Founded in 2001, National Youth Violence Prevention Week (NYVPW) is a time for youth to lead communities on effective strategies to prevent youth violence. The campaign is a week-long event with each day of the week corresponding to a specific challenge for communities. Join with others around the country to unite and lift up youth who work to make their schools and neighborhoods safer.
Take action! Download the National Youth Violence Prevention Week Youth Leader Action Kit.
See a sample week of actions and dig deeper into more events and activities in this kit to work with your community to prevent violence.
Youth violence is everyone’s concern and #NYVPW helps you make some noise, elevate your voices, and work with others on awareness, prevention, and solutions.
As a community partner, there are many ways you can lift up youth leaders who are working to make their schools and neighborhoods safer. Youth violence is everyone’s concern and we invite adults from all sectors to work hand-in-hand with youth to raise awareness and collaboratively develop violence prevention programs and solutions.
Get the Kit for Volunteers. Be a changemaker and raise awareness for #NYVPW.
Take our challenges to empower youth to stop violence before it happens. Here are some of the activities that communities across the country are leading for NYVPW:
Community organizing is one of the best ways to address the causes of youth violence. Learn what you can do to help.
