MEDIA ADVISORY
SUNDAY APRIL 29 2012
Rap Workshops Promote Youth Non-Violence
An innovative and ground-breaking workshop promoting youth non-violence is coming to Taumarunui, Invercargill,
Christchurch and Kaikoura in the month of May.
RAP: Respect All People – Whakamana Tangata supports schools, youth organisations and services working with young people
to take a leadership role in reducing and replacing violence in the environments they provide to young people.
Funded by the Ministry of Health, RAP is managed by the National Network of Stopping Violence, Te Kupenga, a network or
‘he kupenga’ of 42 independent community-based organisations working to end violence and abuse in families in
Aotearoa-New Zealand.
The one-day RAP workshop – aimed at youth workers, health promoters, teachers and violence prevention professionals –
provides new ideas, training and support as well as tools and resources to use with rangatahi.
RAP youth programme trainer Dale Ferris will deliver presentations at four venues in May 2012:
• Hinengakau Matua Whangai Iwi Social Services, 153 Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui, on Friday May 11.
• Pacific Island Advisory and Cultural Trust, 135 Bowmont Street, Invercargill, on Tuesday May 15.
• Harvard Community Lounge, Cosair Drive, Hornby, Christchurch, on Wednesday and Thursday May 16-17.
• Memorial Hall, 34 The Esplanade, Kaikoura, on Friday May 18.
For more information about the RAP project go the website, www.respect.org.nz, and to sign up for the training workshop,
go to the ‘What’s Up’ page and click on the calendar date for the registration form.
Ends