SCHOOL POP CULTURE WHEEL PROJECT
Thank you for your interest in bringing our innovative and impactful healthy dating project to your high school in 2026.
In this ground-breaking project students learn about and discuss among themselves what is and is not healthy in dating relationships through exploring the relationship dynamics portrayed by couples in pop culture.
Our project includes a talk by a Maine college student relating her story of high school dating abuse.
At Biddeford High School we worked with six Health Classes in a row on one day to get them started on their Pop Culture Wheels and returned the next day to help them finish these up.
If you would like to bring this project to your school, contact Patrisha McLean at hello@findingourvoices.net.
"The Finding Our Voices project started a lot of great conversations with my students. We were even able to keep referring back to it during our Relationships Lesson towards the end of the semester as we discussed consent and boundary setting.
I was so grateful to have Finding Our Voices visit our high school health class to educate students about the signs of unhealthy relationships.
Students worked together to analyze a pop culture relationship using the Power and Control Wheel and were able to clearly identify unhealthy behaviors commonly seen in the media. This lesson reinforced our curriculum focus on analyzing influences and understanding how relationships affect overall well-being (physically, mentally, and socially).
The Finding Our Voices guest speakers' willingness to share her personal story of leaving an abusive relationship deeply resonated with my students. Hearing first-hand lived experiences provided a meaningful and impactful learning opportunity that my students truly benefited from.”
— Stephanie Gabriner, Health Teacher Biddeford High School
This is one of the posters FOV created from information provided to us anonymously by Maine high school students, documenting what young people in our state are experiencing now.
This is one of our “Celebrity Wheel” posters created by Maine high school students that identifies unhealthy dating patterns based on what the students see that is not healthy with celebrity couples!
In early 2025, the Women’s Advocacy Club at Camden Hills Regional High School helped us develop our celebrity poster campaign.
Here are Faye and Tucker with their “Celebrity Wheel” poster they created based on Dean and Rory from Gilmore Girls.
View and Download Power and Control Wheels here
Click here to see our 2023 Finding Our Voices school campaign
2026 Calendar
School Pop Culture Wheel Project
JANUARY
January 21 – Unity Ecology Learning Center
January 28 – Unity Ecology Learning Center
FEBRUARY
February 5 & 6 – Morse High School in Bath
February 26 – Carrabec Middle School in North Anson
APRIL
April 1 & 2 – Richmond High School
If you would like to bring this project to your school, contact Patrisha McLean at hello@findingourvoices.net.