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Taking Back Our Lives

Taking Back Our Lives empowers Chicago teens to combat dating violence through education, leadership, counseling, and collaborative projects, fostering safer schools and communities for lasting change.

🌟 Join us in Creating Change! 🌟February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, an opportunity for teenagers, parents, and the community to come together to recognize the signs of dating violence, understand how to prevent it, and find ways to safely leave harmful situations. How you can help the &nbsp;mission of Taking Back Our Lives:<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.</li></ol>Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

🌟 Join us in Creating Change! 🌟February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, an opportunity for teenagers, parents, and the community to come together to recognize the signs of dating violence, understand how to prevent it, and find ways to safely leave harmful situations.How you can help the mission of Taking Back Our Lives:Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, prevent violence before it begins.&nbsp; Take Back the Halls is a dynamic, youth-led initiative that empowers students to build healthy relationships, prevent dating violence, and lead culture change in their schools.This is more than a program &mdash; it&rsquo;s a movement. &nbsp; Please join our movement. &nbsp; Your support fuels life-changing workshops, youth leadership training, and trauma-informed support for teens across the city. Together, we can prevent violence and build a future rooted in respect and safety.Learn more about our work on our <a fr-original-style="" href="http://takingbackourlives.org/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">website</a>.&nbsp;

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, prevent violence before it begins. Take Back the Halls is a dynamic, youth-led initiative that empowers students to build healthy relationships, prevent dating violence, and lead culture change in their schools.This is more than a program — it’s a movement. Please join our movement. Your support fuels life-changing workshops, youth leadership training, and trauma-informed support for teens across the city. Together, we can prevent violence and build a future rooted in respect and safety.Learn more about our work on our website.

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