In 2005 a group of educators, domestic violence experts, government officials, medical professionals, teen survivors and corporate leaders came together with Liz Claiborne Inc., the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), and Break the Cycle to create a national high school curriculum specifically designed to educate teens on the issue of dating violence. The program, Love Is Not Abuse will be taught in English and Health Education/Language Arts classrooms. Unlike other curricula on the subject, our doorway into the issue is a unique one: Love Is Not Abuse uses brief, engaging texts (e.g., poetry, short stories, literature) as a springboard to build young people's awareness of how to make healthy choices in relationships and what to do if they are in abusive ones. Love Is Not Abuse will draw on the motivating power of literature to help teenagers build effective strategies for dealing with relationship violence and abuse.

To date, nearly 1,000 schools and educational organizations across 48 states have requested and received a copy of the curriculum for use in their programs.