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BRENTWOOD HS
STUDENTS PLACE
SECOND IN VIDEO
CONTEST TO TAKE A
STAND AGAINST DATING
VIOLENCE

Teens from across the region took a stand
against dating violence during Teen Dating
Violence Awareness month by participating in
a Southwest PA Says NO MORE video contest.
Young adults and teenagers are at the highest
risk for all forms of dating violence, including
verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
Brentwood High School students Casey
Bourne, a sophomore, Maura Saladin, a
junior, and Eric Boehm, a senior, took
second in the competition for their video
that encourages individuals in abusive
relationships to seek help from counselors or
other adults.
Southwest PA Says NO MORE said the
winning videos were selected from entries
submitted by local high school and college
students. Students explored themes in their
videos such as It’s not OK to act abusively,
Bystanders can be upstanders, and Everyone
should have healthy, mutually respectful
relationships.
Experts from Southwest PA Says NO
MORE partner agencies voted for the first and
second place winners who will be awarded
a $500 and $300 prize, respectively. To view
the videos, visit southwestpasaysnomore.org/
category/contest.
“It’s inspiring to see students’ creativity
and focus on healthy relationships, prevention
and bystander intervention that are central
to the mission of Southwest PA Says NO
MORE. We hope these videos will be shared
throughout the community and that they will
influence others to take a stand against dating
violence,” said Kristy Trautmann, Executive
Director of FISA Foundation.
Southwest PA Says NO MORE is a
growing community of organizations and
individuals who are working to end domestic

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and sexual violence. FISA Foundation, in
partnership with The Heinz Endowments
and United Way of Allegheny County,
developed Southwest PA Says NO MORE to
showcase the important prevention-focused
work happening in this region, and to make
it easier for individuals and organizations to
take action to stop gender-based violence.
More than 20 organizations across the
region have partnered with Southwest PA
Says NO MORE, including the Jewish
Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh,
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh, and Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh. For information, visit
southwestpasaysnomore.org.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF
KEYNOTES MUSIC
SCHOLARSHIP
COMPETITION

Auditions in the $8,000 Keynotes Music
Scholarship Competition will be held on
May 21 in the Mt. Lebanon High School Fine
Arts Theater. The number of contestants is
limited to 20. The competition is available
to music students of exceptional talent who
are residents of Allegheny and Washington
counties.
Instrumentalists must be under 26 years of
age by June 1, 2016. Voice students must be
under 30.
Contestants must be full-time music majors
currently enrolled in a music school or in the
music department of a college or university.
Graduating high school students are eligible
if they have been accepted for admission and
will enroll as full-time music majors in the fall
of 2016.
Payment of the scholarship will be
made directly to the winners the day of the
competition.
For applications and information, contact
Toni Kvederis, Competition Chairman,
412.220.3080. Deadline for applications is
April 15, 2016.