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Please briefly describe your Communities Talk activity.

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How does alcohol and other drug misuse affect your community?

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What goal(s) did you hope to accomplish with your Communities Talk activity?

  • Reduce prevalence of underage drinking and other substances in community
  • Create an ongoing conversation about underage drinking and substance use prevention in the community
  • Foster collaboration between community stakeholders for continued underage drinking and substance use prevention activities
  • Create new resources/materials (e.g., publications, handouts, factsheets, videos, graphics) to support prevention of underage drinking and misuse of other substances
  • Awareness and enforcement of social host laws) to support prevention of underage drinking
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Did you accomplish your goal(s)?

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What challenge(s) did you face in planning your activity this year?

  • Adapting to conducting a virtual activity
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How did you overcome these challenges?

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What are your next steps?

  • Host follow-up meetings or activities
  • Create new action groups to tackle specific issues raised during our Communities Talk activity
  • Expand our coalition with new partnerships in the community
  • Create a public education campaign to raise awareness and/or change behaviors around underage drinking (i.e., create PSAs and other promotional materials)
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If you’ve conducted Communities Talk activities in prior years, how has your repeated participation contributed to progress in achieving your prevention goals?

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How did you reach and engage your primary audience(s) to encourage them to participate in your activity?

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Which Communities Talk resources (or other SAMHSA resources) were most helpful for your activity?

  • Prevention-related webinars
  • Prevention videos, such as College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives
  • StopAlcoholAbuse.gov website
  • Communities Talk social media content (e.g., Facebook, Twitter)
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Who did you involve in your activity planning, and who did your activity impact?

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Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect the planning or execution of your activities?

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How did your event make an impact on underage drinking in your community?

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