WHO WE ARE
Breaking Silence is a Project Safe Initiative helping teens and young adults to identify the dynamics of healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships. Breaking Silence demonstrates the preventative & educational measures of the necessary work to ending domestic violence. The program consists of community engagement & training services for youth, parents/guardians, educators and community leaders, bringing awareness to Teen Dating Violence.
STATISTICS
1.5
MILLION
Nearly 1.5 MILLION high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year.
1 IN 3
Nearly 1 in 3 teens experience dating violence.
1 IN 7
1 in 7 men experience dating violence.
AGES 16-24
Women and girls between the ages of 16-24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence.
WHAT WE DO
GEORGIA STATEWIDE, 24/7, ANONYMOUS TEXTLINE
The Breaking Silence Textline is operated by Project Safe’s trained interns and overseen by two Textline Managers. Breaking Silence utilizes the near peer approach in hopes that teens and young adults will more easily open up about their experiences to someone closer to their own age. In 2016, the Textline was able to begin expanding with help from Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology through funding offered by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Since 2017, the Textline has been able to provide confidential support, information & referral to teens throughout the state of Georgia.
Dating shouldn't HURT.
