Leave Out Violence (LOVE) is one of the leading not-for-profit youth violence prevention organizations in Canada. Through educational programs LOVE helps youth who have been touched by violence break the cycle in their lives, and then become community leaders of violence prevention. Since LOVE began in 1993, these young leaders have reached hundreds of thousands of children, youth and adults reducing violence in schools, homes and neighbourhoods.

• Who Benefits. LOVE's programs provide benefits both on an individual and community level. LOVE works with youth who have been victims, perpetrators or witnesses to the many forms of violence including: gangs, domestic violence, racism, bullying, drugs, weapons and self-harm. We enable youth to be meaningfully engaged in violence prevention and community safety. The resulting effect is creating safer schools and neighbourhoods in Toronto's recognized under-serviced communities.

• Unique model. Our educational programs in Photography, Videography, Broadcasting and Journalism teach youth how to document the violence in their lives and create concrete reality-based solutions to end violence. Through the lens of a camera and their own written expression, our young leaders examine the impact of violence on their lives and explore positive alternatives. Youth graduate into Leadership Training where, through a series of training modules, they develop the skills, confidence and passion to become part of LOVE's community violence prevention team. This unique combination of knowledge, experience and opportunity enables them to be effective in promoting awareness, influencing attitudes and effecting change. It is through this model that LOVE's programs work on both an individual and community level.