Youth Leadership Programming

Grade Levels: 6th grade - collegiate

Session Length: Ten 30-40-minute sessions

Program Description: Athletes as Leaders is a research-based prevention curriculum developed by Futures Without Violence. This program aims to empower youth to actively promote healthy relationships and end sexual violence. Participants are encouraged to become leaders in transforming peer norms and school climate towards a culture of safety and respect. The program focuses on building a positive school culture and ending sexual violence. It enhances participants' ability to identify abusive behaviors, fosters belief in gender equity, and boosts self-image and confidence.

Session Topics:

• Introduction and Group Agreements
• Understanding Privilege and Oppression
• Challenging Harmful Stereotypes
• Addressing Misinformation and Bias
• Unpacking Beauty Standards
• Ending Rumor Spreading and Shaming
• Promoting Consent
• Fostering Healthy Relationships
• Celebrating Our Successes

Target Audience: Male youth (6th grade - collegiate)

Session Duration: Ten 15-30-minute sessions

Program Overview: Coaching Boys Into Men is an evidence-based prevention curriculum developed by Futures Without Violence. This program aims to foster healthy relationships and prevent violence before it starts. It provides a platform for male youth to engage in discussions and activities that promote healthy relationship skills and reinforce the belief that violence is never a sign of strength. The curriculum has been shown to positively influence bystander behaviors and reduce the incidence of abuse among participants.

Session Topics:

• Personal Responsibility
• Insulting Language
• Disrespectful Behavior Towards Women and Girls
• Digital Disrespect
• Understanding Consent
• Bragging About Sexual Reputation
• When Aggression Crosses the Line
• There’s No Excuse for Relationship Abuse
• Communicating Boundaries
• Modeling Respect and Promoting Equity

Target Audience: Female youth (5th - 12th grade)

Session Duration: Twenty 45-minute to 1-hour sessions

Program Overview: Ruling Our Experiences (ROX) is a research and evidence-based program designed to empower female youth. It aims to simultaneously impact girls, educate and support the female adult influencers in their lives, and improve societal conditions that may negatively affect them. ROX helps girls develop social, personal, and academic skills to communicate effectively, build healthy relationships, and support others.

Session Topics:

• Why Are We Here? What Do We Think? What Do We Want?
• Who Are You? Who Am I?
• Get Committed
• Empathy: Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
• Empathy: Cutting Down on Conflict!
• Conflict and Communication
• Conflict and Communication: Let’s Practice
• Drama! Dealing With Mean Girls
• Relational Aggression
• Using My Voice – Verbal Self-Defense
• Strong and Worth Defending
• Seeing Yourself Win – Positive Visualizations
• Courageous Coping
• Redefining Beauty
• Changing the Culture – Body Image and Beauty
• Guest Speaker
• My Future’s So Bright – Career and the World of Work
• Smart or Pretty?
• Leadership
• Commitments and Celebrations