Teens Preventing Dating Violence

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Teens Preventing Dating Violence

• Thank you for your hard work on UB Live skit
  performances and projects!

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Students developed a webpage on preventing teen
dating violence www.delta.aplaceforwomen.org
Tony De La Garza, Lesley Coghill, Oscar Almanza
Nathaniel Hernandez
Andrea Velazquez
Baltazar Nuñez, Abimael Bramasco, Ray De La Garza
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Practicing Skits Making Set Props
Cynthia Alvarado, Jasmine Powell (TA), Yajaira
Chavez Izamar Mandujano
Cazandra Quintanilla Marissa Grott (TA)
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UB LIVE Dating Violence Facts
Ashley Mongar, Pedro Tovar, Patricia Martínez
Courtney Chapman present facts on dating violence
at UB LIVE
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• 1 in 3 teenagers report knowing a friend or peer
  who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped,
  choked or physically hurt by his or her partner.
• Each year approximately one in four adolescents
  reports verbal, physical, emotional or sexual
  abuse.
• Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a
  relationship said a boyfriend had threatened
  violence or self-harm if presented with a
  break-up.
• 1 in 4 teens who have been in a serious
  relationship say their boyfriend or girlfriend
  has tried to prevent them from spending time with
  friends or family the same number have been
  pressured to only spend time with their partner.

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UB LIVE Skit Performance
Nathaniel Hernandez, Oscar Almanza, Tony De La
Garza Cazandra Quintanilla perform a skit on
bystander skills and holding abusive friends
accountable.
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In the skit, Nathaniel confronts Tony and holds
him accountable for his abusive behavior. Tony
realizes that he must treat Cazandra with respect.
Nathaniel Hernandez, Tony De La Garza Cazandra
Quintanilla
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Upward Bound Takes A Stand
Baltazar Nunez, Ray De La Garza Abimael
Bramasco present the pledge that they created and
promoted in the community. (Group Member not
pictured Rocio Moreno)
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Promote respectful, non-violent relationships.
Sign the pledge and show your support for
preventing abuse.
Baltazar Nuñez, Ray De La Garza Abimael
Bramasco present the pledge that they created and
promoted in the community. (Group Member not
pictured Rocio Moreno)
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THE PLEDGE AS A
SUPPORTER OF UPWARD BOUND TAKES A STAND, I PLEDGE
TO COMMIT MYSELF TO SUPPORTING NON-VIOLENT
RELATIONSHIPS. I WILL BE A PART OF THIS
PREVENTION BY PLEDGING TO NOT ABUSE MY PARTNER
(MALE OR FEMALE) IN ANY WAY. I WILL DEDICATE
MYSELF TO BECOMING A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO A
COMMUNITY WIDE PROBLEM. I KNOW DATING VIOLENCE
EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM TAKING A STAND
TO PREVENT IT.
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PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PLEDGE
Rocio Moreno Abimael Bramasco R Raymond De La
Garza Marissa Grott Baltazar Nuñez Diana
Gonzalez Chhoeungsuoy Chau Jeff Meyers Yajaira
(Ana) Chavez Autumn wahl Matt Ellison Ashley
Muñoz Elton Nguyen John Pelton Miguel
Garcia Courtney Chapman Pedro (Pete) Tovar

• Andrea Mireles
• Alexa McGuiness
• Natalie Degeorge
• Elizabeth Colburn
• Briana Bennett
• Magdalena Bramasco
• Roberto Lopez
• Jessica Cloeman
• Alison VanDeusen
• Andera Rubio
• Andres Garcia
• Jenny Keodouangsy
• Kimberly Onellaua
• Marissa Arredondo

• M. Valdez
• Emily West
• Karla Scheifele
• Nancy Schulze
• Andrea Hibman
• Philip Muzzy
• Rebecca Mishoe
• Dustin Terhaar
• Nicole Moss
• Kate Moyniha
• Candice N. Solomon
• Tracy bednarick
• Steven D. Hoogerwerf
• Rajean Wolters

More names are being added. Sign today!
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Abimael Bramasco, Rocio Moreno, Baltazar Nuñez
Ray De La Garza collected signatures from area
businesses and community members.
THANKS TO
OUR SUPPORTERS!
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Class Activities
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Teens Preventing Dating Violence in The Holland
Sentinel
Local program educates students about abuse
situations Upward Bound participants can choose
to take the course By MEGAN SCHMIDT The Holland
Sentinel Posted Jul 19, 2009 _at_ 0430 AM Holland,
MI Lesley Coghill posed a question to her
students during her teen dating violence class
earlier this summer. She told them that one in
three people knows someone who has been abused in
a relationship physically, sexually or
mentally. She asked if they thought that
statistic was accurate. They said, We think
everybody knows somebody, said Coghill,
coordinator for domestic violence prevention
program the D.E.L.T.A. Project. We think its
not just one in three but every one of
us. Coghill taught the class as part of Upward
Bound, a tutoring program designed to prepare
high school students for college. On Tuesday
night, students from her class performed skits
centered around the topic of dating violence at
UB Live, which featured students live
performances and a food fair. Students also
designed posters, created a Web page and a video
and participated in a pledge drive to get the
message across, Coghill said. Those messages
include how to detect signs of abuse and what to
do if youre a bystander to violence, Coghill
said. The 18 students who took Coghills class
met twice a week for six weeks. Their
participation was voluntary, as Upward Bound
students may choose any of a number of elective
courses, she said. Most of them said they had a
personal interest in the topic or wanted to do
something about it, she said. I was incredibly
impressed with how seriously theyve taken the
topic. A lot of them thought dating violence was
a very common experience. This year was the
first the D.E.L.T.A. Project, a program of the
Lakeshore Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual
Violence, worked with Upward Bound students,
Coghill said. The D.E.L.T.A. Project has educated
4,700 students about domestic abuse with
in-school programs since 2006, she said.
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Thank you!
Teens Preventing Dating Violence Class -
Pictured from left to right (Top Row) Nathaniel
Hernández, Oscar Almanza (Middle Row) Jasmine
Powell (TA), Yajaira Chávez, Cynthia Alvarado,
Jennifer Pérez, Ray De La Garza, Rocio Moreno,
Abimael Bramasco, Ashley Mongar, Pedro Tovar,
Izamar Mandujano, Baltazar Nuñez (Front Row) Tony
De La Garza, Lori Cantu, Cazandra Quintanilla,
Andrea Velazquez, Courtney Chapman, and Lesley
Coghill (Instructor) (Not pictured Patricia
Martínez and Teacher Assistants (TA) Marissa
Grott Elise LaRoche.)