For young girls and gender-expansive youth, unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime. The good news is violence is preventable. During the pre-teen and teen years, it is critical for youth to begin learning skills to create and maintain healthy relationships, including managing feelings and
communicating in a healthy way. Light To Life has developed resources and tools to focus on prevention efforts that address the unique needs of teens who are at greater risk of experiencing teen dating violence. Our four-part series is to introduce tools and best practices that will educate and empower young people to prevent unhealthy relationships, develop a healthier relationship with themselves and how to best advocate for
themselves and others around them.

Campus violence is a silent epidemic and there is a need to create safe spaces where students can learn and connect to resources to support them. Domestic violence is most common among women between the ages of 18-24. Studies have shown nearly half, (43%) of dating college women reported experiencing
abusive behaviors from their partner and (52%) percent of college women reported knowing a friend who has experienced violent and abusive dating behaviors including physical, sexual, digital abuse, verbal or controlling abuse. The good news is violence is preventable. Light To Life has a two-part series to introduce healing tools, strategies and best practices that will educate and empower college women to prevent and identify unhealthy relationships, develop a healthier relationship with themselves and how to best advocate for themselves, and others around them. Participants will be provided with resources and tools to focus on prevention efforts that address the unique needs of college women who are at greater risk of experiencing dating violence on campus.

There is a major lack of gender-responsive programming and re-entry approaches to meet the mental health and emotional needs of  formerly incarcerated women. Light To Life has developed resources and tools to focus on prevention and healing efforts that address the unique needs of justice-impacted women who experience GBV, mass incarceration, and structural racism. Our eight-part Prevention and Healing series is focused on developing a sense of wholeness, boosting self-esteem and discover healing practices to recover from trauma of gender-based violence and incarceration. Participants will have an increase of self-awareness and the education to identify abusive and unhealthly relationships. 

Girls in the justice system report higher levels of exposure to traumatic experiences, such as interpersonal victimization (abuse, sexual violence).These effects increase the risk for “intra- and inter-relational chaos” and lead to volatile and conflictual relationships, as well as involvement with antisocial romantic partners and re-victimization. Light To Life has developed a four-part Inner Glow Series focused on increasing sense of self in relationships, boosting self-esteem and learning tools that will help to foster positive relationships with themselves and others, which play a significant role in helping girls both to heal from trauma and avoid furthering a course leading to more involvement with the juvenile justice system. 

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consultation series is designed for leaders and professionals committed to understanding the impact of gender-based violence, sexual harassment, race, trauma and the patriarchy on the teams they directly support. The focus of this series is to introduce topics relating to survivorship within the workplace, best practices and approaches. Participants will have opportunities to learn and engage in interactive conversations and activities that are trauma-informed, culturally specific and survivor-related resources. Participants will share insights, tips, questions, answers, and most importantly, support for one another within the their industry.