[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
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                Proclamation 10519 of January 31, 2023

                
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and 
                Prevention Month, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Across America, young people are impacted by abusive 
                relationships, suffering in silence as they are 
                threatened with or subjected to physical violence, 
                sexual violence, psychological aggression, or stalking 
                from a current or former intimate partner. During 
                National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention 
                Month, we bring this scourge out of the shadows, 
                recommit to promoting healthy relationships, and join 
                together with a clear message to survivors: You are not 
                alone. Support is close by, and justice is within 
                reach.

                Each year, around 12 percent of American high schoolers 
                experience physical or sexual violence at the hands of 
                an intimate partner. Young women, transgender teens, 
                and gender nonconforming youth are disproportionately 
                affected. Dating violence can also occur on social 
                media, online, and through other electronic 
                communication in the form of cyberstalking, non-
                consensual distribution of intimate images, and other 
                technology-facilitated harms. This trauma not only 
                affects survivors' health, safety, and aspirations as 
                teenagers--it can also follow them into adulthood and 
                increase the risk of violence in future relationships.

                When we teach teens about healthy, nonviolent 
                relationships, we support their development and create 
                safer, healthier communities for everyone. That is why 
                my Administration is advancing efforts by the Centers 
                for Disease Control and Prevention to provide training 
                for educators, families, and community members to teach 
                young people how to form healthy relationships and 
                leave abusive ones. These tools can be found at 
                VetoViolence.CDC.gov. My Task Force to Address Online 
                Harassment and Abuse is also committed to addressing 
                ways that technology can be used to cause harm, 
                including as a form of dating violence among young 
                people. Additionally, in 2022 I worked with the 
                Congress to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence 
                Against Women Act, including enhancing grant programs 
                and increasing funding for non-profit organizations, 
                Tribes, and local governments that are working to 
                reduce and address teen dating violence.

                By recognizing the signs of dating and domestic 
                violence, setting positive examples of healthy 
                relationships that lift up instead of tear down, and 
                making clear that abuses of power are never acceptable, 
                we can build a culture where respect is the norm, 
                dignity is the rule, and safety is the expectation--
                both online and offline. We can measure up to the 
                standards of equality, opportunity, and justice that 
                define our Nation at its best.

                If you or someone you know is involved in an abusive 
                relationship of any kind, immediate and confidential 
                support is available through the National Domestic 
                Violence Hotline's project focused on supporting young 
                people by visiting loveisrespect.org, calling 1-866-
                331-9474 (TTY: 1-800-787-3224), or texting ``LOVEIS'' 
                to 22522.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2023 
                as

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                National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention 
                Month. I call upon everyone to educate themselves and 
                others about teen dating violence so that together we 
                can stop it.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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