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Training: Working with At-rIisk Inner-City Youth of Color

Interacting with youth to educate, empower, and enlighten is the most beneficial thing one can do to ensure that the youth of today can build self-efficacy to be leaders who act in the spirit of self-determination for tomorrow. This workshop is open to providers of youth who are interested in learning how societal factors (racism, sexism, heterosexism, militarism, etc.) play a role in youth's at-risk behavior, and how to mitigate the dangers involved that place them at-risk. Participants will look at not only how to incorporate societal factors into their prevention intervention programs, but also consider other activities, such as advocacy and peer education that can be used as effective harm reduction strategies for at-risk youth at their own programs and agencies.

The European Outreach Work Conference

European Outreach Work Conference: Perspectives on outreach work in Europe, Reaching youth at risk - working towards social inclusion The focus of the conference is early intervention and youth at risk and the aim is to gather practitioners, researchers, policy-planners and outreach workers from all over Europe to exchange the best of practice, research and training/education.

What Do We Tell the Kids?

Drug Policy Public Health or Criminal Justice Issue? This is part a free series being held over three Wednesdays, February 13, 20, and 27. Facilitator: Stephen Owen, UBC Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations

Get Plugged-In!! The network for preventing harmful drug use

On Saturday November 18th, 2006 the City of Vancouver will host “Get Plugged-In!! The network for preventing harmful drug use” at Tupper Secondary from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sign in will take place between 10 - 10:30). This event has been created by youth and youth allies to bring together youth, service providers, funders, policy makers and adult allies, to elaborate on our understanding of what prevention efforts can look like as they relate to substance use.

One-day Conference: Beyond Zero Tolerance -- New Directions in Drug Education and School Discipline

Beyond Zero Tolerance Conference Offers Fresh Approach to Teens and Drugs One Day Conference in San Francisco on October 25 Aimed at Teachers, Administrators With alcohol, drug and tobacco use among teenagers still pervasive, a one-day conference for educators in San Francisco on October 25 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., offers a new, reality-based approach to drug education and school discipline in secondary schools.