High School Students to Receive Training on How to Prevent Dating Violence
Members
of the El Paso County Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit will offer an
educational awareness seminar about dating violence to more than 600 Americas High School students.
The seminar called "Dating Violence: Awareness, Prevention
and Reporting" is offered through out the year to hundreds of local middle and
high school students to raise awareness about this social problem. Teenagers
can choose healthier relationships when they learn to identify the early
warning signs of an abusive relationship, understand that they have choices,
and know that they are valuable individuals who deserve to be treated with
respect.
According to a nation-wide study conducted in 2000 by the Bureau
of Justice, one third of all high school students have been or will be involved
in an abusive relationship. Other statistics also reveal the seriousness of the
problem. For example, in1995 seven
percent of all murder victims were young women who were killed by their
boyfriends.
"Some teenagers
are surprised when they hear that dating violence is a serious problem in our
community. They assume that because El
Paso is a small, mostly Hispanic community, the
problem is not as serious as in other parts of the country. In reality about 20
% of all the domestic violence victims that request protective orders in our
office, are teenagers," said El Paso County Attorney José R. Rodríguez.
The dating violence seminar will be offered to three groups
of students on November 1, from 8:45 AM until 4:00 PM at Americas High School,
12101 Pellicano. Although the event is not open to the public, school officials
will allow the members of the media to be present.
WHO: County Attorney's Office-Family Violence Unit
WHAT: Seminar on Preventing Dating Violence
WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 8:45 AM
WHERE: Americas
High School
12101 Pellicano
INFO: Christina Rodriguez (High School
Counselor) 937-2842
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Dating Violence Seminar Press Release.pdf