Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month: Boyle Heights aims for prevention

February marks Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness month, an effort to bring attention to a widespread but underreported issue: physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive relationships amongst teens and young adults.  Nearly 1.5 million high school students experienced physical abuse from a dating partner in a year. But organizations and leaders are coming together to address the problem, educate people about dating violence, teach healthy relationship skills, and finally, to prevent this cycle of abuse.  The full story is on Boyle Heights Beat.