Throwback Thursday: Save RAPP Rally 2013

CADV's Teen Relationship Abuse Prevention Program (RAPP) has been helping teens for over 13 years. In 2013, for the fourth year in a row, Mayor Bloomberg has proposed cutting all funding for RAPP—one of the nation’s most successful school-based domestic violence prevention and anti-bullying programs. RAPP students and supporters showed their solidarity with the program in a rally outside City Hall.

See more photos from this and other RAPP rallies at our Facebook page.

CADV staff are excited to join RAPP students in front of City Hall.

 

 

"Young people are responsible for all change. I came out [of my office] because I heard you -- thank you for disrupting the City Council." - Councilmember Letitia James

RAPP peer leadership program graduate Denisha explains how RAPP opened doors for her. 96% of RAPP peer leaders go on to college.

Throwback Thursday: Herstory Quilt Celebration

Center Against Domestic Violence and Sue Rock Originals teamed up to mark Women in History month at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

The quilts were created by volunteers at Sue Rock Originals Brooklyn studio on the third annual Martin Luther King Day of Service. At this Brooklyn event, 100 volunteers created quilts and afghans to present to women in Center Against Domestic Violence’s historic Brooklyn shelters.

See more photos of the event on our Facebook page.

Throwback Thursday: Denim Day 2011

Students from the Relationship Abuse Prevention Program participated in Denim Day 2011. Denim Day, which is observed annually on a Wednesday in April, was inspired by an Italian Supreme Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction based on the fact that the rape victim was wearing tight jeans. The justices felt that the victim must have helped her rapist remove the jeans, thereby implying consent. The day after this ruling, women in the Italian Parliament came to work clad in jeans in solidarity with the victim. Ever since, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a visual symbol of protest against destructive misconceptions around sexual assault.

See more photos of Denim Day 2011 (and other annual Denim Days) on our Facebook page.

 

Throwback Thursday: Stop Street Harassment Rally 2013

In April 2013, RAPP students joined Councilmember Julissa Ferreras and a large number of community activists, elected officials, and organizations for the annual Rally Against Street Harassment in honor of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Organized by Hollaback!, an organization that was created to end street harassment, the rally drew more than 200 participants who raised awareness on what street harassment is, who it affects and how to fight it. It was a great afternoon and we are proud to stand up for this important cause!

 See more photos on our Facebook page.

Throwback Thursday: RAPP Field Day

RAPP Peer Leaders from our Manhattan high schools got together for a picnic and field day. They got to know students from different schools, participated in team building activities, and celebrated the end of the school year. Visit saveteenrapp.org for more information about the groundbreaking Relationship Abuse Prevention Program, and find more photos of this event on our Facebook page.

 

Throwback Thursday: Save RAPP Rally 2010

Supporters of the Center's Relationship Abuse Prevention Program, which partners with NYC high schools to provide counseling, education, and outreach on abusive relationships, rallied outside City Hall to protest the possibility of RAPP being cut from the NYC budget.

See more photos on our Facebook page.