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Day One is consulted regularly as an expert on issues related to dating abuse and domestic violence among youth. This where you will find how Day One has shares its legal expertise, advocates with personal stories from survivors, brings awareness through our college organizing work, our overall knowledge of the community of young people we educate in order to raises awareness about relationship abuse in diverse communities.
Executive Director discusses physical abuse among 7th graders on Buzzfeed's Shift
03/30/2012
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva was quoted on an article that highlighted a recent study by Start Strong, a national initiatives that promotes healthy relationships, which found that youth as early as seventh grade have experienced physical or emotional in their romantic relationships.
Stephanie said that "the data didn't surprise her at all. While she couldn't point to any other specific research on seventh-graders, she said studies of dating violence among teens typically find that 10-40% have experienced it. And the 10% number comes from a study that only looked at violence in the past six months one year, meaning the real prevalence may be higher. So 15% didn't strike her as out of the ordinary, even in kids so young."
Read the study here.
Read the full article, "Even Seventh-Graders Are Hitting Their Girlfriends (And Boyfriends)" on Buzzfeed's SHIFT.
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Executive Director is featured in CDC Public Health Law's March Newsletter
03/16/2012
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva was interviewed by CDC Public Health News as the featured public health professional of the month.
When asked what led her to the work she's doing now, Stephanie said: "Once I was in law school, I took advantage of being in New York City and interned at several nonprofit organizations during the academic year and the summers. I volunteered at the ACLU, NOW Legal Defense Fund (now Legal Momentum), and was awarded a spot in my school's legal services clinic. I got exposed to several different areas of law, and during my third year I partnered with Legal Services for New York (LSNY) to apply and was granted a fellowship conducting domestic violence work. The LSNY office was responsible for specific neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and the project was to assist victims in the Orthodox Jewish community. Looking back from my current position, I now see the destructive theme of isolation that almost all survivors of relationship abuse experience, whether it stems from boundaries of a religious community or age, language, geography, disability, immigration status and more. There are so many hurdles for survivors to overcome in seeking help to end a violent partnership, and I find the work reducing those hurdles to be intensely rewarding."
Read the rest of the interview, "This Month's Feature: Profiles in Public Health Law Interview with Stephanie Nilva" on CDC.gov.
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Answer: "ANYONE can experience domestic violence."
02/29/2012
The answers are in and Claudia is ready to tell us FACT from FICTION!
Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/DayOneNY and find out the answer to the question: Anyone can experience domestic violence, FACT or FICTION?
You can also watch the video on Youtube!
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FACT or FICTION: "Anyone can experience domestic violence."
02/27/2012
We're in the last week of 'FACT or FICTION: Myths about Dating Abuse!' Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/DayOneNY and answer the question:
"Anyone can experience domestic violence, FACT or FICTION?"
If you missed the answers to the last three weeks' questions, you can watch them on Youtube:
Week 1: "FACT or FICTION: Jealousy is a sign of love."
Week 2: "FACT or FICTION: If you grow up in a violent home, you will become an abuser too."
Week 3: "FACT or FICTION: Youth under 18 can get an order of protection in NYC."
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Executive Director talks about the role of parents in teen relationships in light of apparent Chris Brown, Rihanna reunion
02/23/2012
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva spoke with Kunbi Tinuoye about what parents can and should say when talking about romantic relationships, unhealthy ones in particular, with their teens.
According to Stephanie: the celebrity couple's high profile domestic relationship "is an opportunity for parents to open a dialogue about abusive relationships before or as their children are dating and make sure teenagers understand the importance of safe and respectful partnerships. The best thing a parent can do is to ensure that if their child goes through something like this they have open lines of communication to talk to their parents."
Read the full article "Are Rihanna and Chris Brown a parent's worst nightmare?" on TheGrio.com.
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Feministe blogger features Day One's Dating Violence Awareness Month Initiatives
02/23/2012
Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic wrote about February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, mentioning the current controversy about Chris Brown's Grammy win and possible reunion with Rihanna.
She highlights Day One's work in prevention and education and encourages readers to help us in our mission: "Day One is doing amazing work to counteract these stats and end teen dating violence. There are many ways to help them raise awareness: on Facebook, on Twitter, on YouTube. Help them spread their message and end teen dating violence."
Read the whole post "February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month" on Feministe.
You can follow Jill on Twitter @JillFilipovic!
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Answer: "Youth under 18 can get an order of protection in NYC."
02/22/2012
Claudia is ready to tell us FACT from FICTION!
Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/DayOneNY and find out the answer to the question: "Youth under 18 can get an order of protection in New York City, fact or fiction?"
You can also watch the video directly on Youtube!
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Youth Voices Network member talks to BBC Newsbeat about her experience with dating abuse
02/16/2012
Gabrielle, a member of Day One's Youth Voices Network was interviewed by the BBC's Newsbeat about her experience with dating abuse.
According to Gabrielle: "About two months into the relationship he became very controlling. Where was I going? Who was I talking to? Why was I talking to this person?" She admits she stayed in the relationship for as long as she did because she didn't realise her boyfriend's behaviour wasn't normal."I came from a home where there was abuse and I just thought this was the kind of problem that happened in relationships," she said.
Read the whole story "Calls to tackle teen dating violence in the US" on BBC Newsbeat.
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Day One participates in #ReachYouth Twitter chat
02/15/2012
Day One was invited to participate in "#ReachYouth: Engaging Youth Through Social Media," a Twitter chat sponsored by VAWnet and loveisrespect.org.
According to VAWnet: "During Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and throughout the year, advocates are working to engage youth around dating abuse prevention and response by meeting them where they are. The widest and most accessible arena for youth gathering and mobilization is social media."
Below is a sample of the Twitter chat. If you'd like to read a transcript of the chat, click here or on the image below:
VAWnet is a comprehensive and easily accessible online collection of full-text, searchable materials and resources on domestic violence, sexual violence and related issues.The goal of VAWnet, The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women is to use electronic communication technology to enhance efforts to prevent violence against women and intervene more effectively when it occurs.
loveisrespect.org is a collaboration between Break The Cycle and the National Dating Abuse Helpline. The aim for the site is to: create the ultimate resource fostering healthy dating attitudes and relationships; provide a safe space for young people to access information and help in an environment that is designed specifically for them; ensure confidentiality and trust so young people feel safe and supported—online and off.
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Answer: "If you grow up in a violent home, you will become an abuser too."
02/15/2012
Our community educator Claudia is ready to tell us FACT from FICTION!
Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/DayOneNY and find out the answer to the question: "If you grow up in a violent home, you will become an abuser too, fact or fiction?"
You can also watch the video directly on Youtube!
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Answer: "Jealousy is a sign of love, fact or fiction?"
02/08/2012
Claudia is ready to tell us FACT from FICTION!
Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/DayOneNY and find out the answer to the question: Jealousy in a dating relationship is a sign of love, fact or fiction?
You can also watch the video on Youtube!
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Executive Director Participates in #WhatLoveMeans Twitter Chat
02/06/2012
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva was a featured expert in one of the Twitter chats hosted by the Liz Claiborne Foundation's dating violence prevention initiative Love Is Not Abuse and Seventeen Magazine. The chats were organized to give teens a chance to get their relationship questions answered by experts and share their thoughts on dating, relationships and what behaviors should (and should never) be accepted from a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Below is a sample of some of the tweets Stephanie sent out:
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Former Day One Legal Intern featured in National Jurist Magazine!
02/03/2012
Courtney Chenette was a legal intern for Day One for two years. This month, the National Jurists' Best Law Schools for Public Service edition featured her for her work with the Pace Women's Justice Center and her Justice for Women Award. She talked about her work at Day One and her experiences with the court system around dating abuse.
Speaking of how to make young people safe in their relationships, Courtney said: "Outreach and education is what is going to make communities safer for young people. It starts with a dialogue about self-respect. It doesn't just start when you are 18."
Courtney has been a wonderful presence in our office and an important part of the team! We are so proud of her and wish her the best!
Read the rest of the article "I feel very empowered" in National Jurist.
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Executive Director speaks to journalists at Columbia University conference
01/16/2012
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva participated in "Out of the Shadows: Covering Intimate Partner Violence" a two-day workshop hosted by The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma to educate journalists and news organizations about covering the critical public health issue of intimate partner violence. The workshop featured a wide range of speakers including national and local mental health and policy experts, award-winning journalists, educators and prevention advocates. She was part of a panel about intimate partner violence in uniquely vulnerable teen, immigrant, refugee and LGBT communities.
Watch a video clip of Stephanie's presentation here or by clicking on the image above.
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Program Director discusses domestic violence facts on The Uptowner
11/28/2011
Program Director Margarita Guzman recently spoke with The Uptowner, an online newspaper covering Harlem, Hamilton Heights, East Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood about the incidence of domestic violence among immigrants in New York City.
According to Margarita: "Washington Heights and Inwood has one of the highest rates of domestic incidence reports," and "gender-based, class-based and race-based discrimination come together so that young women of color in economically-depressed neighborhoods are experiencing high rates of violence."
Read the rest of the article "More Immigrants Reporting Domestic Violence in Washington Heights, Inwood" on The Uptowner.
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Art Design Blog Features Groundswell-Day One Posters!
11/15/2011
The Groundswell/ Day One posters continue to impress the public... even socially conscious art designers.
"Social Design Notes", the art design blog of John from Backspace.com, featured the posters produced by Day One's Summer 2011 Peer Leaders in collaboration with the Groundswell Community Mural Project and the artists Nicole Schulman and Tanya Albrigtsen-Frable.
Read his post "Posters Against Violence in Teen Relationships" on the Social Design Notes blog.
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MSNBC's Tamron Hall talks about her domestic violence work and partnership with Day One
10/31/2011
Anchor of MSNBC's NewsNation Tamron Hall sat down with Kelly Wallace from iVillage to talk about how she became involved with domestic violence advocacy. She share why she is involved with organizations like ours: "She feels like she didn't do enough then and that's part of what is motivating her to do work with groups such as Day One, which is specifically focused on raising awareness of teen dating abuse and violence."
According to the interview, "her number one goal, she says, is to get teens to understand what's right and what's seriously wrong in a relationship."
Tamron was awarded Day One's Visionary Award earlier this month during our annual benefit, Smart Love., Safe Love.
Read the whole article "MSNBC's Tamron Hall on How Domestic Violence Changed Her Life Forever" on iVillage.com.
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Executive Director Stephanie Nilva Speaks to WPIX 11 Morning News about Dating Abuse
10/20/2011
Day One's Executive Director Stephanie Nilva sat with host of WPIX 11's Morning News Sukanya Krishnan about the alarming rates of dating abuse teens.
Click on the image below to watch the clip:
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Social Worker Michele Paolella on WPIX11 talking about sexual assault
09/21/2011
Day One's Social Worker Michele Paolella was on WPIX 11 Morning News' "Mom's the Word" segment today and spoke with host Sukanya Krishnan and house psychologist Dr. Larry Balter about about sexual assault and offered advice to parents on protecting their kids again sexual predators.
Click on the image below to watch the clip:
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Day One and Groundswell Community Mural Project Collaboration featured on Park Slope Patch
09/01/2011
The collaboration between the Day One Peer Leaders and the Voices Her'd Visionaries of the Groundswell Community Mural Project were highlighted in the Park Slope Patch for it's artistic message of anti-violence.
"Joy Marie Conway, who until recently has been a key member of Day One, has been meeting with the girls since spring of this year. Groundswell approached the organization with the idea of art as a tool for discussion, and they started with the basics.
'We had to establish things like how teen dating violence looks – how is abuse among teens different from abuse among adults? We looked at public perceptions, how it looks and how it is perceived," explained Conway.
The final product is hopefully just a beginning, both for the artists and new mediums in Voices Her'd – and most importantly for the youth the girls hope to reach."
Read the full article "Girls Advocate Non-Violence Through Art with Voices Her'd Visionaries" on Park Slope Patch.
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Education posters by Day One and Groundswell to be exhibited in Brooklyn
08/25/2011
On August 31st, the Groundswell Community Mural Project, in partnership with Day One, will hold a dedication ceremony and exhibition to celebrate "Love Should Always be Safe," a unique public art campaign to combat teen dating violence.
The exhibit will showcase the work of Day One Peer Leaders and the Voices Her'd Visionaries of Groundswell which produced eight education posters about the kinds of dating violence and information about how to get help.
Read the full article, "Anti-Teen Dating Violence Exhibition To Open in Gowanus" on The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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Executive Director Speaks to MTV about Rihanna's New Video
06/08/2011
Check out Executive Director Stephanie Nilva on MTV. Click on the image below to watch the video.
"Every song Rihanna does is put under a microscope,' Stephanie Nilva of Day One, says of Rihanna's video controversy."
Read the full article, "Rihanna's 'Man Down' Video: Experts Weigh In On Controversy" on MTV.com.
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Day One on Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers on Hot 97
04/24/2011
Day One spoke with Lisa Evers on domestic violence. Have a listen!
"Domestic Violence" on Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers on Hot 97 FM.
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Program and Communications Associate discusses dating abuse in college with Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
03/01/2011
Program and Communications Associate and Youth Voices Network Coordinator Jean Sung spoke with Diverse: Issues in Higher Education about dating abuse among college students.
According to Jean: "the 24-hour news cycle, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the proliferation of technology in general have brought about greater awareness. 'People are responding to the issue more,' she says."
Read the rest of the article "Helping College Students Stay Safe While Dating" on Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
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Program and Development Associate on Steppin' Out Radio
12/18/2010
Program and Development Associate Jean Sung sat down with the folks of Steppin' Out radio to talk about the impact of dating violence on the lives of young people.
Listen to the interview: "Invisible Injuries" on Steppin' Out radio.
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Our Community Educator is featured in Queens Chronicle
10/21/2010
Our Community Educator, Claudia Martinez, was featured in Queens Chronicle for her work teaching young people about dating abuse and healthy relationships.
Read the whole article, "Tackling teen dating violence in Queens" on Queens Chronicle.com.
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Day One expertise featured in Marie Claire
10/18/2010
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva and Program and Development Associate Jean Sung were featured on an article on dating abuse in Marie Claire.
Read the whole article, "How I Saved Myself from an Abusive Boyfriend" on MarieClaire.com.
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Day One Executive Director and YVN Coordinator discuss teen dating violence on MSNBC's NewsNation
10/14/2010
Day One Executive Director Stephanie Nilva and Youth Voices Network Coordinator Jean Sung sat down with Tamron Hall, anchor of MSNBC's NewsNation to discuss teen dating violence.
Click on the image below to watch the video:
The full clip of "October Marks National Domestic Violence Month" is available on MSNBC.com.
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MSNBC's Tamron Hall discusses her work with Day One and domestic violence
10/14/2010
2010 Annual Benefit emcee and anchor of MSNBC's NewsNation Tamron Hall was interviewd by Black Voices on her involvement with domestic violence advocacy and her work with Day One.
Read the full article, "MSNBC's Tamron Hall Uses Sister's Murder to Speak Out Against Domestic Violence" on BVBlackspin.com.
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Day One Executive Director analyzes Rihanna and Eminem's controversial duet, "Love the Way You Lie"
10/11/2010
Executive Director Stephanie Nilva gave expert analysis on the controversial video of Rihanna and Eminem's new duet, "Love the Way You Lie." Click on the image below to watch the video:
The full clip "An In-Depth Look At Eminem's 'Love The Way You Lie'" is available at MTV.com.
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