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Encourage your child to visit thesafespace.org, the most comprehensive dating abuse resource online. |
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Adopt a School and make sure local teens have the help they need on campus. |
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Join Break the Cycle’s HOPE. |
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Become our friend on facebook and MySpace! |
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Wear a purple ribbon all month to show your support for ending violence. |
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Educate yourself about how your state’s legal protections rate! |
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Change your online profile status to link to breakthecycle.org or thesafespace.org. |
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Help pave the road to ending violence by supporting your local brick layer! |
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Host a Valentine’s Anytime Party and celebrate healthy relationships! |
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Tell five friends about Break the Cycle and what they can do to make a difference. |
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Make copies of this poster and ask your local schools, youth-centers and libraries to put it up. |
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Ask your teen to become a fan of thesafespace.org on facebook. |
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Subscribe to Break the Cycle’s YouTube Channel. |
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Participate in Macy’s Shop for a Cause on October 17. |
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Enter to win a stay in Hawaii! All proceeds benefit Break the Cycle. |
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Speak to your local city council or county commission about teen dating violence. |
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Organize a group, make signs about domestic violence and walk around your neighborhood with them. |
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Change your homepage to Prodégé and every time you search, Break the Cycle earns some cents! |
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On Twitter? Tweet to raise awareness about the issue. |
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Send a letter to your child’s principal telling them you want the school to take action against dating violence on campus. |
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Order copies of Break the Cycle’s fotonovela and donate them to youth-based organizations in your local community. |
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Do some fall cleaning – sell the items that are taking up space and donate the proceeds to Break the Cycle. |
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Concerned about a loved one’s relationship? Talk to them about it! |
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Follow Break the Cycle on Twitter. |
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Write a blog for us and share it with your friends! |
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Make a donation to Break the Cycle. |
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Speak to your school’s PTA. Get our tips! |
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Discuss teen dating abuse with your kids. Don’t worry – we have tips to make starting the conversation easier. |
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Hold a candlelight vigil for domestic violence survivors around the country. |
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Write a letter to your local paper’s Op-Ed section. |
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Sign Mary Kay’s End Violence Petition. -Published on October 1, 2009 |
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