Center Against Domestic Violence

On February 3rd MarieBelle in Soho hosted a night of chocolate and Champagne tasting to benefit CADV's summer RAPP program. Read More »

Over the last year we’ve come to recognize how important RAPP is to all students in the schools we work. Dating violence and bullying are linked behaviors. The most outstanding finding, according Dr. Robert Sege, chief of ambulatory pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, was how often bullies and bully-victims had been exposed to domestic violence. In the survey, 23% of bully-victims in middle school and 20% of high school bully-victims reported having been physically hurt by a family member during the past year. In addition, 19% of middle school bullies and 14% of high school bullies had been subjected to familial violence, compared to 14% of middle school victims and 13% of high school victims. Read More »

The Teen Relationship Abuse Prevention Program – RAPP – reaches 50,000 teens annually to promote healthy relationships and stop teen dating violence and bullying. It’s the largest such program in the country and costs only $60 per student. It’s a program that works and it’s cost effective. Read More »

Join us April 14 at the Harvard Club to learn how to stop bullying and cyber bullying Read More »