National Youth Violence Prevention Week

March 21-25 is National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Each year in March, a week is recognized as National Youth Violence Prevention Week (NYVPW). In 2011, NYVPW will take place March 21-25. The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign provides a resource guide to plan activities for NYVPW. To access this guide, click here. For more information, visit the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign website www.nyvpw.org. In addition, the ILAACP, in collaboration with the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, manages Choose Respect Illinois, a statewide youth-led teen dating violence prevention initiative. For more information on Choose Respect Illinois, click here.