Safe Relationships-Skills to Empower YOUth
(Formerly Project HART)
Safe Relationships-Skills to Empower YOUth is a relationship violence prevention program offered at schools, community centers and any place teens and tweens gather. Safe Relationships gives teens and pre-teens the knowledge and skills to develop healthy relationships free of abuse and violence, support peers who may have experienced harm, and identify additional sources of support if they or their loved ones have experienced harm. Available in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Jefferson County, Missouri.
Educators will work with site to best fit your needs. Topics include:
- Conflict and Communication
- Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
- Consent and Boundaries
- Sexual Harassment
- Survivor Support
- Self-Care and Self-Awareness
- Understanding Gender and Relationships
- Media and Relationships
Safe Relationships workshops and presentations are free of charge for sites across the region. For more information and to schedule for your school or organization, contact Destiny Green, Prevention & Community Education Manager at 314.646.7500 extension 130.
Build Your Blueprint
Build Your Blueprint (formerly Girls Groups and Guys Groups) are small-group sessions that use activities and guided discussions to explore and expand youth thinking about teen relationships, relationship violence, and self-love. Build Your Blueprint helps students ages 12-19 learn to navigate their own relationships, support peers to make healthy relationship decisions, and advocate against a culture of violence. Groups meet weekly for one hour, running approximately 8-12 weeks, but our Education team will work with schools and community spaces to be as flexible as needed.
Topics Include:
- Healthy Relationships
- Sexual Harassment
- Consent
- Unhealthy Relationships/Teen Dating Violence
- Gender and Challenging Gender Stereotypes
- Supporting Friends and Survivors
- Self Love, Self Care, and Self Awareness
Build Your Blueprint is available in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Jefferson County, Missouri. For more information, contact Destiny Green, Prevention & Community Education Manager at 314.646.7500 extension 130.
Safe Connections on Campus
Safe Connections on Campus engages college students in the work to end relationship and sexual violence—on and off campus.
This initiative provides a forum for discussion and the exchange of ideas among colleges and universities in the region. Additionally, Safe Connections on Campus offers students the opportunity to take action on their home campus and to connect with students from other area schools. Students, faculty and staff from various post-secondary institutions come together to build relationships, share information and plan campus activities that raise awareness about relationship and sexual violence and provide resources for those seeking help.
For additional information, please see this list of Safe Connections on Campus Workshop Objectives or contact Emily Stoinski at 314.646.7500 ext. 146.