For Immediate Release
DATE: February 12, 2007
Contact – Rick Liebel
Public Relations and Development Director
814 455-1774x 234
814 881 6530 cell
According to a 2005 poll, more than half of all teens (59 percent)
report knowing friends or peers who have been physically, sexually or verbally abused. 1 in
10 girls in a dating relationship admitted to being physically hurt or hit.
In response to these alarming statistics, Liz Claiborne Inc. partnered
with the Education Development Center and Break the Cycle to develop Love Is Not Abuse:
a free teen dating violence prevention curriculum for teachers, domestic violence
educators and those who work with teens to address the issue of dating violence.
Created in 2005, the program is being taught in 37 states and reaching thousands of students,
educating them on how to identify, deal with and prevent abusive dating relationships.
For the second consecutive year, the Senate has designated the week
of February 5, 2007 ‘National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week’.
In honor of NTDVAP Week, Liz Claiborne Inc. is providing the updated curriculum
free-of-charge to schools and encouraging use during or around February 5-9, 2007.
The company is also planning to announce the launch of the first national hotline
for teen dating violence, funded by Liz Claiborne Inc. and operated by the National Domestic
Violence Hotline. For more information about this program, please contact SafeNet at
814-455-1774, extension 248, Education and Training Department or logon www.safeneterie.org
SafeNet is not a homeless shelter, but a safe and confidential place
specifically for men, women and children who are victims of domestic violence. From every
city and township in the area, victims come to SafeNet seeking support, safety
and shelter from physical abuse and threats of violence occurring at home. After more
that 30 years of providing shelter and many other supportive services, SafeNet knows
first-hand that there is hope and there is help.
For interviews with SafeNet's
Executive Director or any Staff member of SafeNet contact Rick Liebel,
Public Relations and Development Director at 455- 1774 extension 234
or email at rliebel@safeneterie.org.
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