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July 14, 2011

This Week In Coalitions Online...

Mid-Year Session Will Consider Social Norms Campaigns for Coalitions

"Everyone else is doing it." At least that is what many youth and young adults believe when they engage in risky behaviors including substance abuse practices, particularly when they live in college communities.

This week, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its 2011 National Drug Control Strategy. In it, substance abuse prevention is emphasized as "the most cost-effective, common-sense approach to promoting safe and healthy communities" and "the Drug Free Communities program is recognized as a program that has demonstrated effective, community-based prevention strategies by collaborating and leveraging important prevention work being done at the community level."

Would you like to create stronger youth leaders for your coalition? Then, send your youth coalition members to CADCA's National Youth Leadership Initiative (NYLI), at CADCA's 2011 Mid-Year Training Institute, July 24-28 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Anaheim, Calif.

Doing more with a little is one of the things that Denis Quiñones, the director of the Boyle Heights Coalition for a Safe and Drug Free Community, gained from attending CADCA's training and being part of its first Ambassador cohorts. Being the only Drug Free Communities grantee in cash-strapped Los Angeles, building capacity has been the greatest asset his coalition has.

Advertising effectively promotes alcohol brands to teens, researchers from Dartmouth Medical School and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found in a study published in this month's issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Faces & Voices of Recovery launched the International Recovery Resources Guide, an online resource to foster the development of networks of support between recovery community organizations and allies in the United States and abroad. The site launch features an interview with Congress60 founder Hossein Dezhakam of the Republic of Iraq.

Could You Be The Next Five Mom?

Since 2007, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association's (CHPA's) Five Moms campaign has successfully reached more than 24 million parents to help educate them about preventing teen cough medicine abuse. CHPA is now looking for a new Mom to join the Five Moms campaign!

2011 MID-YEAR TRAINING INSTITUTE

Meeting Dates: July 24-28, 2011
Venue: Hyatt Regency Orange County (Anaheim, CA)

Register now for this one-of-a-kind intensive, coalition-specific training opportunity. This year's Mid-Year Training Institute provides an opportunity for you to attend a variety of lecture and "lab" sessions to expand your knowledge in prevention science and improve your skills in implementing evidence-based strategies.

Visit the Mid-Year website now!