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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Summit is Feb. 18

For free, the annual Teen Dating Violence Awareness Summit will be held by Promise Place from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 18. (Courtesy of Promise Place)

Credit: Promise Place

Credit: Promise Place

For free, the annual Teen Dating Violence Awareness Summit will be held by Promise Place from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 18. (Courtesy of Promise Place)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
Jan 21, 2023

Promise Place is hosting its annual Teen Dating Violence Awareness Summit from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

Based in Fayetteville, Promise Place will hold its “Be About It” Boot Camp in the Stuckey Auditorium, UGA Griffin Campus.

This event is free and open to teenagers and parents to learn about establishing respectful relationships and how to recognize the warning signs and patterns of dating violence.

A survivor’s story, performances, workshops and panelists will be included in the summit.

Register at tinyurl.com/PPTeenSummit23.

Promise Place serves victims of domestic violence and their children in Fayette, Spalding, Pike and Upson counties.

The 24-hour crisis hotline is 770-460-1604.

For more information, contact community advocate Shakira Petgrave at Shakira.Petgrave@PromisePlace.org or facebook.com/ThePromisePlace.

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