Love What’s Real Love

Real Moments. Real Relationships.

2013 High School “Love What,s Real” Writing Contest Winners Chasing Dragonflies February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Each year in February, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, through the Center for (2012 Love What’s Real Honorable Mention) Healthy Teen Relationships, engages young people to join the movement to end abuse in They pay visits to the cattails, relationships by writing about healthy, unhealthy, and even abusive relationships. Young Gliding with a ballerina’s grace, people who are empowered through awareness and education on healthy relationships Whispering their silent secrets softly to their leaves. are less likely to engage in violence or to think violence is acceptable Light shines through their wings, reflections Congratulations to the Idaho’s young authors who wrote about the importance of Shimmering in water. self-esteem in relationships, the impact of drama in relationships, bystander reflection, or When the sun disappears, they depart exploring the pressure to be in a relationship. Over 2,300 students submitted writings for To some mystical resting place the Love What’s Real writing contest. A special thank you to Idaho’s English teachers who Where summer never ends. encouraged their students to write about relationships and to the many judges who read You waited patiently at my side the amazing submissions by thousands of young people – Josie Fretwell, Melinda Garcia, Malia Collins, Daniel Salato, Abbey Darmody, Khadija Khan, Hunter Pluckebaum, the Center As I counted them once, twice, thrice— for Healthy Teen Relationships Executive Committee and Idaho Coalition staff. Marveling at their beauty. As I meet your gaze, I realize I’ve had my own dragonfly all along. Kelly Miller, Executive Director Center for Healthy Teen Relationships Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence Shell-Bee Mallory Boise High School Mrs. Bear – Teacher

Cover art inspired by “Chasing Dragonflies”. Boise High School Artists – Joe Steiner, Elissa Johnson, Paige Van Ocker, and Morgan Kitzmiller; Kay Shanafelt, teacher; ChalkHeART 1st Place 2012 www.lovewhatsreal.com Friends, girlfriends, and boyfriends Individuality or girlfriend in a huge lie, you • Does things to upset you or – all deserve healthy relationships. Do you pretend to like know that it takes time to makes you cry something you don’t or be Are your relationships healthy? rebuild your trust. • Wants you to change who someone you aren’t? Be yourself; you are Communication Respect after all, being an individual is • Asks you to give up activities Do you talk face to face (nt Are you accepted for who you what makes you, you! you enjoy are? No one should pressure jst txt!) about your feelings? Fairness and Equality • Won’t let you hang with you into doing things you are Listen to one another and hear Do you have an equal say in your friends not comfortable with such as each other out. Text messages, relationships? From the activities • Pressures you to do things you drinking, drugs, or unwanted Facebook messages should you do together to the friends are not comfortable with physical contact. be respectful, not mean or you hang out with, you should inappropriate. If you think you or a friend might Safety have equal say in the choices be in an unhealthy or even abusive Signs of Unhealthy Relationships Do you feel safe emotionally made in relationships. relationship talk to your parents, and physically? Emotional safety • Texts you all the time to find Acceptance your school counselor, or an adult means you feel comfortable out where you are, who you’re Do your friends or girlfriend or you trust. being you without fear of with, or what you’re doing boyfriend accept you for who being put down. Physical safety • Has to be with you all the time For information on the Center for you really are? You shouldn’t means you are not being hurt • Refuses to listen to your opinion Healthy Teen Relationships go to have to change who you are, or pressured into unwanted • Makes all the decisions in www.lovewhatsreal.com or contact or compromise your beliefs to physical contact. the relationship the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual make someone like you. • Makes fun of you or puts you & Domestic Violence at Support down when you are alone or (208) 384-0419. Do your friends care for you Honesty and Trust with friends and want what is best for you? Are you always honest? Your friends should understand Honesty builds trust. You can’t if you can’t hang out because have a healthy relationship you have to study or if you have without trust! If you have ever plans with other friends. caught your friend or boyfriend First Place Winner

Stingrays

When he asks if you have a boyfriend, tell him it’s complicated. You’re recently divorced from a past that almost took everything – loud music, soft mornings, your pencils, your paper, your voice. That sometimes old doubts still surface like stingrays in shallow water, and you jump back, alarmed. Tell him about your future – how it came out of nowhere, tugging your ankles, your toes until you followed it out to sea—

Molly McGinnis Boise High School Ms. Hanson – Teacher

3 Second Place Winner Third Place Winner (Tie)

The Old Me

I was purple flashes Contortionist and red petals My left arm in quaking ground, soft and smooth as rain, blue sky and sand encircles you, The other I was the smell of afternoon, My right brushes uncertainty. of white moon grasps my drifting self. My legs and the sound of trees One hand wrench forward, at the edge of a forest. grips our future, My torso I imagined salt water The other arches back. and single, yellow flowers. shakes off worry. I’m bizarrely contorted, I’ve changed, My right leg fitting us. now I’m hard, sticks out, protecting, I bend out of shape, cold, My left, hoping things will straighten out. dark gray metal. wobbles, supporting us. But I won’t hold forever. Too busy with you, to be the old me. One foot You’ve gotta give a little, too.

Rukia Ahmed Madeleine Jewell Marian Pritchett High School Rocky Mountain High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Ms. Fouts – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

4 5 Third Place Winner (Tie) Third Place Winner (Tie)

My Bedtime Story

Sitting on my bed, The rain pours Middle of the day I sit down wanting to cry Outside is fall He pulls me to my feet Leaves drop like confetti He wants to dance Wind blows through the branches No prom for us Your voice on the line No ride or limo Is a smooth blue No pretty dress I drink it up like water No tux I pull myself into your stories No we can’t afford it I want to believe them Our feet are covered in dark mud For longer than a minute He is silent We hang up He grips my hand And I come to We dance in the backyard Your lies are like a bedtime story Soaked in rain and cold I can’t stop reading But together We laugh and smile Brittany Hoyt Marian Pritchett High School Remembering what’s real Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Mykel Johnson Writers in the Schools Program Lapwai High School Ms. Scott – Teacher

6 7 Third Place Winner (Tie) Honorable Mention

The Sweater Single Lady A vivid blue thread Gray interrupts the pattern Since when did single Weaves between Fading into black, Become a social disease? Green and soft brown, Bringing pain of Something contagious like Reminding her of warmer days Dark pavement Bed bugs or fleas? On the lakes. And final good byes. I’m proud to be single! Though it’s not hard to achieve Specks of silver She pulls on her creation, Who needs to mingle? Scattered across fabric, Not a sparkling sheath of satin, When you’ll soon have a degree! Shimmering like fish scales Nor an oppressive shell. You spend countless years stressing In memory of Instead a simple The approaching winter formal Two perfect friends. Sweater of memories Wondering, “Why can’t I be normal?” Warms her skin. But you won’t find me searching for someone else Emily Luker Because I am one hundred percent happy Borah High School Being myself. Mrs. Beautrow – Teacher

Tess Goodwin Boise High School Ms. Hartley – Teacher

8 9 Honorable Mention Honorable Mention

I Tried Friends Are Better

Golden beams of sunlight They are those girls you see, Wash over everything in sight. walking down the hall. Always talking, laughing. Fading fast Always together. I try to hold on to it, But it slips away, Better than that couple you see, Darkness taking its place. making out by their lockers. Always kissing, hugging. Stumbling in the dark, Always making everyone else feel I have lost my way. uncomfortable. Your harsh words sting my ears, But are better than silence. And those girls you see, they are exact opposites. I taste the frost on my tongue, A cheerleader, a punker. The bitter cold consumes me; They shouldn’t go together. The truth is here. But they love each other. All I wish for is another day, Not like that couple you see, A day that won’t slip away. but like best friends should.

Hannah Hutchins Like everyone should. New Plymouth High School Ms. Murillo – Teacher Effie Scarlett Timberline High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher

10 11 Honorable Mention Honorable Mention

They Said

“Go out with him,” they said. A Call for Help “You’d look cute together,” they said. So I did. I enter a room with many doors. At first it’s spacious. “Go to the dance together,” they said. Slowly, slowly the walls begin to close in. “Listen to him, ” they said. Strangely, the doors disappear. So I did. The lights extinguish, “Come to my house tonight,” he said. One by one. “Stay the night,” he said I want to run to a door, So I did. Any door. “You’re bad now,” they said. But the room is shrinking. “Don’t hang out with us,” they said. Now I’m in complete darkness. So I didn’t. An inescapable darkness.

“We weren’t meant to last,” he said. I’m trapped. “Just move on,” he said. And he knows, too. But I couldn’t. Annica Woolley Moscow High School Rachael Tashbook Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher Renaissance High School Mrs. Schneiderman – Teacher

12 13 A Doormat Facebook Love

You are a doormat. At him Got a friend request: Granted Even though Accept Very pretty You are Like a pic of yours Useful A doormat. Like one of her But still He abused you Start a conversation A doormat Played you Ask her out (oh yeah) You let him And got you all dirty Yes! :O Walk right over you You lost your dignity Same town? You even Because you let yourself Yes (YES!) Somehow Become Meet up :D Managed to throw yourself A doormat. Yes Where are you ;) Katie Ackerman Look behind you :p Capital High School Mrs. Ruxton – Teacher STATUS CHANGE: Single

Forest Adams Murtaugh High School Ms. Perkins – Teacher

14 15 Pressure Stay Strong

Human minds rise to the assumption that life revolves around He pulled her by the arm and said, “No, you’re not going” love. It is the “it” factor. In the eyes of society, you aren’t She looked at him with tearful eyes begging, “Please don’t do this” experiencing life unless you have that significant other. The media Her friends looked at her hoping she would do the right thing exploits the pressures to be in a relationship to the public. Nobody She looked him straight in the eyes and said, should be pressured to be in a relationship. Love is priceless, “Let me go!” and so is life. A relationship is not necessary at any time to live a And walked away fulfilling life. Rocio Alcantar Murtaugh High School Breanna Ahern Ms. Perkins – Teacher Fruitland Preparatory Academy Mrs. Van Weerdhuizen – Teacher

16 17 Little Bird

A little bird peers from an ol’ Sycamore, Hesitantly, reluctantly watching, Bystander As a boy gets flung into a plaster-filled wall.

Timid, afraid Yearning for action, yet lingering on a branch. Observing, allowing, listening Attempting at fostering, Part of the problem, part of the solution The boy who gently weeps. Reacting, intervening, hearing This unjust treatment should not be familiar, Strong, fearless But every other bird that saw Activist Just flew away.

Ashley Anderson Finally, the two see each other, Rocky Mountain High School Observe one another. Ms. Mills – Teacher But as the little boy starts to speak, The little bird flies away.

Ellen Ansotegui Bishop Kelly High School Mrs. Krakau – Teacher

18 19 Magnetic Qualities

It’s you And Still It’s the way one of your eyes I remember the first Crinkles slightly more than the other day I met David When you smile and still, It’s the way we drive around town with our he makes me smile Sweaty palms pressed together, he tickles me, Uncomfortable and clammy, he makes up stupid songs But neither of us care on the guitar that It’s the way I am perpetually late and make me laugh, Snort when I laugh he dedicates the songs he writes to me And all you do is grin I saw that in a movie once and thought – I want someone to do that for me.

It’s not conventional In his black skinny jeans It’s not what others say it should be he smells like, It’s you. sweet candy, chocolate, and late spring.

Kourtni Ball Maddy Barrera Timberline High School Marian Pritchett High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

20 21 Fading

Your shadow surrounds me Friends replacing my own. As the clouds cover the sun Patience, listening skills, laughing, I see your shadow Loving, friends, living. slowly fading away. We don’t hold hands or kiss. The thought of it gone We don’t go out or go to each other’s home. fills my stomach We hang out with friends and friend hug. with a pit of loneliness. We have fun and have each other’s backs. I wait for the sun We aren’t boyfriend-girlfriend, to warm my skin Though people think we are. and bring your shadow back, We just have a strong friendship. but the clouds leave it We’re just friends. forever fading. Regan Bloomfield Moscow High School Maddy Barrera Mr. Hecker – Teacher Marian Pritchett High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

22 23 Disintegrating

Self-worth disintegrates. Like a decaying black rose Kept in the darkness, Just a Kiss Told with utter conviction, Love who we are, His hand, wrapped around my own, making mine feel small in his. Unaccomplished by the confounded His smile goofy, but sincere. Mentality that is caging us, The smell of fresh cut hay surrounds us. Looking at our imperfections Echoes of cold wind, threatened to blow me away. Blinds us, A warm feeling wherever our bodies touch. Leaving doubt, disdain, loathing That moment when our lips finally meet, no rush, all the time in the world. For everything we are, The world melts away, with just a kiss. Like tar leaking through veins Savanna Byard Infecting, destroying everything, Gem State Adventist Academy Deception replaces joy, Ms. Mitchell – Teacher Love who we are is replaced With the question, What is there love?

Paris Brauner Bishop Kelly High School Mrs. Krakau – Teacher

24 25 Blue Eyes

Blue eyes, full of lies, appears safe from the outside, The Artist Watch out, Purple paint splattered on a canvas, He spouts out poisonous doubt, The original picture is seen less and less. Just like a pigeon pooping on my head. Now take a box knife to the spattered picture Blue eyes, full of lies, appears safe from the outside, Underneath the cuts, you will see red for sure. Quick, duck, tuck, There is only one original part left now, Here he comes, just my luck, A pair of emotionless eyes under hue brow— I think he’s playing with my head. You, the artist, are now finished, As you see your once beautiful picture now diminished. Blue eyes, full of lies, appears safe from the outside, I hate him, Alexa Comfort But I think I love him, Greenleaf Friends Academy Love is a mess. Mrs. Stevenson – Teacher

Katie Conner Timberline High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher

26 27 An Island A Beautiful Aftermath Remember, smell I close my eyes and see her, Love’s broken perfume Standing there, Sliding slowly through Smiling, Lungs that hold, Fold, collapse. Surrounded by snow. Memories of old I close my lips and hear her, Are trapped. Happily, You told me to leave Humming, So I left; A song we both know. But refused to breathe, My fate is death Our lullaby of love, By suffocation. Keeping us warm, Falling from my eyelids, While we throw Tears surround me Handmade spheres Like an island. At each other Will I swim away From the beach That say I love you. Of sandy diamonds, We laugh, Shining as your eyes. Because the answer lies Your swaying hair In the numbers, Reminds me of the trees. A beautiful aftermath. Memories disappear, With the air I release. Brendan D. Juniper Hills High School - Lewiston Brendan D. Mr. Landrus – Teacher Juniper Hills High School - Lewiston Mr. Landrus – Teacher

28 29 One Rain Drop A solitary raindrop Falling from the cloudy sky It Seems a Struggle Alone cold and wet The ones swept up in adolescent love Coming closer to its destination. Think nothing else exists. The pavement Rationality falls upon the deaf ears Of a busy city street. Splash, Of those caught in the fray. It lands among a puddle; When the beauty of it comes unraveled Suddenly realizing True enlightenment strikes. It’s no longer alone. The problems of mind can lead to depression Splash, If not reigned in deftly. A couple leisurely walking When a wall is approached Hand in hand, It is approached with caution, Clumsily steps into the water. Not understanding But easily overcome. The ripple effect It can seem like a struggle at first That one glance can create But in the end it empowers. In this thing Called destiny. Dustyn D. A lonely raindrop Juniper Hills High School - Lewiston That found its match. Mr. Landrus – Teacher

Brendan D. Juniper Hills High School - Lewiston Mr. Landrus – Teacher

30 31 *Awaken* Dark Esteem

When the sun shines It’s the emptiness in the depth of your soul Your face is drawn to the light It’s the insecurity that you simply can’t control But staring at something so beautiful as that It’s the lack of having any self-motivating goals Will eventually blind eyes And seeming to never receive any wanted consoles Sometimes it feels good The moth lost in the dark To let yourself drift Desperate for light But when your eyes are half closed in sleepy paradise The apple tree with the black bark You don’t see the sunset, only the flame that warms you That can’t sprout its fruit Sometimes it takes a long moment in darkness Is the young teen with low self-esteem When your eyes are completely closed

To appreciate the colors when you awaken again Brady Delgadillo Wood River High School Monica Daggett Ms. Allen – Teacher Bishop Kelly High School

32 33 Be You Dear Friend

Smile your beautiful smile, When your heart’s broken, Laugh your perfect laugh, And the sun is out of reach, Be you When your mind’s fatigued, And be proud to show you. And you’ve lost all speech, You’re not alone. Live you own life. Stand up. Don’t try to be anyone else. I’ll be here, Friend. You are special in your own way I’ll be here to help. Be happy. When rain won’t stop pounding, Love yourself. And the skies are an endless grey, Don’t sweat your insecurities, When he treats you wrong, They are what make you, you. And feels a need to stay, Show your faults, My arms are open. And learn to love them. Stand up. If you love your smallest flaws, I’ll be here, Friend. Someone else will too. I’ll be here to help. Be You. Ellen Dennis Moscow High School Ally DeMent Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher Lake City High School Ms. Bellamy – Teacher

34 35 Sensations Teenager

The feeling in the pit of my stomach My hair isn’t flawless, it appears to have been As if a million butterflies flutter Run over by a car in a murky boulevard and then Thump, thump, my heart begins to race Thrown into a bun. Just like a high-speed chase My make-up isn’t expensive. A clown has more From ear to ear I smile Colors of eye shadow. It has been a while since I’ve felt this way The butterflies, the smiles, My nails aren’t manicured, but instead broken Promise me you’ll stay From teeth anxiously chewing. The warmth that comes over me My self-esteem is low and continuously eats at The feeling of security My choices. Your hand gently holds mine, My life is horrifying or I want this feeling ‘til the end of time. Am I just a Teenager? Jesten Dick Rimrock High School Ms. Hardan – Teacher Shyean Dolven New Plymouth High School Mrs. Madrid-Harris – Teacher

36 37 An Act of Kindness

Crowded hallways, Books on the floor, No one stops, They Loved Crushing through the door. They loved life The next bell rings, They loved morning air, Her fate at last, They loved blue birds and black birds and mockingbirds, Is another absence, They love the rain and the sand mixing together, From her history class. Then out of nowhere, They loved penguins sliding on their tummies, A hand appears, They loved jellyfish in the open sea and sand dollars looking up at them, With a stack of papers They loved oranges with the sweet taste of sugar, Which were hers. They loved lemon trees blowing in the wind. An unfamiliar face, And they loved each other. Smiling bright, Extended his hand, Miranda Elliott And pulled her upright. Marian Pritchett High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher He carried her books, Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program And stayed by her side, Brought back the feelings That were once denied.

Megan Fifer Gem State Adventist Academy Ms. Mitchell – Teacher

38 39 I Knew You

Fallen captive The Touch You’ve fallen captive That’s not right. To this aberration This dissolution you’ve created I see that it’s wrong. She doesn’t. Run He laughs about it. Sink deeper, faster Assuredly you’d known this was coming I don’t. Right? That’s not right. It’s puzzling She said she’d never Your brilliance, your radiance let him, but she did. Diminished She doesn’t care. As if it were irrelevant She’s not the girl That luminosity perished I once knew, A beacon now concealed my best friend. Nothing remains And that’s not right. But an empty consciousness I knew you Zoe Fleischman I still know you Moscow High School And what you could have been Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher What you should have been

Zach Flory Timberline High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher

40 41 Staged

He was like a magician Drama Wooing me with his tricks All is fair in love and war Tempting me to believe When you should focus on test scores That he was real Grouped together all the same age Luring me into his open trap Like reading a book where you write the page Enchanting me with his words Broken hearts, it’s the end of the world Making me see what wasn’t there Ruining relationships based on what we’re told Beckoning me to come closer Drama and rumors spread through the school To stop refraining Where friends gossip and bend the rules To stop doubting Make new friends while keeping the old To trust him Don’t ruin relationships based on what you’re told But I don’t

Ending with a flourish Lexi Gallegos Deary High School The curtains swish close Mrs. Clampitt – Teacher He is gone The dark, desolate stage is all that’s left.

Laurel Gieszemann Moscow High School Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher

42 43 Your Unknown Audience

I watch you. Teaching yourself: The Sweetest Goodbye “Love isn’t forever.” blinkblinkblink. Sitting in the orchard, she says her last goodbye. hophophop. When will you see? Holding herself back, she turns to run. Catching her by the hand, he knows One person after another. You’ll fail each time you look for Real Love It’s all she can do to not collapse. Together again, --all you’ve Holding her tightly, she cries in his arms one last time, faster than a blink in ever known, Puddles appearing like scars on his skin. the Eyes of Eternity. seen, But then they start, talking, You look to each other and have Sharing every moment, to fill the Gap, been And every dream and every aspiration the Wound, taught Quietly, he wipes away the tears. drinking His Strength, is hopping … Realizing he’ll never let her go. Her Beauty, hopping … hopping …

Tareyn Green Toss them away, I am watching. Moscow High School choose another, Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher

Mikayla Hagen INSPIRE Connections Academy Mr. Plummer – Teacher

44 45 Learn What You Are Fog

How can one love you if you can’t love yourself? Fog appears through the storming night, You are not one empty half, Just wanting love to find at night, You are not an unread book on a shelf. Fog appears in all directions, You are one thing, one soul, Seeking light in two directions, Never the same, never alone. Coming closer as they form, makes them shine even more, Why wouldn’t you love what you are; one whole? Knowing that the lights are combining, is knowing two couples are reuniting, Inside your heart is a vast wonderland. Shadows appear as the sun rises from beneath the tower, Why let someone enjoy its splendor, Fingers gliding to hold one another, Before experiencing, yourself, how it’s grand? Faces appear as the fog disappears, Learn its secrets, hopes and plans, Finally seeing your true love appear. Before one seeks its change. Stephanie Hernandez Caldwell High School Ruthanne Hatchett Mrs. Arnold – Teacher Vision Charter High School Ms. Mitchell – Teacher

46 47 The Witness Lost A witness in this mess. It’s a part of you He caused so much stress. The pain Day by day, The tears He called her names, She knows she is hurting … “Bitch.” Not only herself But everyone around her It’s not my place, my heart breaks. Tears run down her face. She is afraid She needs out. She deserves better, She is broken, Not knowing what it feels like His “love” won’t let her. To be alone I call him out. He doesn’t know what love is … All he does is shout, He only rips her apart Calls me names, Like a dog with a chew bone “Shrek” “Fat ass.” It’s sad, I ignore and take her hand, Miserable, Pull her away. Disappointing … She doesn’t deserve this, My best friend. There is nothing we can do To change her mind Finally— She’s lost. She’s happy. Shelby Hinkle Tina Hills Marian Pritchett High School Eagle Academy Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Ms. Stewart – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

48 49 Stopping the Game

He’s at bat. Enough She’s the ball. I look into my eyes, I’m in the outfield, blue-grey doors leading to unending thoughts. watching his words I wonder am I enough? hit home, My reflection stares back at me. hurting her. The ache in my chest I race towards the hurting ball, Making it hard to breathe. catching her, The taste of salt reaches my lips before she crashes It is a reminder of the turmoil I hold within. to the ground. Yet to finally have the pain I carry her back to him. Reflect to the outside feels good See what you did? I gave you many chances, You left a dent. But I deserve more respect. That’s never okay. I have had enough. I won’t let you hurt her anymore. I take the bat, Hannah Hutchins We walk away. New Plymouth High School She and I. Ms. Murillo – Teacher Game. Over.

Madeleine Jewell Rocky Mountain High School Mrs. Fouts – Teacher

50 51 True Colors

You’re a pretty shade of purple with that boyfriend of yours blue and pink Love’s Cold Pond happy together. I’m my own hue of pink You’re usually so quiet and still like the ponds I see you at, with no boyfriend Until you’re disturbed with the ripples just pink Of boy after boy throwing stones, breaking your breathtaking beauty happy on my own, for now. The tears stream down your face I hear you promise As the boy leaves an indent in the grass by your edge blue won’t become your world You cry as the indent fades, or take over ours. Only to be replaced with a new boy who will just as soon smell your flowers But we made plans And cut them off for another. just for two pinks Alex Kearsley and you invited the blue Vision Charter High School without asking. Ms. Mitchell – Teacher Ouch. What about our just pink friendship?

Madeleine Jewell Rock Mountain High School Mrs. Fouts – Teacher

52 53 Tienes Amor Tocando Mi Puerta Knocking at My Door

Tienes amor en la vida, Tocando mi puerta Knocking at my door tienes risas, alegría, el amor llego, love came, besos y muchos abrazos prometiendo dicha promising happiness; y caricias muy furtivas. ¡oh!, que decepción; oh, what great deception! Que, a veces, de tan intensas pues, tan pronto como llega my life and dream ended. dejan marcas en tu vida, se acabó mi vida y la ilusión. before it comes, y así, aunque pasen los años, Antes de que llegue, the thief of dreams, esas jamás se te olvidan. el ladrón de sueños, open your eyes abre los ojos and follow your dreams. You Have Love sigue tus proyectos. Because like, if it comes, You have love in your life, Porque así, si llega, like the thief you have laughter, happiness, como el ladrón, it won’t be able to steal kisses and lots of hugs no podrá robarte your heart. and hidden caresses. tu corazón. Sometimes with great intensity that they mark your life, Paola Lagunas Shoshone High School and though, as the years pass by, Mrs. Elcock – Teacher those are the ones you will never forget.

Paola Lagunas Shoshone High School Mrs. Elcock – Teacher

54 55 Fading The light is dying Behind naked branches.

Burnin’ Love A lone leaf Clings to arms She has fiery red hair. That held her for so long, Her skin is pale and soft. Remembering warmer days I’ve always been jealous of the cute clothes she has. When she was stronger. Sometimes I’d steal them when I went over to give back the next week. Her color is fading, She called my parents mom and dad. The emerald green Not one secret was ever kept. Now bruised brown. Not one tear ever shed without her there. She’s tired of holding on, We were inseparable; Tired of harsh whispers, Closer than sisters. Tired of trembling and twisting He was new to town. In punishing winds.

I miss my best friend…. Her heart clings to hope The faint sun brings her, Madison Lorentzen But it is just a memory Mountain View High School And the light is dying. Ms. Galloway – Teacher Emily Luker Borah High School Mrs. Beautrow – Teacher

56 57 Picture Smoke

“Perfect,” I smiled at you, Breathing in intoxication, with your camera between us. Leaving memories. “Perfect!” you said, Intaking poison, as I struck a new pose. Exhaling pain. I’m not perfect. Watching you destroy yourself reminds, I cry about the past, Of the eyes that gave me less, agonize over the future, The smile that gave me hope. and cling onto the present Watching you now it fades. for the fear of only living once. It fades with the red tint in your eyes. But here on the Greenbelt, Your smile is now just a compulsion of stupidity. Our fall photo shoot underway, Yet I love you, I decided I would be Watching you self-destruct kills, perfectly imperfect Like repetitive jabs to my heart, for the camera, Stop the adulteration, and for you. Don’t let me fade away with the smoke.

Ruby Lunstrum-Somoza Elizabeth Mahin Boise High School Lake City High School Ms. Hanson – Teacher Ms. Peters – Teacher

58 59 What is a Relationship? Expiration Dates

What is a relationship? Some people think I’m It’s not kissing. running out of time. It’s not snuggling. Like I’ve got a deadline It’s not giggling for hours. to fall in “love,” break up, then fall in love Yes, those are nice. Again. But a relationship is Listen: Listening, loving, caring, I was never the kind of girl Even when you hold no obligation Who wanted to live quietly To the person you’re holding. in something French It’s really talking, and forgiving Solving your problems together, I never dreamed of wedding gowns And moving on with or soap operas. The person you’re with. I’d rather wait for the guy It’s taking them for who they are, who will join me on a jet, Pain, flaws, and all. no questions asked, You love on them, and kiss goodbye And they love on you. those expiration dates.

I love you. Molly McGinnis Boise High School Emma McConnaughey Ms. Hanson – Teacher Forrest Bird Charter School

60 61 Enough Impossible

A tattered friendship bracelet encircles his right wrist, It’s impossible to be “just friends.” He feels cold without it. I couldn’t talk with him, An oversized baseball sweatshirt hangs to my knees, I couldn’t walk with him, I feel cold without it, Without “What a cute couple” or “Are you two going out?” He has part of me, My best friend. I have part of him, Not my boyfriend. A small part. They squished us together as a “thing,” We swap jokes, laughter Our friendship was ruined. We trade songs, earbuds It’s impossible to be “just friends.” Giving, taking. Impossible to laugh together, We’re a part of each other, we share. Impossible to just relax together. But we don’t give the best part or share everything. Too much pressure forced us to be more. Bracelets, sweatshirts, happiness, music. Right now, that’s enough. Maren McInnes Rocky Mountain High School Mrs. Fouts – Teacher Maren McInnes Rocky Mountain High School Mrs. Fouts – Teacher

62 63 Just Friends

We are just friends, Who chat and laugh For hours on the phone, The Web Who bike to the movies, Sing with the radio, A spider spins her web, all is calm until I’m entangled in the end. Kick around a soccer ball, He said, she said, creates each thread, Go on chocolate milkshake runs. while cascading down on my head. We are just best friends. A rumor, or is it? They say we’re a cute couple, How could one in number initiate so much dread? Ask if we’re dating. With each sting of poison, We smile and shake our heads. a release of a new zenith of stress. Our friendship’s never fading. Habitually flipping from happiness to confusion in ten seconds flat, We feel the pressure. why is it me, or are we just an act? We don’t care. Moriah Mckay They think what they want. Mountain View High School We are a happy, best-friend pair. Ms. Kerns – Teacher

Maren McInnes Rocky Mountain High School Mrs. Fouts – Teacher

64 65 The Other Side

Sitting quiet In the Dark round table big, dark eyes For all those many few talk of love Who find themselves alone brings out a shy smile In the starless, lightless night shy words A breaking spirit, a losing fight shy life. Do not yield to the unknown, The darkness hides those who stand with you. There is growing to my life inside a new picture of a shy smile, shy life. William Miller Can we look through a window Boise High School Mrs. Robbins-Smith – Teacher and see what is on the other side?

Kyeh Meh Marian Pritchett High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

66 67 Moving Out Sunburn

Once, I walked a one-way, single lane street paved with skepticism You were my sun, it was so fun and lined with envy. I watched helpless romantics heave their Then the SPF wore off, and you always scoff. emotions into houses filled far beyond capacity. As baggage hit the A flaming eye, through all my things you pry fan, the walls warped under the pressure of hot air and heavy hearts. Trying so desperately to catch me in a lie When the building finally collapsed, both parties fled as if their hearts I cannot deal with your burning moods and relationships were too broken to hammer back together. I never The tiniest things cause huge feuds want a love like that. The distance between us is measured in miles I can’t remember when I last saw your smile Nicole Moeckli We are done: it is time for night, my sun. Lewiston High School Ms. Moore – Teacher Johanna Mori Rimrock Jr.-Sr. High School Mrs. Hardan – Teacher

68 69 Like Us

The fresh air and the open Spun in His Web the waves and the sand the fish and the gulls I sit here shivering in this rusted out 4-Runner the blue and the clouds Gazing out at the white of winter Trying to avoid The dunes and the footprints Your wanting teal-blue eyes in the driver’s seat the shells and the crabs Knowing you have a girlfriend at home the seals and the pelicans the light and the breeze But suddenly you hit the steering wheel With tears running down your pale face Awake and alert You turn and say calm and warm “Why can’t I get over you?” happy and motivated away and at ease Like previous times before I instantly give in Quiet and flowing Unable to escape free and relaxing loving and easy I’m forever spun in your web fun and real Jacob Murray Like us. Homedale High School Miss Kessler – Teacher Monica Mulder Timberline High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher

70 71 Marco Polo

Long, hot, summer days, Rumors Fill in Every Wall The realm of our desire. We try to avoid these harsh lies, Meeting at the pool, But they are everywhere full in everyone’s eyes. A halfway point between our houses. Making us feel like we’re nothing, Holding sticky, popsicle-coated, hands, It hurts so much we have to do something. Searching for each other in the pool playing Marco Polo, Lies and rumors fill in every wall, I was happy because I was with you. Hearing them as you walk through the hall. Many summers have passed, These hurtful words fill in your mind, Alas, distant strangers. Make you want to go back in time. Maybe go back to when you were a kid, We cross paths one day, To change whatever you did. Our eyes meet. My heart screams; MARCO! Aspen Nielson In one simple gaze I see your response, Highland High School POLO! Ms. Wojcik – Teacher We’ve found each other once again.

Nicole Noble Timberline High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher

72 73 Your Love is a Lie Mutual

Where is the truth, My mortal Aphrodite What secrets lie in wait With an interior composed of Athena Behind that polished mask, Just Dante after his bliss: Beatrice But you are a fickle mistress I’m no fool buying into This charade that you convey, Captured my attention How long will the white flame Transfixed Of deception burn, A walking enigma Before my voice That would confuse even Confucius Stops falling on deaf ears? Embodiment of perfection Still I’m in Neglecting to even mention A state of disbelief, You’re the objection of my affection Gazing at Without any intervention The subtle shimmer of crimson, But it’s not even mutual Glinting off your cheek. So why do I even feel for you? That you’re so convinced

I would agree, Brandon Parra That you’d never lie to me. Timberline High School Mr. Hoetker – Teacher

Jazmin Oaks Boise High School Mrs. Solberg – Teacher

74 75 False Affection Regret

They do not care for each other, We’re not even together, Yet they embrace as if they do. But I keep his picture in the front of my binder Instead of their eyes meeting each other, The brown shirt with stripes They scan the area, pleading for attention. The gages in his ears They do not care for each other, I felt proud that I took care of him Only what those around them think. When his parents ran out, Popularity is all they seek. I should have left three years ago, Not the affection of each other. I thought I was strong enough to leave After everyone around them leaves, The lying, the cheating, the abuse. They split ways without a word, Instead he left me. They do not care for each other, I wish I could have that time back. Just popularity. Regret him.

James Paul Moscow High School La Tesha Pride Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher Marian Pritchett High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

76 77 Glazed Over Eyes

The crinkled map falls to the dampened earth as His jaw was carved ice. Confusion falls upon the elegant faces of the couple His lips bloody like a cannibal, Aromas of love clash as they embrace Cutting words as he kissed me. In the town square not caring about the bustle of the world around them His hands were made of knives. Their denim jeans matching one another like His heart – a jigsaw puzzle. Two puzzle pieces Everything about me became Just like their Stubborn, obedient, innocent Thoughts, dreams and goals Like his presence was a Narwhale, Until the end when it And I jumped in the ocean Dribble Only to drown. Drops Breaks Katie Pukash Boise High School Down Ms. Hanson – Teacher Into the soil of the dark unknown earth

Korina Ragland Marian Pritchett High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

78 79 I Know I’ll Find You Self-Destruction

The path I follow will no doubt lead me to you. I sit and watch your self-destruction. I’m not afraid to be alone for now; Can’t you see what he is doing to you? I know it’s not forever. While you sit, waiting for him Because you are worth waiting for. He is partying with his ex-girlfriend. I must stay true to myself. I watch you change for him. There is no other way to be. It is all a part of his master plan. I’ll love you for you, and you’ll love me for me. Can’t you see he is playing you? And when fate decides it’s time … No matter what you do It’ll all be worth it. He doesn’t care for you. Until then, I’ll wait. I sit and watch your self-destruction. Because … Can’t you see what he is doing to you? I know I’ll find you. Carissa Riley Vision Charter High School Eleanor Ramos Ms. Mitchell – Teacher Raft River High School Ms. Gowans – Teacher

80 81 Knowing You Hollow Inside

American teenagers are often expected to enter a relationship before The tear tracks dried again. we graduate high school. Our young age and lack of self-esteem can No longer stained black from mascara, keep these relationships unhealthy. Before I enter a relationship, I It was late. must know who I am. I cannot allow my want for approval to change An open textbook lay at the foot of the bed. my likes, dislikes, and standards to conform to someone else’s. I need The phone showed an unread message. to know me and love me before I can show myself and truly love The screen showed a distraction that didn’t help. someone else. My dead eyes searched the room for answers that weren’t there. But sleep wouldn’t come, just questions. Lane Riley No thought to the test in the morning, Vision Charter High School Ms. Mitchell – Teacher Or her friends with their happy lives, Just his face.

Anra Rowley Moscow High School Mrs. Hodgin – Teacher

82 83 Falling Without a Paddle

I tripped and fell Lost, adrift in the never-ending seas of drama. But I never hit the ground Longing for the faint whisper of security, You caught me and held onto me But dragged back under with every crashing swell. Made me see you Far off in the distance, Made me know you Hope of a way out is found. Made me love you The shores of this island, If you ever let me go Gently caressed by glittering rays of sun, its sands warm and protecting, I’d hit the ground harder than ever Providing refuge for the spiritually weary and the emotionally I don’t know if I would get back up downtrodden. But you won’t let me fall You’ll never leave me behind Lazarus Scarbrough Boise High School Or forget me. Ms. Robbins-Smith – Teacher

Risa Rushtion Shoshone High School Mrs. Elcock – Teacher

84 85 Abstruse, Internal Violence Critics

A gorgeous face, disguising a twisted, grotesque creature Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Cruel insults slither from her mouth into my ear and a person is their own worst critic. Echoing within my mind A girl strolls down her school halls, Humiliation rises from within as she compares herself to every other girl, Bulges in my throat picking out her flaws, Her words pierce a thousand swords through my existence she feels insecure and jealous. Feeling her insecure demon writhing inside me Her lack of confidence makes her vulnerable, Provoking, she desires me to believe her lies and she is distant with most people- Swallowing the bitter taste of her pessimistic deceit Many people in school adapt the characteristics of this girl. Followed by a refreshing breath of confidence A person is their own worst critic. Painful scars from her words remain secret Lindsey Smith Timberline High School McK Schroeder Mr. Englert – Teacher New Plymouth High School Mrs. Madrid-Harris – Teacher

86 87 Accept It

He made you laugh, he makes you cry, Love Yourself Yet you don’t even realize why. What do you see when you look in the mirror? I’m so concerned about you two, Do you stand tall? I only want the best for you. Or do you shrink down at the sight or yourself? My friend, you need to get out, Are you proud of yourself – who you are? His voice should never be that loud. Can you look into your own eyes, and see someone that you love? For your safety come with me, Can you love yourself? I need you to finally see. If you can’t love yourself, how can you expect to be fully loved by others? Love yourself. What’s real between this pair? Nothing good is all that’s there. Madison Smith Be wise, please come now, Bishop Kelly High School Break away I’ll show you how. Mrs. Krakau – Teacher

Samantha Snow Vision Charter High School Ms. Mitchell – Teacher

88 89 I Want to Share It All With You I Want (A Diversion from Distance) I want to shake my hips Despite the times we have fought, and swing my head Every thought left unthought, dancing to the music Every breath still unsought of my life I wish to share them all with you. without a thought without a doubt Upon this journey, we will grow fonder. not thinking about Every idea our mind does ponder, tomorrow or yesterday, Every venture on which our will, will wander, just today These feelings, I long to feel with you. not caring Oh my boo, not worrying, If only you know, I want to say What I would do, what I feel To be next to you, do what I want, And whisper that iambic idiom, I want to be me “I love you.” wild and free, I want Victoria Styre to live Deary High School Ms. Clampitt – Teacher Fatima Tall Vallivue High School Ms. Ford - Teacher

90 91 The Pianist

Your fingers dance across the keys, Desperation Light and perfectly choreographed, Emoting sorrow and joy Groups split into twos In equal measure. Making you a loner Your movements exhaust me So you throw yourself As only music can. Into the first relationship For moments, I drift with the song You can get into That moves free and sweet. Without the care of But I never shift a limb. What the person is like Your hands guide me through melody But for the sake of Until your blessed fingertips Having someone Fall as silent as my muted mouth. The silence makes my ears ring La Shawn Torres Caldwell High School With the emptiness of a world without song. Mrs. Arnold – Teacher

Nora Thornton Boise High School Ms. Robbins-Smith – Teacher

92 93 While It Lasted

We walk through the busy streets of the city My World Holding my hand as we go I must feel as if He guides me life is in my hands. Opening up the life I have to be ready to listen The pace to any word that comes from the heart, The culture to see that the world loves me, We block the truth of the future to be able to taste Embracing the time we have left the victory in the air Living for the moment and smell the power But naturally time passes too soon that lies within I’m flying back before I can devote Arriving home with a sense of gloom my love But I grow thankful to anyone. Knowing that I’ll never forget The happiness I felt Manuel Torres While it lasted Caldwell High School Mrs. Arnold – Teacher Sarah Uh Timberline High School Mr. Englert – Teacher

94 95 Self-Esteem Saying Good-bye

Look in the mirror As I look into her eyes What do I see? I found her longing stare One of a kind I stopped myself from saying words A marvelous me. That would show how much I care But not yet complete. I put my hand up to her face Search through myself To hold my feeling in Down to the core. I couldn’t say the words again Find the hidden path To show my love for her With so much in store. The last time I had told her Confidence is key How much she meant to me The key to the door. She put my hands away from hers Open the door And said, “Just let me be.” And now I can see. That self-esteem brings happiness Jeff W. Juniper Hills High School - Lewiston And happiness sets me free. Mr. Landrus – Teacher

Jared Valdez Idaho Virtual Academy Ms. Hutton – Teacher

96 97 The Month I Left

I felt scared Depressed I kept it all inside Spark I felt like it was never going to end Though my eyes are shut, This is what scared me: Her amber aroma is embraced, A blue t-shirt with the sleeves cut off A knot tightens in my gut, His brown hurricane hair, My heartbeat feels raced He called me babe, His voice screeching like a rusty gate Her smile shines bright, I endured nine months of this Eliminating the dark, February Our love burns alight, It was cold the day I gathered the strength All beginning from a spark To pull myself out A whole new person walked away from it all. Anthony Wargo Boise High School Ms. Hartley – Teacher Aislyn Wandell Marian Pritchett High School Mrs. Murphy – Teacher Malia Collins, Teacher, from The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools Program

98 99 The Wondrous Tale

Don’t offer me your bones, Your scars, your life. Love isn’t all sacrifice. Pieces of the Puzzle It’s understanding, respect, Picking up the pieces of the puzzle, As well as passion. Hoping that one is not missing. I love you truly Arranging them in every which way, More than lust after you, Never finding the solution. And you, the same You try to force them where they don’t fit, You are my thunder, But you’re only adding to a deeper problem. And I, your lightning. Picking up pieces of the puzzle, Harmonizing, entwined, Hoping that one is not missing. Oh the wonder of it To tell through honest lips, Brady Weiskircher Mountain View High School “I love you, my best friend.” Mrs. Galloway – Teacher That bard knows both sides. And this, my dearest, Is better than better could ever be.

Hannah Rose Wesselman Lewiston High School Ms. Moore – Teacher

100 101 Fraudulency of Love Lost & Found

She’s dependent on affection – I used to think finding love was dark and uncertain – It’s like an escape. a lost spelunker who didn’t remember what sunlight tasted like. She used to look into the mirror and smile, I yearned one day, I’d know what I was looking for. And now nitpicks at every blemish and curve. But eventually I realized life wasn’t some great cave. “This time it’s different,” she pleads. Love was trust and laughter, culling rainbows out of dew— But what she can see is utterly hazed. there was no doubt when you’d found it, “I love you,” they say. no fear— “I wish you were skinnier,” they proclaim. just a blissful, blinding light. “I’m not seeing her,” they vouch. Swelling in your heart: “Why are you so up-tight?” there, that’s the sun. She only wanted to be heard.

“I love you,” Sienna White They don’t. Boise High School Ms. Robbins-Smith – Teacher

Kylie White Vision Charter High School Ms. Mitchell – Teacher

102 103 The Lakeside

Just sitting by the lake side, Love is More Than Just Words The sun is beginning to set, Love is more than what we think. He laughs as she covers the tip of her nose with rocky road, Love is a friendship that only gets stronger. She shows her quirky smile, Love is feeling He peers through her eyes and follows the caress of her irises safe when you’re with your partner. She looks intently at his open lips, Love is being equal to each other. He leans in but not to kiss, Love is overcoming the hard times with one another. Her forehead presses against his, Noses touching as their gazes meet. Love is working together He loves her. to become one. She loves him. Simple. Samantha Whitworth Snake River High School Beautiful. Mrs. Hernandez – Teacher Grayson Wiley Rocky Mountain High School Mrs. Fouts – Teacher

104 105 Into the Fray

Into the fray I go Into the only place I’ll stay And the only place I’ll live For the forest and its beings Are not forgiving The snow so cold The cry of the wolf so loud I will survive And if I don’t For if I die I will die with only passion The only love and beauty And the one true love The wild

Tate E. Yager New Plymouth High School Mrs. Madrid-Harris – Teacher

106 107 Bishop Kelly High School Deary High School Idaho Virtual Academy Shelby Hinkle Ellen Ansotegui Lexi Gallegos Jared Valdez Brittany Hoyt – 3rd Place (tie) Paris Brauner Victoria Styre Kyeh Meh INSPIRE Connections Monica Daggett La Tesha Pride Eagle Academy Academy Madison Smith Korina Ragland Tina Hills Mikayla Hagen Aislyn Wandall Boise High School Forrest Bird Charter Juniper Hills High Tess Goodwin – Moscow High School High School School - Lewiston Honorable Mention Regan Bloomfield Emma McConnaughey Brendan D. Ruby Lunstrum-Somoza Ellen Dennis Dustyn D. Molly McGinnis – 1st Place Fruitland Preparatory Zoe Fleischman Jeff W. William Miller Academy Laurel Gieszemann Jazmin Oaks Breanna Ahern Lake City High School Tareyn Green Ally DeMent Katie Pukash Gem State Adventist James Paul Elizabeth Mahin Lazarus Scarbrough Academy Anra Rowley Nora Thornton Savanna Byard Lapwai High School Annica Woolley – Anthony Wargo Megan Fifer Mykel Johnson – 3rd Place (tie) Honorable Mention Sienna White Greenleaf Friends Lewiston High School Mountain View High School Borah High School Academy Nicole Moeckli Madison Lorentzen Emily Luker – 3rd Place (tie) Alexa Comfort Hannah Rose Wesselman Moriah McKay Brady Weiskircher Caldwell High School Highland High School Marian Pritchett Stephanie Hernandez Aspen Nielson Murtaugh High School La Shawn Torres High School Forest Adams Manuel Torres Homedale High School Rukia Ahmed – 3rd Place (tie) Rocio Alcantar Jacob Murray Maddy Barrera Capital High School Miranda Elliott Katie Ackerman

108 109 New Plymouth High School Timberline High School Shyean Dolven Kourtni Ball Hannah Hutchins – Katie Conner Honorable Mention Zach Flory McK Schroeder Monica Mulder Tate E. Yager Nicole Noble Brandon Parra Raft River High School Effie Scarlett – Eleanor Ramos Honorable Mention Renaissance High School Lindsey Smith Rachael Tashbook – Sarah Uh Honorable Mention Vallivue High School Rimrock High School Fatima Tall Jesten Dick Vision Charter High School Johanna Mori Ruthanne Hatchett Rocky Mountain High School Alex Kearsley Ashley Anderson Carissa Riley Madeline Jewell – 2nd Place Lane Riley Maren McInnes Samanta Snow Grayson Wiley Kylie White Shoshone High School Wood River High School Paola Lagunas Brady Delgadillo Risa Rushtion This document was developed under grant number 2012-WR-AX-0009 from the Office on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions and views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily Snake River High School represent the official position or policies of the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. Samantha Whitworth For more information contact the Center for Healthy Teen Relationships, an initiative of the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence 208-384-0419 or 1-888-293-6118

110 111 Executive Committee Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence Idaho Department of Education • St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital American Academy of Pediatrics Idaho Chapter Boise State University Criminal Justice Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County • Central District Health Drug Free Idaho • Health Educators • Idaho Children’s Trust Fund Idaho School Counselors Association • Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare Nampa Family Justice Center • School Nurse Organization of Idaho Silver Sage Girl Scout Council • Treasure Valley Family YMCA Upstream Prevention Concepts

Community Programs Advocates Against Family Violence • Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse • Bingham Crisis Center Boundary County Youth Crisis DV Hotline • Central District Health Department Coeur d’Alene Tribal STOP Violence Program • Crisis Center of Magic Valley Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Center • Eastern Idaho Public Health District Elmore Co. Domestic Violence Council • Family Crisis Center • Family Safety Network Family Services Alliance of SE Idaho • Gem County Family Resource Center Lemhi County Crisis Intervention • North Idaho Violence Prevention Center Mini Cassia Shelter for Women & Children • Oneida Crisis Center • Priest River Ministries ROSE Advocates • Shoshone Co. Women’s Resource Center • Valley Crisis Center Women’s & Children’s Alliance • YWCA of Lewiston-Clarkston

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