KEYS TO A SAFER CITY • Become involved in positive activities – join a team, club or after school activity • Join a peer mediation group – help others to resolve their differences peacefully • Tutor other youth – share your skills and knowledge and have fun at the same time • Volunteer – help youth your own age or adults of any age – visit a nursing home, help with a project, be active in your neighborhood • Start a parent support group in your neighborhood • Take ownership of your neighborhood youth and encourage positive interactions • Embrace diversity and appreciate our differences • Involve youth in violence prevention • Talk about violence prevention with children and your neighbors        • Designate your facility as a “Safe Place” location for all children • Offer your facility as a place to hold parenting classes or violence prevention workshops • Reach out to everyone in your neighborhood regardless of faith • Involve youth in the planning of activities • Support violence prevention month • Encourage members to become involved   • Join a parent education class.  What you do well, you can do even better. • Monitor your children’s video games and television shows for violent content • Know your child’s friends AND their parents • Be involved with your children in their school – join the PTA, volunteer in the classrooms • Join a parent support group • Start a parent support group • Talk with your child about violence prevention • Recognize your child’s strengths and encourage them • Be involved in your child’s day care activities
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August 28, 2008