Baltimore City
Health Department

National Youth Violence Prevention Week

Stand up. Speak out.

3/25/2011 Activities for Youth Violence Prevention Week run through Sunday! Come take part in this city-wide effort to stand up and speak out against violence. See our schedule (pdf) of events this weekend. We have flyers for some of them, available for download. [3/26 play "Where Y'All At?" flyer (pdf)] [Safe Streets East Youth Blast (pdf)]

3/21/2011Mayor Rawlings-Blake Kicks Off Youth Violence Prevention Week

Today, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was joined by community, religious and city leaders to kick off Youth Violence Prevention Week, and urged Baltimore residents to “Stand Up and Speak Out” against violence. Youth Violence Prevention Week—held March 21-27, 2011—is a national public education initiative featuring activities and events to spotlight the issue of youth violence, identify strategies to combat this epidemic, and promote the positive role youth may have in making their communities and schools safer. [3/21 Press Release (pdf)]

3/16/2011. On Wednesday, March 23rd at the Pratt library in Waverly, watch "Concrete, Steel & Paint," a film that brings together prison inmates and victims of crime, raising "challenging questions about punishment, justice and reconciliation in America." Panel discussion to follow.

3/15/2011. Click here to see our calendar of events!

3/2/2011. Know any creative kids? We are holding our annual YVP Week poster contest for youth ages 6 - 18. Entries should show how you can stand up and speak out against bullying, cyberbullying, teen dating violence and gun violence. Check out our flyer for more information (pdf).

We are also collecting nominations of individuals who encourage non-violence in their community for our Baltimorphosis contest.

Also, download our new flyer and distribute it in your community!

National Youth Violence Prevention Week is March 21 – 27, 2011. During this week, activities and events will be held nationwide to spotlight the issue of youth violence, to identify strategies to combat this epidemic, and to promote the positive role youth may have in making their communities and schools safer.

The Baltimore City Health Department’s Office of Youth Violence Prevention in collaboration with several city agencies and community-based organizations, is using this week to kick-off a series of events, workshops, and open houses to spotlight this issue, the work being done here in Baltimore, and to assist our youth in finding better ways to resolve conflict, promote peace, and respect themselves and others.

For more information, contact the Office of Youth Violence Prevention at BmoreYVP(at)baltimorecity(dot)gov or (443) 984-3566.

Check out our promotional ads airing on 92Q featuring Lil' Black. [3/25 3rd Annual Playing for Peace Basketball Tournament (mp3)] [Where Y'all At? -a play by Mike Williams (mp3)] (click to download)

For all news, facts, and stats about Baltimore City’s Youth Violence Prevention Week visit www.Facebook.com/BmoreYVP.

 

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