communication and Japanese. She is an Oregon native and health enthusiast.
*Photo above via Flickr user Bitzi