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The Respect Institute's president and RESPECT co-author, Courtney Macavinta, offers advice about how to build your self-respect and spread respect for all!

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  • 275 million children worldwide witness domestic violence every year (UNICEF). While 1 in 5 teens in a serious relationship report being hit, slapped or pushed by a partner (LoveIsRespect.org).

  • Half of teens admit to bullying someone in the past year (Josephson Institute of Ethics).

  • 8.8 million children in the U.S. witness a crime in their home each year. (DOJ, 1997).

  • 1 in 3 teens drop out of high school (EDE Research Center).

  • Teen suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among young adults (Centers for Disease Control).

Does this sound like respect to you?

Our programs are designed to empower youth, families and community members with The Respect Basics to reverse all of these negative trends and to lead us toward a better world. The following programs are delivered through The Respect Institute:

National RESPECT Tour. 2011-2012. 25,000 tweens, teens, young adults, families and communities empowered with The Respect Rally and Respect: Keep It Going! Kit. 1,000 trained to implement RESPECT programs in their city. Millions more reached through media.

The Respect Rally. Half-day summit or assembly where middle school, high school, college students or just girls learn to boost their self-respect, improve relationships and become leaders of change.

RESPECT: Keep It Going! Kit. Our program guide including 18 Respect Pod sessions that can be led after a Respect Rally, as classroom/advisory sessions or as an after-school program.

Parent/family workshops, retreat and keynotes. From tween to college years, families get respect coaching tools to deal with hot topics like bullying and to keep their connection strong as childrens' independence grows.

Community Respect Summit. Stakeholders identify disrespectful trends they’ve identified that are holding their community back from thriving and design an action plan for change.

Training. We train educators, advocates, organizations and schools to lead our programs on their own year-after-year. Trained leaders get research/tools to teach respect-building skills to youth and families.

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