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Media Arts Program (MAP): Through the Media Arts Program (MAP) youth who have been victims, perpetrators and witnesses to violence, learn how to identify, analyse and document the violence in their lives and develop concrete reality-based solutions to end violence. Our instructive programming in Media Arts includes Photography, Journalism, Videography and Broadcasting. Through the lens of a camera, their written expressions and their voices, these young people creatively articulate the impact of violence on their lives and explore positive alternatives. Programs are offered at local community colleges or universities and are led by media and social service professionals.   

Leadership Training: Youth, who have completed the MAP, graduate into Leadership Training, where they develop the skills, confidence and passion to become part of LOVE's community violence prevention team. Based on the principles of youth engagement, Youth Leadership Training Modules include public speaking, producing and performing spoken word, creating videos and public service announcements, and facilitation skills. These young leaders work in schools and the communities to promote and encourage youth participation in violence prevention by establishing Violence Prevention Committees. Their unique combination of knowledge, experience and opportunity, enables them to be effective in promoting awareness, influencing attitudes and effecting change. To complement this program, each year, a 5-day intensive Leadership Training Camp is held in Haliburton, Ontario. Youth Leaders from across the country come together with the goal of learning how to enhance their leadership skills and bring these skills back to their schools, neighbourhoods and communities.

School and Community Violence Prevention Outreach Program: LOVE Youth Leaders educate their peers, professionals, and concerned community members about violence and violence-prevention. Youth Leaders use their presentation and group facilitation skills, as well as educational tools that they have created, to examine the impact of violence and share violence-prevention strategies. Each year across Canada, Leaders educated more than 40,000 youth and community members.

Violence Prevention Committees: Violence Prevention Committees are established in priority communities, in elementary, middle and high schools. Youth Leaders and LOVE Staff co-facilitate these committees, which meet regularly throughout the school year, to create projects that communicate a message of non-violence to the entire student body. Examples of some of these projects are photojournalism exhibits, school newsletters, Zines, comic strips and public service announcements about violence and its prevention. The goal of these committees is to facilitate students' ownership of the violence prevention initiative in their schools and neighbourhoods.