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Prevention

Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse’s Prevention Program provides age-appropriate school-based domestic violence education designed to help students understand healthy family and dating relationships and to practice safe, healthy, nonviolent behaviors.

Prevention Presentation Menu

Our Prevention Programs

Pre-school to 2nd Grade

PreK - 3rd Grade

PreK-2nd: Hands Are Not For Hitting

Students will learn to identify their emotions and brainstorm ways they can use their hands in helpful, nonviolent ways.

3rd: Words Are Not for Hurting

Students will learn the difference between helpful and harmful language and understand how to communicate in a positive, empathetic way.

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3rd – 5th Grade

4th – 5th Grade

4th: Managing Big Emotions & Problem Solving

Students will review emotions and appropriate times to express them and learn conflict resolution and emotional regulation techniques to be used in daily life

5th: Setting Boundaries

Students will identify their own personal boundaries and learn to recognize and respect the boundaries of their peers.

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6rd – 8th Grade

6th – 8th Grade

6th: Healthy Relationships

Students will learn the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships, both platonic and romantic, and how to leave an unhealthy relationship.

7th: Digital Boundaries

Students will learn the difference between safe and unsafe online behaviors and how to appropriately navigate digital boundaries within relationships.

8th: Bystander Intervention

Students will identify barriers to helping their peers in need and explore intervention strategies to safely help someone in an abusive relationship through role plays and discussions

High School

High School

9th-12th: Teen Dating Violence

Students will learn about safe relationships and dispel myths about controlling behaviors in dating relationships.

Helpful Resources:

B.R.O. (Boys Respecting Others)

BRO/GRO (Boys & Girls Respecting Others)
- Coming Soon!

A unique 8-week program for junior high youth to help raise self-esteem, create and maintain healthy relationships, and practice respectful behaviors through activities, crafts, mindfulness exercises, and more!

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Resources for School Personnel

School personnel plays a vital role in children’s lives, being a constant, in a world that is ever changing. Presentations are available for lunch and learns, institute days, or whenever best fits your school’s schedule!

Click here to see a list of presentations available.

Contact our Prevention Program

Click here to schedule Anew at your school!

708-794-2140 and ask for the Community Education Program.

A Letter from Kris Scott, CEO

On behalf of the staff and board of directors of Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse, I extend our deepest condolences to the families of Shaneiqua Pugh, her seven children, and all those impacted by Sunday’s mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.

In recent weeks, we have witnessed a devastating number of lives lost to domestic violence—individuals killed at the hands of intimate partners. Among them are Dr. Cerina Fairfax, wife of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax; Nancy Metayer Bowen, Vice Mayor of Coral Springs, Florida; Pastor Tammy McCollum of Charlotte, North Carolina; Myneika Scott of Grovetown, Georgia; and Davonta Curtis of Chicago, Illinois. These names represent just a fraction of the lives lost. Too many stories go untold, and too many families are left grieving.

As these tragedies continue to unfold, I am reminded of the urgency of our work. Domestic violence does not discriminate—it affects individuals across all communities, backgrounds, and identities. In recent weeks, there has been heightened visibility around the murders of Black women.

According to the National Network to End Domestic Violence, 45.1% of Black women have experienced domestic violence, and more than half of Black female homicides are connected to intimate partner violence.

At Anew, we see the impact of this violence every day—and we also see the possibility for change. We provide comprehensive, wraparound services to survivors, while also investing in prevention efforts that address the root causes of abuse.

We believe accountability is essential. Through our Partner Abuse Intervention Program, we work with individuals who have used violence, helping them take responsibility for their actions while building the skills needed to create nonviolent, healthy relationships.

We also believe prevention begins early. Through our Community Education and Prevention Program, we are equipping young people—from pre-K through high school—with the knowledge and tools to build safe, respectful relationships and break cycles of harm before they begin.

This moment calls for more than awareness—it calls for action. Each of us has a role to play in creating safer communities, supporting survivors, and holding systems accountable. Everyone deserves to live a life free from abuse. I remain committed to a future where that is not an aspiration, but a reality.

 

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