A Listening Session for Teens: Virtual Event
Online eventAs HopeWorks continues to grow and center our work around creating a world free from violence, we understand that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our relationships with each other and the world. It is important to talk about the ways we engage in self-care; how we can all aid in each other’s self-recovery; and process…
Cultivate: Poetry Reading & Gallery “Walk”
Online eventPlease join us for Cultivate: Poetry Reading and Gallery "Walk", as we celebrate the publishing of the 2020 Cultivate Youth Arts Magazine. This free event will feature local poets' work, offering reflections on growing up, relationships, family and friends, activism, change, social justice, empowerment, transformation, hope, self-care, or healing. The evening provides a dynamic opportunity…
Teen Step One Training
Online eventHopeWorks of Howard County Presents the annual Teen Step One Training. This one-day virtual interactive training for teens ages 13-18 who want to learn to be active bystanders, advocates for healthy relationships, and prevent sexual assault and dating violence in their schools & communities. Teens will use an intersectional feminist & transformative justice approach in…
Bringing in the Bystander: A Violence Prevention Workshop Series for Youth
Online eventIn this virtual and interactive educational program, students are encouraged to become positive bystanders in instances of sexual and interpersonal violence and harassment. High School aged students (ages 13-18) learn to identify problem situations and practical skills for safe and effective intervention. Students will use scenarios and practice discussions in order to gain the skills…
MLK Day Listening Session for Teens
Online eventAs HopeWorks continues to grow and center our work around creating a world free from violence, we understand that society's racist structures have impacted our relationships with each other and the world. It is important to talk about the ways we engage with each other in terms of peace and intersectionality; and constantly be open…
Bringing in the Bystander: A Violence Prevention Workshop Series for Youth
Online eventIn this virtual and interactive educational program, students are encouraged to become positive bystanders in instances of sexual and interpersonal violence and harassment. High School aged students (ages 13-18) learn to identify problem situations and practical skills for safe and effective intervention. Students will use scenarios and practice discussions in order to gain the skills…
Bringing in the Bystander: A Violence Prevention Workshop Series for Youth
Online eventIn this virtual and interactive educational program, students are encouraged to become positive bystanders in instances of sexual and interpersonal violence and harassment. High School aged students (ages 13-18) learn to identify problem situations and practical skills for safe and effective intervention. Students will use scenarios and practice discussions in order to gain the skills…
Sisters Rising: Movie Screening & Discussion
Online eventApril is Sexual Assault Awareness month and HopeWorks' Youth Leadership Project is honoring it by hosting a movie screening and discussion of "Sisters Rising" directed by Willow O'Feral and Brad Heck. Please join HopeWorks’ Youth Leaders to engage in conversation around sexual assault, intersectionality, and oppression. SISTERS RISING is an impactful documentary about six Native…
A Listening Session for Teens
Online event“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Part of the Living the Dream MLK Day of Service Celebration: HopeWorks’ Youth Leadership Project Presents a Teen Listening Session As HopeWorks continues to grow and center our work around creating…
“Writing” Relationship Wrongs: A Teen Writing Workshop to Explore Relationship Dynamics
Online eventFebruary is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) and HopeWorks’ Youth Leadership Project is honoring it by hosting a writing workshop to help their peers reflect and explore healthy relationships, love, and dating. Dating violence is more common than people think, especially among teens and young adults: one in three teens in the US will…