Education, Prevention, and Awareness

Casa Myrna provides education, prevention and awareness activities for adults and youth tailored to meet your needs. We provide:

• Print materials that include brochures and posters about our SafeLink hotline and domestic and dating violence.
• Speakers to talk about domestic and dating violence.
• Workshops where participants learn to identify “red flag” behaviors that can lead to control, abuse and violence in their intimate relationships, as well as where to turn for help if they or someone they know may be at risk of harm.
• Workshops to learn about your legal rights related to domestic violence.
• Awareness ads on mass transit (buses and the T) to education riders about domestic and dating violence and where to get help or information.

To learn about our education, prevention and outreach activities or to schedule a presentation and/or workshop, contact Mey Espinoza, Director of Youth Engagement & Prevention, YEspinoza@casamyrna.org.

Healthy Teen Relationships and Dating Violence

Casa Myrna’s Youth Engagement & Prevention Department works alongside young people and youth-serving organizations to prevent relationship violence before it starts. Our programming combines healthy relationship education, youth leadership, community engagement, and training for the adults who support young people.

Our Workshop Curriculum 

We offer an interactive healthy relationships curriculum for high school and college aged youth. Workshops explore topics including social norms, types of abuse, warning signs, communication and conflict, power and control, consent, bystander intervention, stalking, identity and values, boundaries, healthy breakups, and trust and support. 

We partner with schools, after-school programs, residential programs, and community organizations to offer individual workshops or multi-session series. 

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Healthy Relationship Academy (HRA) 

Our Healthy Relationship Academy is an intensive youth program offered twice each year, giving young people an opportunity to explore healthy relationships while building leadership, communication, and advocacy skills. 

In addition to HRA, we offer weekly community-service workshop series, where young people participate in healthy relationship education while completing community service hours. 

Engaging Men & Boys (EMB) 

Our Engaging Men & Boys initiative creates intentional spaces for boys and young men to explore healthy masculinity, relationships, emotional expression, consent, communication, accountability, and the social expectations placed on young men. 

Programming includes workshops, groups, youth engagement activities, and community conversations. 

Read more about the EMB program and our impact.

Youth Worker Workshop Series 

We provide professional development for adults who work with young people. Trainings give youth workers practical, trauma-informed tools they can use to create safer environments and respond effectively when young people need support. 

Current and developing workshops include Responding to Disclosure, Adultism, and Trauma & the Developing Brain.

Domestic Violence Education for Adults

Similar to our community-based work with youth in the greater Boston area, Casa Myrna also offers workshops and presentations designed to challenge myths and stereotypes about domestic violence. Workshops  provide participants with resources that can help them address the domestic violence in their own life or the life of someone they know.

Resources

To order print materials, click here.

Youth Resource Guide
A printable resource guide for young people with information and resources they can keep or share. 

Responding to Disclosure Brochure 
Practical information for adults about responding when a young person discloses abuse or violence. This resource accompanies our Responding to Disclosure training but can also be used independently. Click here for the brochure in Spanish.

Engaging Men & Boys One-Pager 
Learn more about the goals, approach, and programming behind our Engaging Men & Boys initiative.