Day One Provides Expertise

Brooklyn DA's Conference on Teen Dating Violence
Day One's Community Educator Claudia Martinez recently provided training to over 100 youth-serving professionals at a teen dating violence conference hosted by theKings County District Attorney's Office.  Claudia's expertise will better equip adults in providing helpful guidance to teens.
 
Fordham Law Domestic Violence Conference
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva offered her expertise at Fordham University Law School's Fifteenth Annual Domestic Violence Conference looking at the legal needs of outh in light of New York's new protective order laws.

Peer Leader Model Gets National Attention
Peer Leadership Coordinator, Joy Marie Conway, presented at the annual American College Personnel Association Convention in Baltimore this March. At the gathering of nationwide college professionals, Joy  discussed strategies for using art to engage college students in activism. Last semester, Joy led Day One's Peer Leaders in launching "It Happens Here," an innovative, youth-led workshop merging graphic art and a domestic violence curriculum. 
 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
After the death of University of Virginia student Yeardley Love at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, George Huguely, another UVA student, colleges are making sure they can address dating violence on campus. Jean Sung, Day One's Youth Voices Network Coordinator, offered her perspective in the magazine Diverse: Issues in Education.  The article, "Helping College Students Stay Safe While Dating", looks at how colleges and universities are partnering with organizations to curb dating violence among students.