The mission of the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center (HYVPC) is to work collaboratively to build community capacity for youth violence prevention in Boston. Click here to read more.
Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center
Center Highlights
May 27, 2008
Boston Youth Survey data are being put to use by the Vietnamese community in Dorchester, with the help of Mary Vriniotis. Read more about this collaboration in an article in today's Boston Globe.
April 3, 2008
New BYS 2006 Fact Sheets Available Online
Download our fact sheets on snitching, and gun carrying. For more information, contact Mary Vriniotis, mvriniot@hsph.harvard.edu.
January 10, 2008
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute will be hosting their first Monthly Community Peace Making Circle. For more information please click here to view flyer.
January 3, 2008
Robert Sege has developed a new training video titled, "Youth Violence Prevention Training Module". These video cases are based on stories told by Boston-area teens (portrayed in the video by teen actors) who have received Emergency Department treatment for violence-related injuries. The video was produced by Vida Communications, a minority owned small business with extensive experience in health education. Click here to view the video (you will need to download RealPlayer to view this).
December 1, 2007
Nov 20-Dec 20 is Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month. Click here for a list of activities scheduled throughout the month.
November 30, 2007
Please attend the opening reception of "Guns, Youth, and Architecture" at 6:30 on December 20th at YouthBuild Boston's Designery. Click on flyer for more information.
The Boston Globe featured an article citing BYS data on its front page. Click here to read.
October 25, 2007
In preparation for a Boston City Council hearing this afternoon, HYVPC has a new fact sheet on school violence and safety from the 2006 BYS data. Download the fact sheet here.
October 22, 2007
2006 Boston Youth Survey Data Release
HYVPC is pleased to announce data from the 2006 Boston Youth Survey will be released by Mayor Menino this afternoon at the first of seven community meetings hosted by the Boston Public Health Commission. For more information on the community meetings, visit the BPHC website. For more information on the Boston Youth Survey, please contact Mary Vriniotis at 617-432-0085.
Download the summary of key findings here.
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