Press release
Teenagers face many potentially life-altering choices daily when it comes to relationships. The Family Peace Project (FPP) hosts its 2nd Annual Love is Not Abuse PSA video contest. The goal is to help teens learn how to make the right decisions when it comes to relationships.
“Teen Dating Violence is an issue that affects many of our youth either directly by being victimized, or indirectly by knowing a victim of dating violence,” said Mary Farmer, Executive Director of The Family Peace Project. “It’s alarming and we must educate our kids to see the signs.”
High school students in Henderson and Kaufman counties are invited to enter and are asked to create a 60 to 90 second video to engage viewers and educate or bring awareness to violence in teen relationships. The deadline is February 18, 2018 at 4pm. Teens can submit as an individual or team – up to 4 members. Please upload videos to YouTube and email links to [email protected]. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
The contest is being held in honor of the upcoming Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in February. Some topics the PSA can cover are gender roles, media literacy, teen dating violence, healthy friendships and relationships, boundaries and consent, anger and how to help a friend.
“We really want our youth to be involved in spreading the message of teen dating violence because the truth is it is happening everywhere and has no barriers to who it affects,” said Farmer.
For more information, visit www.familypeaceproject.org or on our Facebook page at facebook.com/fppathens.
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About The Family Peace Project
The Family Peace Project, Inc., a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, works to protect, educate, assist, care and empower victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in Henderson & Kaufman Counties in Texas. Relying solely on donations from individuals, businesses, churches, grants and private foundations, this allows the Family Peace Project to offer a faith-based program for healing and moving forward in recovery.
The Family Peace Project provides shelter, 24-hour hotline, court advocacy, counseling services, information and referral services and much more for victims of Henderson and Kaufman counties.