LOVE is a program that prevents youth violence by training youth to lead a movement against it. It was started in 1993 by a woman named Twinkle, whose husband was murdered by a 14 year-old boy. After dealing with her feelings of anger and sadness, she learned that the boy who killed her husband was also a victim of violence. In order to break the cycle of violence, Twinkle decided to spend her life helping youth learn to help themselves, and eventually how to help other youth as well.

"I decided to look at this boy and his circumstances and to take my pain and anger and turn it into something positive. It was with this in mind that I started the Leave Out Violence organization, to help teenagers find alternatives to violence in their lives." - Twinkle Rudberg, LOVE's President and Founder

Twinkle Rudberg