Downloadable Violence Prevention Campgains from WIVP

Sioux City, IA - May 2, 2010 - Over the past several years, one of the prime activities of the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention has been a public awareness campaign. The campaign has included the small and the large, from wallet-sized educational and reminder cards to billboards for our streets to online campaigns on social networks such as Facebook.

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2008 Campaign: "Role Model"
These ads were produced in conjunction with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, and are aimed at adult male parents, teachers, coaches, or mentors.  They encourage "role models" to not only talk to their kids about non violent behavior, but to model that in their contacts with kids <more>.

2009 Campaign: "He Hits" and "He Thinks of Her" and "Stop Hurting"
These ads were also produced in conjunction with FVPF and target both youth and adults.  The adult message "There are good relationships" encourages parents to teach their child about healthy relationships, and the teen version does the same.  The teen version "He Hits" "He thinks of her", and "Stop Hurting" were made into wallet card sizes, with the ad in front, and teen dating violence warning signs on the back of "He Hits" and "He thinks of Her" and the signs of bullying on the back of "Stop Hurting",  These were  distributed to all 10th grade homerooms in the Sioux City Public schools <more>.

2010 Campaign: "Facebook"
Also produced with the assistance of the FVPF, the "Facebook" campaign idea came to WIVP from our college internship program, and some very creative college aged young men.  The adult campaign "Talk to Her" and "Talk to Him" aims to draw parents into the conversation about dating violence and/or bullying with their kids.  The teen version "My boyfriend Hits" and "I am bullied every day" were also distributed by wallet cards to all 10th graders in the Sioux City Schools.  This year, the cards contained important "bystander" information for kids who may witness bullying or dating violence <more>.