National Youth Violence Prevention Week March 19-23, 2018 #NYVPW www.nationalsave.org/nyvpw
What is National Youth Violence Prevention Week? Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE), an initiative of Sandy Hook Promise, is proud to be a founding partner of National Youth Violence Prevention Week (NYVPW). Founded in 2001, NYVPW hopes to raise awareness and educate youth and communities on effective strategies to prevent youth violence BEFORE it happens. The campaign is a week-long event with each day of the week corresponding to a specific challenge presented by a national premier youth-serving organization and implemented by communities around the country: Monday, March 19, Know the Signs, sponsored by the National Association of School Psychologists Tuesday, March 20, Promote Respect and Tolerance, sponsored by Teaching Tolerance Wednesday, March 21, Be an Upstander, sponsored by The Allstate Foundation Thursday, March 22, Resolve Conflicts Peacefully, sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics Friday, March 23, Unite in Action, sponsored by Discovery Education Lead-Up Awareness Activities You can begin organizing many activities before National Youth Violence Prevention Week (NYVPW) to engage communities early and bring awareness to your upcoming week long emphasis: Register a SAVE Promise Club and have the club plan your #NYVPW activities! Clubs will be entered into a #NYVPW drawing for special prizes. Conduct Workshops and share tips, lesson plans, and ideas for preventing youth violence. Utilize free Know the Signs Programs from Sandy Hook Promise. Raise Awareness through PSAs, posters, and social media sharing for NYVPW. Use #NYVPW on social media. Help change Tomorrow s News. Visualize Six out of Ten. Place six large orange ribbons and four green ribbons in a highly visual place. This represents the statistic that 60% of American children are exposed to violence, crime, or abuse in their homes, schools, and communities. Share the meaning of the ribbons on your morning announcements or post stat with ribbons. National Youth Violence Prevention Week Challenges March 19 - Know the Signs National Association of School Psychologists nasponline.org Be Aware! Share #TomorrowsNews with youth and adults to facilitate conversations on how to Know The Signs and prevent violence BEFORE it happens. Learn about Warning Signs, Signals and Threats Learn how to Say Something when you see Warning Signs, Signals and Threats. Share Helpful Tips with families and school staff. Identify Trusted Adults in Your School Ask the trusted adults in your school to hang a sign on their classroom door so youth know they can go to them with concerns. Act On It! Develop a suggestion box, locker, or tip line so students can anonymously report threats or provide suggestions to improve safety. Understand Next Steps Establish effective Threat Assessment teams to determine levels of risk and threat when someone reports a concern. Sponsor Spotlight: Preventing School Violence
March 20 - Promote Respect & Tolerance Teaching Tolerance tolerance.org Respect & Tolerance Essay Contest Have winning essay read at an event. Share on social media with #NYVPW Think Before You Speak Conduct an activity to identify words that include instead of exclude. Create posters with positive, encouraging and inclusive words. Mix It Up! Eat lunch with someone new, and learn about each other! Creatively assign random tables (birth month, colored objects). Reduce Stigma Build capacity for youth empathy, social responsibility & social activism, by providing them with vital knowledge through the Signs of Suicide. Share these Brief Tips to help identify someone at risk. Foster Gratitude Engage in simple gratitude activities to reinforce students sense of well-being and role as positive members of the school community. Learn how Gratitude Works! Sponsor Spotlight: Mix It Up Activities March 21 - Be An Upstander The Allstate Foundation allstatefoundation.org Start With Hello Use the Start With Hello program to create a more caring and inclusive school and community! Build a Team! Conduct teambuilding activities that utilize sharing & group participation to complete a common goal. Create PSAs Create PSAs on what it is to be an upstander. Share on social media with #NYVPW Poster Contest Conduct a super hero upstander-themed poster contest. Create posters displaying why upstanders are super heroes. Share posters on social media with #NYVPW Be Brave! Use these easy to access Bravery Tips for youth to help know, share and build your strengths. Sponsor Spotlight: Good Starts Young March 22 - Resolve Conflicts Peacefully American Academy of Pediatrics aap.org Exercise the Anger Away Organize a school walk-a-thon. Have students carry backpacks with canned goods they can donate to a food pantry. Perform Role Plays or Skits Illustrate positive ways to deal with difficult situations such as bullying and peer pressure. Everybody Gets Mad, Ideas for Coping. Mind your Mind Lead students through a reflection where they learn to pause & observe their own thoughts (yellowhappy, green-neutral, blue-sad, red-angry). Spread the Peace Paint a peace mural over graffiti or host a peace themed sidewalk art event. #NYVPW on Social media Sponsor Spotlight: Emotional Wellness March 23 - Unite in Action Discovery Education discoveryeducation.com Form a Club Prevent youth violence all year long by forming a SAVE Promise Club. www.sandyhookpromise.org Unite in Service Organize a service project where youth and adults come together and make a difference. Participate in the IWitness Challenge. The IWitness Challenge is an actionable way to promote equality, challenge bias, discuss tolerance, and engage students in a service-learning project that inspires actionshare Resources Work with community agencies to create a community card with mental health, suicide, and runaway resources & other youth resources. Host a Safety Fair Coordinate a safety fair with exhibits & activities involving first responders, local health departments, medical, safety and community agencies. Sponsor Spotlight: Chase the Race March 23 - March for Our Lives marchforourlives.com The kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that student lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools. Join the March in Washington DC or march in your own community. For additional information on NYVPW please visit www.nationalsave.org/nyvpw
How Can I Help? Adopt a school and donate educational resources that teach young people strategies to reduce violence Check out our sponsor s websites to learn more about who they are and how they support NYVPW efforts Conduct workshops and share tips, lesson plans, and ideas for preventing youth violence. Utilize Sandy Hook Promise s free Know the Signs Programs Connect with others to collaborate on the campaign and refer them to the campaign website for more information Create awareness through PSAs, posters, and social media by sharing activities for National Youth Violence Prevention Week using #NYVPW Donate your time, talent, energy, and resources to help with events throughout the week Encourage local media coverage of campaign events Invite local legislators to participate in NYVPW, share it on their social media and ask them to officially recognize the event with a resolution or press release Join/create a local roundtable in your community to formulate strategies to reduce youth violence (see below for more information) Reach out to members in our sponsors organizations (school counselors, teachers, social workers, etc.) Send letters to your local, state, and national representatives to ask them to support the campaign or attend your NYVPW event or roundtable Wear violence prevention ribbons and hang NYVPW posters to demonstrate your support for the campaign Take Action! If you work with youth, register a SAVE Promise Club at www.sandyhookpromise. org/savepromiseclub For additional information on NYVPW please visit www.nationalsave.org/nyvpw
Everyone Can Help Prevent Youth Violence Schools Senior Citizens Service Organizations Parents Social Services Law Enforcement Government Business Schedule daily activities on campus throughout NYVPW Implement Start With Hello or Say Something, two easy to implement and FREE programs from Sandy Hook Promise Register a SAVE Promise Club to continue your violence prevention efforts Review the Say Something materials from Sandy Hook Promise, and learn what it means to be a trusted adult to youth you know Talk with your grandchildren and inspire them to make the safe and smart choices Promote NYVPW in your organization s newsletter Play the Evan Video and facilitate conversations on how to Know the Signs and prevent violence BEFORE it happens Watch & discuss the Evan Video with your middle & high school students Work with your PTA to promote NYVPW Sign up to be a Sandy Hook Promise Leader and help create safer homes, schools and communities all year long Promote NYVPW through your agency s newsletter, website or social media Offer to present/sponsor workshops for local in-school violence prevention conferences Educate yourself on Sandy Hook Promise s free Know the Signs programs Encourage staff and officers to become mentors and teach youth effective methods to prevent violence Have your School Resource Officers, school liaisons, and DARE partners learn more about Sandy Hook Promise s free Know the Signs programs Participate in your constituents events and recognize NYVPW with an official proclamation Make a speech on NYVPW and the importance of taking action to prevent violence; share your remarks through social media and press release Share your support of NYVPW by posting a supportive message on your business marquee or in a newspaper ad Donate educational resources to local schools Add a link from your business website or social media page to NYVPW Religious Medical Youth Media Promote NYVPW through your religious flyers Ask youth in your organization to participate in the National Youth Violence Prevention Week (NYVPW) and to register a SAVE Promise Club Review the Say Something materials from Sandy Hook Promise, learn what it means to be a trusted adult and discuss with youth Share with youth how to handle anger nonviolently Familiarize yourself with Start With Hello and Say Something, two easy to implement and FREE programs from Sandy Hook Promise Contact your school administrators to encourage them to participate in NYVPW and to initiate a SAVE Promise Club Interview local SAVE Promise Clubs and national NYVPW spokespersons Provide coverage of local school s violence prevention conferences Create PSAs to promote various initiatives of NYVPW
Get Social! Create your own #NYVPW posts or use the following suggested posts: Suggested posts Leading up to #NYVPW: National Youth Violence Prevention Week is March 19-23, 2018. Start planning your activities now! #NYVPW nationalsave.org/nyvpw Check out the daily challenges for #NYVPW (March 19-23). Share what activities you have planned! #violencefree nationalsave.org/nyvpw We are proud to be a part of @nationalsave s National Youth Violence Prevention Week! Join us as we encourage youth to be #violencefree! #NYVPW nationalsave.org/nyvpw We re just week(s) away from #NYVPW! Learn more at nationalsave.org/nyvpw #violencefree How do YOU plan to participate in #NYVPW March 19-23? #violencefree nationalsave.org/nyvpw Day 1 (March 19): Know the Signs Happy first day of @nationalsave s #NYVPW! Do you Know the Signs of when someone is going to harm themselves or others? Get free program materials at sandyhookpromise.org Today s #NYVPW challenge, Know the Signs, is sponsored by the National Association of School Psychologists (@nasponline) For #NYVPW, help us to change #TomorrowsNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvrq1stsygw During #NYVPW, learn how to Say Something when you see Warning Signs, Signals and Threats. https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/bringsaysomething Day 2 (March 20): Promote Respect & Tolerance Today s #NYVPW challenge, Promote Respect and Tolerance is sponsored by Teaching Tolerance (@ tolerance_org) #NYVPW Daily Activity: Mix It Up! Get to know at least one person you do not know. https://www. tolerance.org/mix-it-up For #NYVPW, reduce stigma and build capacity for youth empathy, social responsibility, and social activism, by providing them with vital knowledge through Signs of Suicide with @Sandyhook Check out these great activities to mix it up from today s #NYVPW sponsor: http://www.tolerance.org/ mix-it-up/activities Day 3 (March 21): Be an Upstander Today s #NYVPW daily challenge, Be An Upstander, is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation (@ AllstateFDN) where #GoodStartsYoung. For #NYVPW use @sandyhook #StartWithHello to create a more caring and inclusive school and community. https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/bringstartwithhello @nationalsave s #NYVPW Daily Activity: Conduct teambuilding activities that utilize sharing and group participation to complete a common goal. Be an Upstander! Learn how to recognize warning signs & report threats of violence during #NYVPW. https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/bringsaysomething Day 4 (March 22): Resolve Conflicts Peacefully Today s #NYVPW challenge, Resolve Conflicts Peacefully, is sponsored by American Academy of Pediatrics (@AmerAcadPeds), an organization dedicated to the health of all children Everybody Gets Mad. For #NYVPW illustrate positive ways to deal with difficult situations such as bullying and peer pressure. https://goo.gl/44tfwb Children need to realize that the world is a better place because they are in it! #NYVPW https://goo. gl/cyf8ic Today s #NYVPW Activity: Paint a peace mural over graffiti or host a peace themed sidewalk art event. #NYVPW on Social Media. Day 5 (March 23): Unite in Action Today s #NYVPW challenge, Unite in Action, is sponsored by Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd), an organization that connects teachers to their most powerful resources... each other. #NYVPW Daily Activity: Unite in Service. Organize a service project where youth and adults come together and make a difference. Although National Youth Violence Prevention Week may be ending, prevent youth violence all year long by registering a SAVE Promise Club! https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/savepromiseclub