Bala Cynwyd, PA / October 2010 – The Kristin Mitchell Foundation has awarded grants to agencies in Philadelphia and Baltimore working to educate about dating violence on college campuses

Aldersgate Youth Services Bureau plans to facilitate four workshops on dating violence, two at Gwynedd Mercy College in Gwynedd, PA and two at Manor College in Jenkintown, PA with the grant they have received.

A Women’s Place (AWP) will partner with Bucks County Community College to launch “Scholars for Safe Dating” with their grant.

University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is launching a university initiative called the “Voices Against Violence Program,” addressing the elements which perpetuate the tolerance of violence on the UMBC campus, with their grant.

Stevenson University (Baltimore) has created an eight person taskforce that will work to create procedures around responsive crisis intervention entitled “Dating Safety Initiative for Respect and Equality” (DeSIRE) with their grant.