by Hallie Cohen, YWCA Evanston/North Shore Violence Prevention Educator On August 20, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act into law. Also known as SB 818, the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act creates age-appropriate learning standards for public schools that decide to teach comprehensive personal health and safety education (grades… Continue Reading About the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act
On August 11, YWCA Evanston/North Shore held a graduation of sorts for the 11 participants of its first-ever Summer Youth Leadership Program, which focused on leadership skills and strategies for building healthy identities, relationships, and communities. The young leaders gathered at the YWCA’s newly renovated campus for reflection and a pizza lunch as their 10-week… Continue Reading YWCA Evanston/North Shore graduates first class from new Summer Youth Leadership Program
As part of its growing effort to equip families with the resources they need to help young people build healthy relationships, YWCA Evanston/North Shore is launching sex education workshops for parents, middle schoolers, and high schoolers. The first offering is a free, one-hour workshop for parents and caregivers titled “Be Open, Be Honest,” which will… Continue Reading YWCA Evanston/North Shore to launch free sex education programs
YWCA Evanston/North Shore, which works with schools and young people in the area to promote healthy relationships, will host a virtual education session for parents titled “That’s Not Love.” The free, one-hour session will address effective ways to talk with teens and tweens about healthy and unhealthy relationships and provide resources for parents. Sessions will… Continue Reading YWCA Evanston/North Shore to host teen dating seminar for parents
by Hallie Cohen YWCA Violence Prevention Educator As someone who has been doing prevention education work for 5 years now, I’ve been on both the participating and facilitating end of countless trainings on domestic violence. Almost every training presents the alarming rate of domestic violence and a list of “red flags”—behaviors that may indicate a… Continue Reading Relationships are a Spectrum