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Sidewalks, Chalkboards, Apps...We Can All..#ChalkAboutLove

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Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2018

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2005 Marked the 1st official

year of Teen DV Awareness

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is a national effort to raise awareness

about dating violence, promote programs that support young people, and

encourage communities to prevent this form of abuse with the goal of decreasing the prevalence of dating violence among

young people. Learn more at www.breakthecycle.org/teendvmonth

What is #ChalkAboutLove?

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Why celebrate the month?

It’s teenDVmonth!  Break the Cycle

is excited to share activities to help

you and your community raise

awareness of Teen Dating Violence

and the need to promote Healthy

Relationships all month long!

Chalk it out with Break the Cycle

throughout the month!  Chalk About

Love is your opportunity to create an

awareness event with a pop of color

and art. One message of hope, even a

temporary one, can mean the world to

someone seeking support.  Show your

support for healthy youth

relationships by participating in Chalk

About Love, recruiting your friends,

and posting online with

#ChalkAboutLove, #TeenDVMonth,

and #HealthyMeHealthyWe!

Find a space that gets a lot of

traffic, like the options suggested

on Page 6. You want as many

people as possible to see your

activity.

If you can’t physically be in the

space, or if people are chalking

about love at their leisure, be sure

to have a flyer explaining what

#ChalkAboutLove is. Page 3 of this

guide can work or make your own!

Spark chalking ideas by providing

participants with examples, like the

statistics or prompts on Page 7.

Use the posters in this guide to

promote your event (Page 8) or

create signs with markers if you

don't have chalk (Page 9).

P l a n n i n g Y o u r E v e n tQ U I C K T I P S

One large chalkboard or several

mini chalkboards

Packs of chalk  

Erasers

Phone or Camera to take photos

Snacks

Materials on teen DV month

and Break the Cycle

M a t e r i a l sS U G G E S T E D

Check out our theme and

location ideas for the

month. Take your art to the

streets, classroom, campus,

or online.  Remember to

get permission before you

chalk it out.

A N D T A K E A C T I O N

Pick a Place!

HOST AN EVENT AT WORK

If your place of work allows you to host an activity in your

office, create a space for your co- workers to participate.

HOST AN EVENT AT A MIDDLE or HIGH SCHOOLConnect with your school's administrative office to get

permission to host an activity indoors or outdoors.

HOST AN EVENT IN PUBLIC SPACESKnow of a great coffee shop, hang out spot, or park that

would be willing to host an event? Contact them to set up. 

HOST AN EVENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSESMake use of those long walking paths and open spaces on

campus and connect with student organizations or

leadership on campus to host an event. 

POST AND SHARE ONLINEIf you don’t have a physical space to host an event, chalk at

home and tag us in the pics. Or you can share your event

pictures from earlier in the week.

Instagram: @breakthecycle | Twitter @breakthecycledv

#ChalkAboutLove #TeenDVMonth #HealthyMeHealthyWe

Sample  Social Media Posts

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Themes To Chalk AboutHealthy relationship tips

I show I care by...  

A note to the one you love

Healthy is…

My favorite part about love is...

I love when he/she/they…

Song lyrics about love

What do you love about yourself?

Why do you #ChalkAboutLove?

Who do you #ChalkAboutLove for?

Healthy We = ....

We always try to solve our fights

before going to bed #chalkaboutlove

Love is when they let you eat the last

piece of cake! #chalkaboutlove

Sometimes date night is a nice dinner,

sometimes it’s Netflix & chill

#chalkaboutlove 

Be their biggest fan and cheerleader

#chalkaboutlove

I #chalkaboutlove because I deserve to

be treated with respect

We #chalkaboutlove for a friend who

suffered from abuse

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