Local teens, health and community leaders  continues at Emory University  on Wednesday for a conference aimed at stopping teen dating violence.

The two-day  annual gathering of the  "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships Initiative"  is being Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Rd. It began on Tuesday.

Teens , their mentors and leaders will demonstrate new prevention strategies to transform how the Atlanta community is dealing with dating relationships and preparing youth to end teen dating violence and abuse.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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