National Crime Victims' Rights Week

2012 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Resource Guide
Extending the Vision: Reaching Every Victim
April 22-28, 2012

Lifesavers 30th Annual Conference Dedicated to Highway Safety

The conference opens Thursday, June 14, 2012 with a motivational plenary, two workshop sessions, an
opening networking reception then followed by 80 interactive workshops over 2 1/2 days,
and concludes Saturday at 12noon. The tentative schedule of events is available at
www.lifesaversconference.org.

2012 SADD National Conference

We are excited to announce that the 2012 SADD National Conference will be held Sunday, June 24th – Wednesday, June 27th at the Marriott Torrance South Bay in Torrance, CA!

NOYS Spring Meeting

The National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS)will host its spring meeting in Washington, DC to launch National Youth Traffic Safety Month.

Global Youth Traffic Safety Month

Global Youth Traffic Safety Month is held each May during prom, graduation, and the beginning of the summer driving season. The goal of Global Youth Traffic Safety Month is to engage and empower youth across the country to develop and implement youth peer to peer education projects, support increased enforcement, and advocate for stronger laws to protect young people on the roads.

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ACT OUT LOUD TEAM

May 10-21, 2010

Vote for your favorite National Youth Traffic Safety Month Act Out Loud contest team at http://www.actoutloud.org

Zoom Free!

Get ZoomSafer free during National Youth Traffic Safety Month

50 Best Award Deadline

Enter the 50 Best Contest sponsored by The Allstate Foundation - 50 teams will win $1,000 for their National Youth Traffic Safety Month project. Projects must be youth led, focus on distracted driving prevention, and occur in May. Enter HERE by May 31, 2010. The first 200 entries get $200 to help them get their project started.

Distracted Driving Summit and Youth Leadership Team

NOYS is accepting applications from youth ages16 - 21 to serve on the NOYS Coalition Distracted Driving Prevention Leadership Team. NOYS will select 20 youth from the applications. These youth will be sponsored to travel to Washington, DC to participate in the U.S. Department of Transportation Distracted Driving Summit and serve on the Teen Leadership Team that will develop and implement a youth-led community distracted driving prevention program. Applications are due by Friday, August 6, 2010

National Drug Facts Week

National Drug Facts Week (NDFW) is a health observance week for teens. The goal of NDFW is to shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. NDFW encourages community based events that give teens a physical or virtual space to ask questions about drugs and get factual answers from a scientific expert. NDFW is an initiative of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), which supports most of the world’s research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction.

American Public Health Association Webinar

The Health Benefits from Active Transportation

LEAD Conference #1

NASSP National Conference

Best Buddies Month

Best Buddies is a nonprofice 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Youth Art Month

Youth Art Month (YAM) is an annual observance, sponsored by The Council for Art Education, Inc. (CFAE) and The Art and Creative Materials Institute, Inc.(ACMI). Each March, YAM observances emphasize the value of art and art education for all children and encourage public support for quality school art programs. Established in 1961, YAM provides a forum to support art education because it develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, self-expression, cooperation with others, and cri

Read Across America Day

NEA's Read Across America Day, NEA's national reading celebration takes place each year on or near March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too!

Spread the Word to End the Word Day

Young people have joined a movement of mutual respect and human dignity called Spread the Word to End the Word. The goal: get people to stop and think about their hurtful and disparaging use of the word “retard” and pledge to stop using it.

World Book Day

World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 90 years ago.

Teen Tech Week (March 6-11)

Teen Tech Week 2011 is March 6-12! Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults that highlights nonprint resources at the library. The 2011 theme — Mix and Mash @ your library — focuses on encouraging teens to use library resources to express their creativity by developing their own unique online content and safely sharing it by using online collaborative tools.

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.

American Public Health Association Webinar

Health Impact Assessments (HIAS) in Transportation

Girl Scout Week (March 10-16)

Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® is a national letter-writing campaign where kids receive letters of support, love and encouragement from parents and adults. It only takes a few minutes to jot a note that will be remembered and appreciated for a lifetime. The positive impact of these letters on kids is what Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® is all about.

World Water Day

Water is a basic requirement for all life, yet water resources are facing increasing demands from, and competition among, users. In 1992, the UN General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water.

National Youth Violence Prevention Week
March 21-25

The National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is proud to be a founding partner, along with the Guidance Group, of the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth Violence.

Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning

The mission of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, a (501(c)(3)) non-profit charitable organization, is to maximize human potential to improve communities by preserving, promoting and applying the legacy and universal values of civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez.

National Nutrition Month

National Nutrition Month 2011
The theme for March 2011 is "Eat Right with Color."
National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits .

LEAD Conference #2

American Public Health Association Webinar

Preventing Roadway Fatalities and Injuries

National Public Health Week, April 4-10, 2011

During National Public Health Week 2011, the American Public Health Association (APHA) needs your help to educate Americans that "Safety is No Accident". Together, we can help Americans live injury-free in all areas of life: at work, at home, at play, in your community and anywhere people are on the move. We all need to do our part to prevent injuries and violence in our communities. Join us as we work together to create a safer and healthier nation.

National Student Leadership Week 2011

Student Leaders Saving Lives Through Service and Leadership

Great American Cleanup (March 1-May 31)

Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program, takes place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 3 million volunteers and attendees. The hardworking volunteers donated more than 5.7 million hours in 2010 to clean, beautify and improve more than 33,000 communities during more than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond. Activities included beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handl

Teens and Trucks Media Event

Timed to the graduation season, the end of school year, and the start of the deadly days of summer when the highest number of teen driving deaths typically occur, this media event will focus on the “Teens & Trucks” educational project, teen drivers staying out of a truck’s “No Zone,” and teens signing a “No Texting While Driving” promise. This event will culminate the successful 2011 National Youth Traffic Safety Month.
Check out the Teens and Trucks toolkit at www.cvsa.org/programs/teens_and

STAR Leaders Conference

NASC/NHS/NJHS National Conference

2011 World Day of Remembrance

On November 20, 2011, let us join all nations, road safety/victims NGOs, roads safety advocates, roads/streets stakeholders in REMEMBERING ALL ROAD TRAFFIC CRASH VICTIMS,
survivors and their families. WE CAN say a prayer, light a candle ...and make all efforts to be a responsible road/street user.

National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

President Obama Names December as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

CADCA’s National Leadership Forum

CADCA’s National Leadership Forum is a 4-day conference packed with multiple opportunities to learn the latest strategies to fight substance abuse and hear from nationally-known experts and policymakers. The Forum brings together more than 2,500 participants representing community anti-drug coalitions from all regions of the country, government leaders, youth, addiction treatment professionals, researchers, educators, law enforcement professionals and faith-based leaders.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BULLYING

The School Safety Advocacy Council, in partnership with the Florida Association of School Resource Officers (FASRO) and SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BULLYING to be held at the Doubletree Resort SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida February 15-17, 2012. Special rates at this SeaWorld Partner Resort apply and include FREE transportation to all Disney and Universal Parks.

Second Annual National Peer Helpers Conference

The National Conference will provide information on how to begin, enhance, and/or expand your Peer Helper Program. Beginning peer program educators will have an opportunity to learn steps to set up a peer program that follows the NAPPP Programmatic Standards and Ethics; experienced peer program educators will be given an opportunity to learn strategies to enhance and expand their program through learning about different activities.