FORUM ON TEEN-DATING VIOLENCE

BP MARKOWITZ, KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY HYNES TO HOST FORUM ON TEEN DATING VIOLENCE

More than half of students report experiencing physical dating violence

8:30 A.M.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27

BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL

209 JORALEMON STREET

BETWEEN COURT AND ADAMS STREETS

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

On Tuesday, April 27, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes will host a forum on teen dating violence, "Creating Best Practices and Strategies for Moving Ahead." The colloquium will be moderated by Stephanie Nilva, Esq., executive director of Day One, and the panel will include representatives from the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence, the Kings County District Attorney's Office and the Bureau of Epidemiology Services.

According to the Columbia Center for Youth Violence, among students with a dating history, more than half reported experiencing physical dating violence; and 32 percent of students, both males and females, reported perpetrating one of more episodes of physical violence against their partners in the last year.