What can everyone do?

“LIKE” Fall River Youth Violence Prevention on Facebook.
View this website for more information about the Fall River Youth Violence Prevention Task Force.
Subscribe to the Fall River Youth Violence Prevention email blasts for more information on activities and events in the community by writing “SUBSCRIBE” to FRYouthViolencePrevention@gmail.com!
Express your concerns to our elected officials about violence prevention, and support those leaders who support these efforts of our city.

Other ways to get involved if you are:

Offer your time and talents to volunteering at with community violence prevention efforts
Participate in local roundtables regarding community violence prevention
Attend and support community violence prevention events

Be a mentor to younger siblings and other youth, sharing strategies to create peace and avoid violence
Speak to school administrators and advocate for National Youth Violence Prevention Week activities and other peace initiatives, and send press releases about your events
Design and hang posters with inspirational peace messages throughout your school
Participate as the youth voice in local violence prevention events and roundtables
Speak to your local delegation and leadership about your concerns and ideas regarding youth violence and its prevention

Create open communication about violence prevention and strategies for peace with your children
Attend community violence prevention events with your family and process the information learned with your children
Encourage your schools, PTO’s, congregation, neighborhood associations, legislators, and local media to become involved in community violence prevention efforts
Inform your employer about local violence prevention efforts and advocate for sponsorship support
Offer your time and talents to volunteering at community violence prevention events and efforts

Partner with local school(s) for National Youth Violence Prevention Week activities or other events
Host a violence prevention youth training or workshop
Sign up for a table at community violence prevention events
Host or participate in round table discussions regarding youth violence prevention
Adopt a local school to provide educational resources and support surrounding peace for our youth
Promote staff to display inspirational messages of peace throughout your organization
Highlight violence prevention efforts on your organization’s website, Facebook page, newsletter, and other forms of communication

Organize daily activities for National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Promote teachers and staff to display inspirational messages of peace throughout the school
Initiate a roundtable at your school to discuss violence prevention efforts in the school that is hosted by youth leaders and attended by school and community advocates
Highlight violence prevention activities in your school on your webpage and cable access television shows, in your newsletters, and through other forms of parent and community communication
Coordinate violence prevention efforts with various other schools, such as creating a peace mural or co-hosting a peace march
Designate a highly visible bulletin board in the school as a place to showcase violence prevention efforts in the school and messages of peace
Create violence prevention-related contests for students, such as poster or essay competitions
Promote violence prevention messages and activities in your school’s newspaper and on the school’s website

Sponsor the creation of a neighborhood peace mural
Host a neighborhood peace march
Create outreach nights in which neighborhood leaders can reach out to youth
Host or participate in round table discussions regarding youth violence prevention
Sign up for a table at community violence prevention events to highlight your association’s work
Invite leaders in violence prevention from the community to speak at your meetings

Participate in Fall River violence prevention events and meetings
Discuss effective violence prevention strategies with members of your congregation and encourage them to continue this discussion with their children
Share violence prevention messages in your emails, bulletins, and other forms of communication with your congregation and the public
Host a violence prevention event, such as a round table discussion or children’s educational event, at your establishment
Invite leaders in violence prevention from the community to speak to your congregation

Sponsor community or school violence prevention events
Adopt a local school to provide educational resources and support surrounding peace for our youth
Select a company representative to participate in round table discussions regarding youth violence prevention
Highlight local violence prevention efforts to your employees and the public on your company’s website, Facebook page, newsletter, and other forms of communication
Offer your employees’ time and talents to volunteer at school or community violence prevention events
Create and give away hand-outs in your stores and offices to share violence prevention strategies with your employees, their children, and the general public

Interview leaders involved in the Fall River youth violence prevention movement
Provide coverage of local violence prevention events
Post violence prevention events to your media community calendar
Create or support the development of PSA’s that promote messages of anti-violence
Publish youth violence prevention inserts in your publication
Encourage viewers/subscribers to become mentors to our youth and offer effective ways to prevent violence
Publish Letters to the Editor or feature segments from community leaders in youth violence prevention