Welcome to the Parenting Well podcast with Parent Engagement Network!  I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host and today’s well sources are Abbie Lewis and Ray Garcia.

Abbie is a youth violence prevention educator at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN.) Abbie teaches the Peers Building Justice violence prevention curriculum to middle and high school students in Boulder Valley School District. Abbie has 10+ years of teaching experience and approaches youth violence prevention education with compassion and an excitement and joy to work alongside young people, while promoting equity and amplifying youth voice.

Ray is the Creating Protective Environments Project Coordinator with SPAN. A part of the Education team, Ray also teaches topics connected to dating and sexual violence prevention throughout Boulder Valley School District. Ray has been working with youth for over 12 years, and teaching for more than 6. Ray believes that people of all ages need skills and development surrounding relationships, boundaries, and consent in order to lead safe and healthy lives. Ray approaches his work with excitement, curiosity, and an eagerness to highlight the experiences of youth.

Abbie and Ray’s talk for the Human Kindness Initiative is on October 29, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 at the Want Boulder Location

In this podcast we talk about:

• Boulder Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence


• Understanding the spectrum of healthy relationships


• Building communication, trust and empathy, while understanding warning signs


• Not living with gender stareotypes


• Undersatnding and defining boundaries with others - while taking accountability when you cross someone's boundaries


• Warning signs of an abusive relationship


• Understanding and applying consent

Resources:

• Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
  • Boulder and Broomfield counties’ domestic violence organization
  
  
  • www.safehousealliance.org
  
  
  • Crisis line: 303-444-2424
  
  
  
  


• Rocky Mountain Equality
  • LGBTQIA+ services for youth and adults in the Colorado Front Range
  
  
  • Support groups, ally groups, mental health counseling, peer community groups, adult trainings
  
  
  • https://www.rmequality.org/
  
  
  
  


• OASOS
  • Boulder County Public Health’s LGBTQIA+ youth-serving organization
  
  
  • Peer youth groups, leadership opportunities, advocacy, support, and referrals, adult trainings
  
  
  • OASOS@bouldercounty.org
  
  
  
  


• Boulder Valley Health Center
  • Reproductive and Sexual Health clinic and education for youth and adults. 
  
  
  • https://bouldervalleyhealth.org/
  
  
  
  


• TGTHR
  • Youth shelter located in Boulder and Denver
  
  
  • Office: 303-447-1206
  
  
  • Shelter: 303-447-1207
  
  
  
  


• Moving to End Sexual Assault
  • Sexual violence resource network
  
  
  • movingtoendsexualassault.org
  
  
  • Crisis line: 303-443-7300
  
  
  • Text: BRAVE to 20121
  
  
  
  


• Colorado Crisis Line, 988, I Matter
  • Provides support with different mental health crises
  
  
  • Dial 988
  
  
  
  


• The Trevor Project
  • A national mental health and crisis support resource for LGBTQIA+ youth.
  
  
  • Text: START to 678-678
  
  
  • Crisis Line: 1-866-488-7386
  
  
  
  


• LoveisRespect.org 
  • Resources and activities about healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships, boundaries, consent and safety planning.
  
  
  • Text: LOVEIS  to 22522
  
  
  
  


• Safe2Tell.org
  • Resource for anonymous reporting 
  
  
  
  


• Title IX
  
  • This includes gender-based violence such as sexual violence (sexual harassment and sexual assault), dating violence and stalking.
  
  
  
  
  • A law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools and federally funded programs. 
  
  
  • Entitles students to accommodations promoting safety and support in schools
  
  
  • BVSD Title IX information and reporting: https://www.bvsd.org/parents-students/health-and-wellness/health-promotion-and-prevention/sexual-assault-prevention