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1 2014 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Bringing Hope to Communities in Despair August 6-8, 2014 :: The University of South Carolina Lancaster James a. Bradley Arts and sciences building Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Bringing Hope to Communities in Despair is a training conference that emphasizes the challenges of conducting youth prevention in rural communities. CoalitionForHealthyYouth@gmail.com Coalition for Healthy Youth

2 Who Should Attend? This conference is designed for prevention specialists, youth service workers, nurses, clergy, teachers, counselors and law enforcement. General Information DATES: PRE-CONFERENCE August 4-5, 2014 CONFERENCE August 6-8, 2014 REGISTRATION FEES: All fees are non-refundable. CONFERENCE: The $175 includes access to all conference sessions, breakfast, lunch and light snack each day and Thursday Night reception. Single day registration is $75. PRE-CONFERENCE: $175 Grant Writing Survival School Sign up 2 Participants Get 3rd FREE *** ***All three participants must be from the same organization. Registration deadline is July 22, After July 22, 2014 late registration will be an ADDITIONAL $50. BREAK-OUT SESSIONS: Workshop leaders and titles will be posted on the conference website which can be found at: Registration/fast Welcome Keynote Address Lunch /Snack fast Keynote address Lunch Keynote Address /Snack Reception fast Closing Keynote Address Lunch/Evaluation/Door Prizes Conference Adjourns LODGING INFORMATION: Super Highway 9 Bypass :: Lancaster, SC Phone: Located approximately one-half mile from conference location. Complimentary breakfast, pool, Internet access, and laundry service included. Conference rate is $ All lodging accommodations are in close proximity to restaurants and shopping areas. For any overflow we recommend motels in Richburg, SC, located twelve miles from the conference site. Conference Schedule Wednesday, August 6, :30-9:30am 9:30-9:45am 9:45-11:00am 11:00-11:15am 11:15am -12:30pm 12:30-1:30pm 1:30-1:45pm 1:45-3:00pm 3:00-3:15pm 3:15-4:15pm Thursday, August 7, :00-9:00am 9:00-10:15am 10:15-10:30am 10:30-11:45am 11:45am - 12:45pm 12:45-1:45pm 1:45-2:00pm 2:00-3:15pm 3:15-3:30pm 3:30-4:30pm 4:30-6:00pm 9:00-9:30am 9:30-11:45am 11:45am - 12:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 1:00-2:00pm Friday, August 8, 2014 TRAVEL INFORMATION: Historic Lancaster is located 40 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. Those flying to the conference should fly into Charlotte Douglas International Airport. For driving directions please visit University of South Carolina Lancaster s website at: Or the conference website at:

3 GRANT WRITING Survival School PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION August 4-5, 2014 ONLY 20 SLOTS AVAILABLE One of the greatest challenges to community prevention programs is often simply paying the bills. More than ever, organizations need the skills to research the availability of grant funding and draft high quality proposals. This comprehensive two-day SURVIVAL SCHOOL workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills to craft successful grant applications. Whether you re a seasoned VETERAN or NEW RECRUIT, this workshop has something for everyone. HANDS ON APPROACH: Learning to write grants by listening to a lecture is like learning to drive by watching Fast and Furious. This workshop provides detailed lecture and opportunities for each participant to practice skills in each module. Observe the instructor demonstrate a strategy and then work at your own pace on one of the computer stations in the training lab. INSTRUCTOR (aka: SARGE): Paul N. McKenzie, Ph.D. Dr. McKenzie is the Director of Research and Development for Lancaster Schools and CEO of the Southeast Center for Strategic Community Development, founded to provide training and technical support to help build the capacity of faith and community based organizations. He is the author of over $70 million dollars in funded foundation, state and federal grants, Dr. McKenzie has conducted grant writing and capacity building workshops across the country. His workshops are engaging, informative and intensely funny. Please see the conference web page for comments from past workshop participants. LEARN HOW TO: Identify funding sources FAST! Write measurable goals and objectives. Understand each section of a grant proposal and improve your review scores. Use Excel and Word to make grant writing more productive. Understand how grants are reviewed and use the information to your advantage. Find local data to support your case for funding. Make your application stand out and keep the reviewer s attention. Write a quality evaluation plan even if you re a non-evaluator.. Find best practice program models for use in your community. Create a data warehouse for use in every grant application. Design surveys to use in your grant application or evaluation. Write a budget that will pass federal review. Use fundraising and special events to support your grant writing. Acquire the TOP SEVEN SKILLS every grant writer needs. Avoid the TOP TEN REASONS FOR FAILURE. Plus much, much more! SURVIVAL SCHOOL FOOTLOCKER TO EVERY PARTICIPANT: $175 Detailed manual covering each section of the course. fast, lunch and a snack. CD packed with tools to make grant writing easier and more effective: Grant narrative calculator to determine the optimal length of each grant section. Templates to adapt for use in your proposal. Sample copies of over 150 funded grant proposals. A detailed description of foundations that have funded projects in your state. URL listing for sites to help identify funding, best practices, and needs assessment data.

4 La Tanisha C. Wright, B.S. BIG TOBACCO RETAIL CONTRACTS & PRACTICES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN & LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS COMMUNITIES La Tanisha C. Wright, internationally known and nationally acclaimed public speaker and tobacco control advocate, earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Spelman College in three years. In 2001, she pursued career opportunities with Brown & Williamson (B&W) Tobacco, now RJ Reynolds (RJR). While working as a trade marketing and controlling manager, she obtained exceptional knowledge of the tobacco industry s strategy of demographic targeting to minorities, tobacco industry marketing and retail contracts, the overall tobacco retail landscape/culture, the strategic placement of tobacco products, and the general characteristics of tobacco trade channels. In May 2004, Ms. Wright clandestinely briefed Attorneys General on the KOOL MIXX campaign, which resulted in a settlement where RJR agreed to pay $1.46 million to four non-profit organizations. Ms. Wright is the Director of Follow the Signs (FTS). She founded and self-funded the company in 2004, shortly after resigning from B&W and realizing the critical need for more aggressive tobacco control efforts aimed at protecting the public at the tobacco retail level. The mission of FTS is to reduce tobacco-related disease, disability, and death by increasing awareness of tobacco marketing aimed at increasing tobacco sales, tobacco use, menthol use, youth access to tobacco, and nicotine addiction. From , Ms. Wright served as the tobacco subject matter expert and public health advisor for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative, as well as a senior consultant with the CDC s Office of Smoking & Health (OSH). She is currently an Advisory Committee Member for the University of Southern California Tobacco Center for Regulatory Sciences. (USC TCORS). In 2013, Ms. Wright testified against Big Tobacco in support of proposed tobacco bans designed to protect New York City youth, retailers, and citizens from predatory tobacco marketing. On April 17, 2013, she was prominently featured in a film exposing Big Tobacco s global marketing to youth titled Big Tobacco, Young Targets. The film was directed by an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, and produced by Canal+ (France's equivalent of HBO). The documentary premiered in 40 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Ms. Wright has been described as one of the foremost experts on predatory tobacco industry retail marketing tactics. She has trained tens-of thousands of tobacco control advocates representing federal, state, and local agencies with diverse tobacco control objectives that serve various communities. Her charitable donations to tobacco prevention programs have exceeded the amount of money earned while working for the tobacco industry a goal personally aimed for since resigning from Brown & Williamson. Over the next few years, she plans to publish a memoir detailing her experiences with the tobacco industry. J. ERNEST AGUILAR, M.DIV., PH.D. GETTING THE BIGGER PICTURE: A MODEL FOR OVERCOMING BIAS AND IMPROVING ENGAGEMENT J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D. brings a unique background that combines his work in hospital chaplaincy and as an educator in university and community health settings. Dr. Aguilar has worked with CAI for over three years, having served as trainer, researcher and project director across a diverse range of projects within the organization. Dr. Aguilar brings his extensive experience in curriculum development, having developed many courses for students of the health professions, and delivered workshops and presentations on a variety of topics associated with social justice in health care. His doctoral research focused on alternative approaches to addressing health disparities and he has presented his findings at regional and national conferences. Dr. Aguilar s areas of expertise include critical multiculturalism, social stigma, advocacy, health-care ethics, and religious issues in health care. Dr. Aguilar earned a Ph.D. in Medical Humanities from The University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas), a Master of Divinity from The Washington Theological Union (Washington, D.C), and a B.S. in Applied Learning and Development from The University of Texas (Austin, Texas).

5 DAVID JERNIGAN, PH.D. ALCOHOL MARKETING AND YOUTH: LATEST RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ACTION David Jernigan, Ph.D., directs the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he teaches courses on media advocacy, alcohol policy, and campaigning and organizing for public health. He also leads a collaboration with Boston University School of Public Health looking at youth alcohol brand preference and exposure to alcohol marketing, and a four-university collaborative examining social and health effects of changes in alcohol pricing. Dr. Jernigan has written at least 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, co-authored three books and monographs, and contributed chapters to six books on alcohol issues. He has served as an advisor to the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) and was the principal author of WHO s first Global Status Report on Alcohol and Global Status Report on Alcohol and Youth, and co-author of Alcohol in the Developing World: A Public Health Perspective and Media Advocacy and Public Health: Power for Prevention. He has trained thousands of students and public health advocates in media advocacy, the strategic use of the mass media to influence public health policy. SMALL TOWN USA The Simple Life JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF: SLIDERS homemade ice cream POPCORN pie eating contest BOTTLED COKES photo booth MUSIC checkers SWEET TEA watermelon eating contest DANCING IN THE STREET USC Lancaster Bradley Building Multi-Purpose Room Thursday, August 7, :30-6pm FREE

6 2014 Conference Registration Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: BRINGING HOPE TO COMMUNITIES IN DESPAIR August 4-8, 2014 Name Please type or print clearly. Only one name per form please. Do not send a hard copy if you are registering electronically. Name for Badge Phone ( ) Fax ( ) Position/Title Agency/Company Address City/State/Zip Special Needs/Accommodation Needs/Food Allergies or Special Meal Requests Conference (August 6-8, 2014) Registration Fee (Non-Refundable) $ 175 Single Day Wednesday Thursday Friday $ 75 each Pre-conference Session (august 4-5, 2014): Grant Writing Survival School (limited to first 20 participants) Late Registration - after July 22, 2014 add $ 50 $ 50 $ 175 additional Sign up 2 Participants Get 3rd FREE *** ***All three participants must be from the same organization. Registration Fee Total: $ TOTAL $ Make checks payable to The Children s Council or bill to: RETURN THIS FORM AND PAYMENT TO: Coalition for Healthy Youth 2014 Conference phone: fax: PO Box 171 Lancaster, SC The 2014 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities conference is committed to providing special needs and assistance to the best of our availability. Please indicate on your registration form your request. Special assistance requests made after July 22, 2014 might not be able to be met.

7 PO Box 171 Lancaster SC Conference Sponsors Chester Healthcare Foundation John T. Stevens Foundation The Coalition for Healthy Youth wishes to acknowledge a Hospitality Tax grant from the City of Lancaster that helped to defray the costs of the Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities conference. Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Bringing hope to communities in despair is a training conference that emphasizes the unique challenges of conducting youth prevention in rural communities. It is targeted toward prevention specialists, youth service workers, nurses, clergy, teachers, counselors and law enforcement. Conference Location: