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Communities Talk What’s New articles share information to help event organizers plan, host, and evaluate events aimed at mobilizing a community around evidence-based prevention of underage drinking.

Upcoming Webinars

05/09/2024

Learn from your colleagues about their successful prevention strategies by attending the next Communities Talk webinar and these PPTC webinars.

Celebrate the Possibilities of Prevention: Building Resilient Communities
- May 14, 2024–3 p.m. ET
- Join SAMHSA for “Celebrate the Possibilities of Prevention: Building Resilient Communities,”an enlightening learning session co-hosted by Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse and the “Talk. They Hear You.”® campaign as part of National Prevention Week. This event will spotlight the remarkable efforts of our community partners, showcasing the critical work they’ve accomplished this year.
- Register and learn more at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcO-oqzgoHtKY8BD0mAGcdSLGDj3G0sAk#/registration
Youth Engagement Workshop 1: Assessing Organizational Capacity & Readiness to Successfully Engage with Youth in Your Substance Use Prevention Work
- May 8, 2024–12 p.m. ET
- Host: Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC Network)
- This 2-part webinar series will focus on engaging young people in prevention work with and for youth. The first workshop will explore characteristics of organizations that serve as a strong foundation for youth engagement; organizational capacity and readiness for youth engagement; ideas for advancing characteristics to include and strengthen youth voices within organizational settings; and social justice youth development theory as a model for how to deepen practice with and for young people.
- Register and learn more at: https://pttcnetwork.org/event/youth-engagement-workshop-1
Youth Engagement Workshop 2: A Social Justice Approach to Working With and For Young People In Substance Use Prevention
- May 15, 2024–12 p.m. ET
- Host: Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC Network)
- The second workshop in this webinar series will invite participants to learn more about the social justice youth development framework and discuss how to identify and address unequal distributions of power in youth-adult relationships. The workshop will close with reflection and discussion—tailored to participants’ own level of youth engagement identified through a pre-survey—regarding how to engage in practices that enhance authentic collaboration between youth and adults and how to apply concepts to participants’ own contexts to deepen commitment to youth voice.
- Register and learn more at: https://pttcnetwork.org/event/youth-engagement-workshop-2