Start Strong Wichita               

Start Strong Wichita is a coalition of teen leaders, violence prevention advocates, community programs, and the USD 259 School System to provide the largest network ever established to prevent dating violence among teens.  www.startstrongwichita.org

 

Didy you know?
–1 in 3 high school students will experience some sort of dating abuse (emotional, physical, or sexual) before graduation
–29% of sexual assaults in the state of Kansas are in Wichita
—of those, almost 50% involved a victim under the age of 19

We can prevent our teens from becoming another statistic.

We urge everyone to write their local congressional representatives and remind them that Dating Violence is regenerative– once a child sees it in their home, they will take it into their future relationships.  With your help, we can create a national awareness campaign to combat dating violence in our community.

We can all help bring love, respect, safety, & trust back into our relationships.

Thank you all for being the first, last, and strongest line of defense!

 

 
More About Start Strong

In November 2008, Catholic Charities Inc. – Diocese of Wichita announced that they are one of 11 organizations chosen to receive up to a $1 million grant towards a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation four-year initiative focused on preventing intimate partner violence, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships (BHTR). Catholic Charities is a partner of the Wichita/Sedgwick County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition and will collaborate with coalition members including the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center (WASAC), the Wichita Public School District (WPS), and Wichita State University (WSU) Department of Sociology and Center for Community Support and Research.

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