Community Leaders and Members
All community adults—neighbors, community leaders, business
owners, health care providers, appointed and elected officials, and
members of community and faith-based groups—can strengthen
the communities where youth live. Every member of a community
can make a difference and help prevent youth violence. They can:
• Be a mentor, tutor, or volunteer at schools or youth-serving
organizations to guide youth and model nonviolence.
• Support the healthy development of all young people in the
community, whether they are youth at more immediate risk for
violence or youth who don’t show obvious signs of difficulties.
• Provide meaningful and appropriate opportunities through
businesses or social/civic groups so youth can develop their
interests, skills, and talents.
• Praise youth when they behave well and help them see the
benefits of their good choices.
• Take immediate action when youth violence occurs—let young
people know violence is never okay, coach them on how to
resolve conflict calmly and nonviolently, and involve other
adults such as parents, teachers, or law enforcement.
• Support local action by joining or starting a youth violence
prevention coalition and encouraging multiple groups to work
together to understand and prevent youth violence.
• Make prevention a community priority and an essential
complement to law enforcement and other responses to youth
violence.
• Insist on the use of data to make decisions about what
prevention programs, practices, and policies to put in place and
continue.
• Insist on the use of evidence-based prevention approaches (see
examples in page 6 sidebar).
• Take a comprehensive approach to youth violence prevention
that strengthens the skills of young people and their families
as well as addresses issues in the schools and community that
influence the likelihood of violence.
• Seek out and use existing resources to learn more about effective
youth violence prevention activities (see list on page 13).
• Share your progress and success to help show that youth
violence is a preventable public health problem.
Community Leaders and MembersAll community adults—neighbors, community leaders, businessowners, health care providers, appointed and elected officials, andmembers of community and faith-based groups—can strengthenthe communities where youth live. Every member of a communitycan make a difference and help prevent youth violence. They can:• Be a mentor, tutor, or volunteer at schools or youth-servingorganizations to guide youth and model nonviolence.• Support the healthy development of all young people in thecommunity, whether they are youth at more immediate risk forviolence or youth who don’t show obvious signs of difficulties.• Provide meaningful and appropriate opportunities throughbusinesses or social/civic groups so youth can develop theirinterests, skills, and talents.• Praise youth when they behave well and help them see thebenefits of their good choices.• Take immediate action when youth violence occurs—let youngpeople know violence is never okay, coach them on how toresolve conflict calmly and nonviolently, and involve otheradults such as parents, teachers, or law enforcement.• Support local action by joining or starting a youth violenceprevention coalition and encouraging multiple groups to worktogether to understand and prevent youth violence.• Make prevention a community priority and an essentialcomplement to law enforcement and other responses to youthviolence.• Insist on the use of data to make decisions about whatprevention programs, practices, and policies to put in place andcontinue.• Insist on the use of evidence-based prevention approaches (seeexamples in page 6 sidebar).• Take a comprehensive approach to youth violence preventionthat strengthens the skills of young people and their familiesas well as addresses issues in the schools and community thatinfluence the likelihood of violence.• Seek out and use existing resources to learn more about effectiveyouth violence prevention activities (see list on page 13).• Share your progress and success to help show that youthviolence is a preventable public health problem.
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