Nonprofit #charity focused on preventing teen dating violence. (#TDV)
Our 'Gaming Against Violence' program empowers teens through intentionally designed trauma-informed prosocial #videogames about these topics:
🎮#Communication
🎮#Connectedness
🎮#Consent
🎮#CriticalThinking
🎮#Gaslighting
🎮#HealthyRelationships
🎮#MediaLiteracy
🎮#Resilience
🎮#Toxicity
🎗️ Donate via ActBlue Charities: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jennifer-anns-group
(companion acct to games.ngo/@stopTDV)
| Nonprofit Website | https://jenniferann.org |
| Program Website | https://GamingAgainstViolence.org |
| Game Portal | https://JAGga.me |
| Donate | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jennifer-anns-group |
🚀 Wow!
It's great to see so many schools sharing our games with students as we near the end of school here!
Some of our trauma-informed prosocial games offer free lesson plans and slide decks.
✅ All games are free,
✅ contain no ads, and
✅ respect your privacy!
#indiegame #education #resilience #consent #violence #prevention #CriticalThinking #MediaLiteracy #PublicHealth #teaching @stopTDV @stopTDV @stoptdv.bsky.social
Jennifer's Angels Podcast is live!
📻 'Angels Get Started: Dr. Elizabeth Richeson'
Join the Angels as they talk with Dr. Richeson, a clinical psychologist (and Jennifer's grandmother) about teen dating violence prevention.
🌐 https://rss.com/podcasts/jennifers-angels/2762552/
#podcast #prevention #publichealth #psychology #relationships @stopTDV @stopTDV
All hands on deck this week to get us started: Juliana, Andrea and Ann join Aaron to talk with Dr. Elizabeth Richeson. A practicing clinical psychologist, Dr. Richeson discusses her love for her granddaughter, Jennifer Ann, the namesake of this podcast. And she spotlights Jennifer Ann’s Group’s efforts in addressing teen dating violence in El Paso and beyond and she waves our first magic wand. Don’t forget Gamer Corner: Drew Crecente, founder of Jennifer Ann’s Group and Jennifer Ann’s dad, highlights a whole library of video games sponsored by Jennifer Ann’s Group and that address teen dating violence prevention. Intrigued? Give us a listen!
❗2023 survey found children between 8-12 were much more likely to want to be a YouTuber (29%) than Astronaut (11%).
❓ What short and long-term impacts might there be when children aspire to be a YouTuber?
#socialmedia #technology #YouTube #advertising #influencers #privacy #culture #media #education #teaching #medialiteracy
Unboxing videos are popular – earning children as young as two thousands of followers and, potentially, big money. But there are also challenges and risks for these pint-sized content creators.
IRS CEO Testifies on Investigations into Nonprofits
The #IRS & #FBI have formed a new initiative to investigate nonprofits over suspected possible links to domestic terrorism.
This follows a presidential memorandum directing #DOJ to “investigate, prosecute, and disrupt entities and individuals engaged in acts of political violence.”
🧡 Thank you to this Greek organization for featuring the resilience game 'UnEarth' on their website.
🌐 https://noiazomai.prolepsis.gr/
UnEarth is available to play at: https://jag.itch.io/unearth
ADRIFT
A game about consent. Appropriate for all ages.
Play in your browser.
Meta's smart glasses make it easy to secretly film people. It's mostly women bearing the fallout
Laws around covert recording have struggled to keep pace with tech changes, law professor says
⭐ Nearby Glasses is an app that scans your surroundings for Bluetooth low-energy signatures, a feature of smart glasses.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/meta-glasses-covert-recording-9.7139927
Smart glasses make it remarkably easy to film someone without their consent. And those who study covert filming say it can create a physical and psychological threat, from stalkers to increased anxiety, as the law struggles to keep up.
April 2026 is #SAAM: Sexual Assault Awareness Month
This is one of the winning games from the Consent Game Design Challenge. This charming globe-trotting game was developed by Testudo Studios in England.
The game is free and covers a range of consent topics.
https://consent.games/april-2026-is-saam-sexual-assault-awareness-month/
Consent Game Series
🧐 Find a game appropriate for your child and ask them to play it this week. You might both learn something.
💜 Four award-winning, trauma-informed video games about consent.
▪️ Free.
▪️ No ads.
▪️ No trackers.
ESRB ratings from E to T.
#SAAM #consent #videogames #indiegame #PublicHealth #education #sociology #prevention @Em0nM4stodon
Gaming Against Violence
Drew Crecente (they)
CultureOverlord 
Resilience Games 
Consent Games 
Life Love Publishing
Jennifer Anns Group 
