Executive Director Rebecca Mooney and Student Action Board members Alban Foulser and Jeff Savarino represented MAAV at a conference on Teen Dating Violence on Feb. 4 at Children’s Hospital in Boston.  Attended by over 100 health care providers and domestic violence advocates, Partnering Youth & Health Care to Prevent Teen Dating Violence featured a leading researcher and two other model programs in Massachusetts. Click here to see photos, read more about the event and view the power point presentation about MAAV’s prevention programs.

The recent suicide of a 14-year old girl in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has once again brought the issue of bullying to the forefront. Like Carl Walker Hoover and Ryan Halligan, we are saddened and outraged that another young life has been cut short due to relentless bullying, cyberbullying and harassment. Although there are no quick fixes to this problem, MAAV supports the systemic, sustained whole-school approach, as well as the anti-bullying bill being debated in the Massachusetts legislature. Contact us to learn more about MAAV’s trainings on bullying prevention.

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By E. Diane White

Lose weight, get a new job, pay off the bills.. How many times, year after year, do we make the same list of resolutions? “This year will be different!" we say. But if you are like most people, as the weeks go on it’s difficult to keep those promises to yourself.