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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Working with the "COPS" and the Community

Presenter(s): Officer Jermaine Galloway, Treasure Valley Alcohol Coaltion/Boise Police

Description: This workshop is designed to help Coalition members get "buy in" from Law Enforcement. The workshop will offer techniques, ideas and a Law Enforcement perspective on why COPS "do what they do", and why they don't always show an interest in supporting a coaltion or community underage drinking/drug initiatives. This class will give coalition members the tools necessary to go back to their communities and start the process of gaining buy in from their Law Enforcement Officers.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand why COPS don't buy in, and how to change that mentality; (2) Learn tools to get local Law Enforcement support; (3) Identify the problems with your local law enforcement and tools to build bridges with them

Level: ALL Levels

Mobilizing Communities for Policy Change: Social Host and Unruly Gathering Ordinances

Presenter(s): Chuck Palm, Pima Prevention Partnership; Rodolfo Calvillo, Pinal Hispanic Council; Briana Kreibich, Arizona Governor’s Office of Children, Youth & Families

Description: Youth most often access alcohol at someone's home—either their own or a friend's. Eight towns, cities, and counties in Arizona have enacted Social Host and Unruly Gathering (Loud Party) Ordinances to provide community members and law enforcement officers with tools to address adults who host underage drinking parties or who own or control the property where these parties occur. These successes were possible through strong, effective local coalition mobilization and dedicated, targeted support from the Arizona Governor’s Office. This interactive workshop will help states and local coalitions to mobilize to reduce the accessibility of alcohol to youth by enacting Social Host and Unruly Gathering Ordinances. The workshop will provide an Implementation Guide, case studies, and techniques for coalitions to use in their own communities. Participants of all levels are encouraged to pose questions and examples from their own communities.

Level: ALL Levels

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The STOP Act State Report on Underage Drinking Laws, Policies and Programs: An Overview

Presenter(s): James Mosher, The CDM Group; Stephen Wing, SAMHSA

Description:This workshop will describe the provisions of the STOP Act related to the development of an annual report presenting State law, policies and programs addressing underage drinking prevention. Eighteen discrete policies will be discussed. Understanding these policies is critical to the development of effective environmental strategies for preventing underage drinking at the State and local level. Participants will gain a familiarity with the policies and will learn how to access the data collected pursuant to the STOP Act.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand the provisions of the STOP Act related to the development of a State report on underage drinking; (2) Understand the utility of the State report in developing State and local environmental prevention strategies; (3) Become familiar with 18 discrete underage drinking policies, including their key variables and the extent to which the policies have been enacted across States

Level: Intermediate

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GONA: A Native American Best Practice for Change Agents, Community Developers and Tribal Leaders

Presenter(s): Anthony Ernst, Gary Neumann & CDR Josefine Haynes-Battle, Native American Center for Excellence, SAMHSA CSAP

Description: GONA (Gathering of Native Americans) was developed in partnership with CSAP and is designed to instill hope, encouragement and a positive basis for community action. GONA provides a community framework to address issues related to substance abuse and emphasizes skills transfer and community empowerment. GONA’s framework is based on values from traditional Native cultures.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand the four levels of human growth and responsibility found within American Indian/Alaskan Native cultures; (2) Acquire knowledge of key concepts, terms, ceremonies, rituals that one might encounter when participating in a training and technical assistance approach using the GONA format; (3) Develop a clearer understanding and insight into working with different cultures using a more culturally effective approach

Level: ALL Levels

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Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010

Strengths of Statewide Associations to Local Coalitions: Moving Forward Together

Presenter(s): Greg Puckett, Community Connections/WVCADCA; Wayne Frith, Community Coalitions of Virginia (CCOVA); Nancy Hans, Roanoke County Prevention Council; Amy Haskins, Jackson County Health Department (DFC Grantee).

Description: This workshop will provide an overview of how state associatons work with local coalitions to move the prevention field forward on a local, state and national level. This workshop will highlight both the West Virginia and Virginia State Associations and how each, although unique in scope, interact and provide quality prevention initiatives in their states.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand why state associations are important to local coalitions; (2) Describe why state associations are crucial to advocacy efforts; (3) Know how your state association can work to change policy.

Level: Intermediate

Coalition Connections: Building Relationships with HIDTAs and Other Law Enforcement Agencies

Presenter(s): Arnie Moorin & Jack Claypoole, ONDCP; Tom Carr, Baltimore/Washington High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

Description: This workshop will provide information on ways communities creatively approach and engage law enforcement, including their High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), in successful partnerships that reduce youth drug use and other related problems. From initial approach, to effective strategies, this workshop will help community leaders maximize law enforcement connections to prevention efforts in their community. An example of how a HIDTA initiative supports both prevention and treatment efforts will be discussed.

Learning objectives: (1) Increase knowledge of effective ways to engage law enforcement, (2 )Increase understanding of law enforcement's role in prevention efforts

Level: Beginner

Changing the Conversation: Community Discussions on Childhood Drinking

Presenter(s): Brad Rouke, The M Brad Rouke, The Mannakee Circle Group; Hope Taft, Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation

Description: Hosting panels for Town Hall Meetings? Come learn a new approach to getting a dialog going on underage drinking. A research-based Discussion Guide developed though a collaboration between the Kettering Foundation and the Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundaiton is now available to get people with various views to deliberate on what can be done to prevent or reduce childhood drinking in your community.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand the philosophy and research behind a National Issues Forums approach to community building; (2) Become familiar with the Discussion Guide developed to help communities deliberate on options to prevent underage drinking and their trade offs; (3) Get the basics of moderator training so their community discussion will lead to dialogue, not shouting, and greater involvement of community members in coalition effort.

Level: All Levels

Alcoholic Energy Drinks and Youth: Taking Action

Presenter(s): James Mosher, The CDM Group

Description: This workshop will provide important background regarding alcoholic energy drinks, including their rapid rise in popularity, their health and safety risks, and the marketing strategies used to target youth. Efforts to date by Federal agencies and State and local governments to alert consumers of the risks of these products and to reduce their availability will then be presented. Participants will be provided resources for addressing the problem at both local and State levels.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand the health and safety risks that alcoholic energy drinks pose, particularly for youth; (2) Become familiar with the marketing strategies used by AED producers to target youth; (3) Understand the public policy strategies available at the State and local level for reducing AED availability.

Level: Intermediate

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A Framework for Mobilizing and Mentoring Coalitions

Presenter(s): Stacy Mathis & Mary Haag, Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati

Description: Building coalitions is hard work, but very doable. Participants of this workshop will learn about a two-year mobilization and planning process the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati (CDFGC) utilized to initiate neighborhood community anti-drug coalitions in urban, suburban and rural communities in southwest Ohio. This model is based on the Strategic Prevention Framework and is an easy, step-by-step process starting from community readiness and ending with essential elements necessary for a functional coalition. Participants will take away knowledge, tools and resources to initiate, or enhance, an anti-drug coalition in their community.

Learning objectives: (1) Learn the CDFGC’s specific process to increase the capacity of coalitions in their communities; (2) Understand the resources necessary to mentor neighborhood coalitions; (3) Learn the outcomes from utilizing this framework in communities.

Level: Advanced

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