Violence is a learned behavior.  It can be unlearned.

 

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The alternatives to violent entertainment are as numerous as the leaves on a tree!

Teacher Sandy Wright asked her students to think of as many alternatives to violent entertainment as they could.  Ideas included: "Ride your bike" and "Bake cookies."

Submitted by Sandy Wright, Noble Elementary School, Golden Valley, Minnesota.

HANDS ARE NOT FOR HITTING.  PUT YOUR HELPING HAND HERE.

"Hands are not for hitting" was an idea from the Domestic Abuse Coalition.  This group used a large piece of oilcloth to make a mural and then they asked everyone that walked by to outline their hands and sign their names as a pledge to never use their hands for hurting.

Despite the cold rainy weather on Turn Off the Violence night in 1992, about 50 people turned out for the Turn Off the Violence rally in Hopkins, Minnesota.  Featured speakers included a representative from the Minnesota Governor's office, a businessman whose daughter had been  murdered, a City Council member, and the police chief.

From the Hopkins Sun Sailor, October 21, 1992.  Photo by Eileen Harvala

 

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