Individuals
CONTRIBUTE videos, photos and comments to spread the message that we can cure violence. Your personal experience speaks the loudest. Downloadable tutorials on the right and in the forum will walk you through using YouTube, Flickr, and Twitter and tagging your contributions with “cureviolence” to add them to the website.
RESPOND to existing videos, photos and comments with your own media and join the forum community to help others with their ideas and projects. The central video portrait of over 200 stories is a springboard for discussion. What do you hear? Do you agree? Disagree? Have another perspective to offer?
FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS. Send a message about something positive happening in your community, something that you want to change, or suggest an issue that we should all be talking about. Don’t know where to start? Use the “We need to talk about...” feature to get ideas and direct the conversation by submitting your own.
Educators
Tag your existing anti-violence media on Flickr and YouTube, create new work with your students, or use these prompts to guide your class:
-What is your walk to school like?
-Interview your partner about a difficulty they’ve overcome
-Memorialize someone (who you know, who’s famous)
-”Where are they now” with someone you know who has made a positive change in their own lives
-Do you think there's a cure for violence?
Community Organizations
Cure Violence is about finding and spreading solutions at the community level and you know your neighborhood and its needs better than anyone. Use Cure Violence to:
-Tell us about what’s going on where you are-- are you hosting a rally, a basketball game, a support group, a town hall? Are you launching a new job training program or mural project?
-Tag photos or videos of your events.
-Make a “how to” video for people who want to try out your approach in their own neighborhoods.
Resources
Download these Suggestions as a PDF to Share
Download Cure Violence Tutorial
Our suggested length for video media is 3 minutes or under. We are working on a curriculum to use in conjunction with Cure Violence. If you would like to contribute lesson ideas or comments, please contact
Cure Violence is in beta until Spring 2010 and only educators or organizations serving youth are invited to participate in the beta. Others are invited to preview the site for informational purposes. If you would like access, please request a login and tell us about your interest in Cure Violence. We will send you a temporary password and let you know when the project is open to the public.