Community Lead Innovative Youth Leaders Program

During this webinar, participants will learn about innovative ways in which Enlace Comunitario, a social justice organization led by Latina immigrants whose mission is to eliminate domestic violence in the Latino immigrant community and promote healthy families in Central New Mexico, engages young people to develop their leadership through peer-to-peer learning promoting healthy relationships to prevent teen dating violence.

Objectives:

• Engage in a discussion about the opportunities and challenges of engaging Latino young people in shaping teen dating violence prevention strategies and solutions
• Share examples of the work being done by Enlace Comunitario's prevention team with a focus on the work with Latino youth leaders
• Identify tools and resources to better support and build infrastructure for authentic youth engagement in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner

Presenters: Jose Luis Reyes, Cynthia Jiménez, and Virginia Pérez-Ortega