As they jockey for drink-ordering position, a few narrowly avoid stepping on the three-piece band.One literally backs into a painting as he starts a conversation with a pretty brunette. Gershowitz, unfazed, flashes a lipstick-lined bright smile and holds out a business card.The following developmental tasks are interrupted because of this isolation: Because teens lack experience with intimate relationships, those in abusive relationships often have difficulty defining abuse as problematic.Young people may perceive jealousy and controlling behavior as loving devotion. They fear, rightly or wrongly, that if they tell someone about the abuse they will be seen as having done something wrong.Erika Gershowitz, a peppy 25-year-old with long brown hair that hangs over one shoulder, is doing the same thing as everyone else—scoping the crowd for attractive singles—but she’s doing it a bit more overtly.“I have the weirdest question,” she says as she taps the hand of a young Indian woman wearing a black leather moto jacket. “I’m a matchmaker.”It’s a spiel she’s given innumerable times since she started her job with a company called Three Day Rule in May of last year.Matchmaking may seem like an odd profession for a millennial, but Three Day Rule has six locations and 19 matchmakers like Gershowitz.

Programs that teach young people skills for dating can prevent violence.

As Gershowitz leaves the roof to have dinner with her own fiancé, she checks the hotel’s lobby for singles she might approach on behalf of her clients.

students throughout Boulder and Broomfield Counties. The goal is to stop violent behavior before it begins.

Imagine your life without isolation, violence, abuse, and fear.

Imagine being able to live and love with respect and joy.