National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Youth Open Mic Happening Thursday, October 27

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Flyer advertising the Oct Youth Open Mic & Read-In-For-Justice on Thursday, October 27, hosted at the Central Library from 6—8 p.m. The flyer features a red background and a black outline of a fist holding a microphone.

Youth Open Mic is pairing up with Read-In-For-Justice to raise awareness of teen dating violence during Domestic Violence Awareness month 2022 #WeAreResilient.

October's Youth Open Mic is this Thursday, October 27, 6:00—8:00 p.m., hosted at the Central Library, 2100 Park Place, on the first floor in the Grand Reading Room. 

The Flourish Alabama and the Southside Branch Library are giving the stage to local teens to share stories and words of empowerment to their peers who may have or are currently experiencing abusive relationships.

Teen dating violence can be a combination of or any one of the following:

  • Physical. This includes pinching, hitting, shoving, or kicking.
  • Emotional. This involves threatening a partner or harming a partner's sense of self-worth. Examples include name calling, controlling or jealous behaviors, consistent monitoring, shaming, bullying (online, texting, and in-person), intentionally embarrassing a partner, or keeping a partner away from friends and family.
  • Sexual. This is defined as forcing a partner to engage in a sex act when they do not or cannot consent.

You can find more information at Youth.Gov. 

According to the Center for Disease Control Prevention, stalking, which includes repeated unwanted or threatening texts, messaging, phone calls, and/or showing up unwanted, is also considered a form of teen dating violence. 

If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship, call:

  • YWCA Crisis Hotline: 205-322-4878 (HURT)
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 (SAFE)
  • Teen Line: 205-328-5465 (LINK)
  • 911

AshaKiran in Huntsville, AL, offers services for those in abusive relationships in over 50 languages. You can call their 24/7 crisis line at 800-793-3010 or message them on their website for non-urgent needs. 

You don't have to be silent.

By Gelenda Norman | Library Assistant Ⅲ, Southside Branch Library

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