*Title of Event/Activity:
Grassroots Advocacy and Public Policy - Shaping the Future
*Abstract/Description of Event/Activity:
This is the Second Annual Legislative Breakfast sponsored by Project Vox and NCADD/Michigan. Stacia Murphy, President of NCADD, will keynote the event. She has worked for more than 20 years to prevent and treat alcoholism and other drug addictions, and to reduce the stigma associated with these public health problems.
A panel of Project Vox advocates will talk about their advocacy experiences.
This event will be held at the Radisson in Lansing and starts at 7:30 am
*Date(s) of the Event/Activity:
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
*Who Should Participate:
Legislators, community advocates, policy makers, Employee Assistance Progessionals, social workers, preventions specialists, people and family in recovery, anyone interested in addiction issues.
*Name of Primary Contact:
Molly E. Smeltzer
*Name of Secondary Contact:
Amanda Menzies
*Telephone Number:
800-344-3400 (in MI) or 517-394-1252
*Fax Number:
517-394-1518
*Email Address:
msmeltzer@ncaddm.org
*Related Web Site:
http://www.ncaddm.org
*Title of Event/Activity:
Recovering our future- One Youth at a Time
*Abstract/Description of Event/Activity:
The Detroit Community forum will provide an opportunity to speak about the urgent need for additional residential adolescent treatment services; the significant increase in the use of GHB, a date rape drug similar to Rohypnol' and the importance of communication between drug counselors and agencies and teh entire school population.
*Date(s) of the Event/Activity:
Friday, September 22 3-6pm Second Ebenezer Baptist Church 2760 E. Grand Blvd
*Who Should Participate:
The target sudiences will include youth, policymakers and helath insurere, judeges, health professionals who serve adolescents, schools and the education community, juvenile/criminal justice system, workplace/employers, community-based organizations serving youth, the faithe community, the media, the medical community and, of course, parents and their families.
*Name of Primary Contact:
Pamela Carswell
*Telephone Number:
(313) 861-0666
*Fax Number:
(313) 579-9133 or (313) 861-0413
*Email Address:
pcarswell@ncadd-detroit.org
*Related Web Site:
http://ncadd-detroit.org
*Title of Event/Activity:
Teens Using Drugs: How To Know and What To Do
*Abstract/Description of Event/Activity:
The following will begin in early October 2000. We hope to promote National Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Month - Recovering Our Future- One Youth at a Time and awareness of youth substance abuse and recovery issues, and local resources, along with the following talks:
WHAT: "Teens Using Drugs: How To Know and What To Do" is a free, two-part workshop series designed to help parents, families and people who work with or care about teens learn how to recognize when a teen is harmfully involved with alcohol and other drugs and take appropriate, timely and effective action. These workshops can make a difference to families who are struggling with issues related to teen alcohol/other drug use and to professionals who want to help.
Part 1 - "How To Know": How to recognize the signs of a teen substance abuse problem, understand the progression of substance abuse, and know when a teen's use of alcohol and other drugs requires action.
Part 2 - "What To Do": What should and should not be done when a teen substance abuse problem is recognized. Part 2 will usually include a recovering teen speaker.
All presentations are free and open to the public. No registration is required. A certificate of attendance can be provided. A variety of free literature will be available. Refreshments will be provided. Ample free parking is available.
WHO: The workshops are presented by Ronald Harrison, SW. Ron is a social worker with 28 years of experience working in diverse settings with substance-involved teens and their families, who has presented many education and training programs on teen substance use, addiction and family issues. Co-sponsors are Community Action on Substance Abuse, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, and Washtenaw County Community Partnership, Inc.
WHEN, WHERE: At the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center, in classroom EC4, at 5305 Elliot Drive, Ypsilanti, from 7:30 to 9 PM.
Part 1 - "How To Know": First Tuesdays: October 3, 2000; November 7, 2000; December 5, 2000; January 2, 2001; February 6, 2001; March 6, 2001; April 3, 2001; May 1, 2001; and June 5, 2001.
Part 2 - "What To Do": Second Tuesdays: October 10, 2000; November 14, 2000; December 12, 2000; January 9, 2001; February 13, 2001; March 13, 2001; April 10, 2001; May 8, 2001; and June 12, 2001.
*Who Should Participate:
Parents, family members, and people who work with or care about teens
*Name of Primary Contact:
Jess Antanaitis
*Name of Secondary Contact:
Marcia Smith or Ritchie Coleman
*Telephone Number:
734-973-7892
*Fax Number:
734-973-7892
*Email Address:
jessa@umich.edu
*Title of Event/Activity:
Training: Adolescents and Substance Abuse
*Abstract/Description of Event/Activity:
The City of Detroit Health Department, Bureau of Substance Abuse in conjunction with Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (Wayne County Coordinating Agencies) will conduct a training session focusing on adolescents. Program content will cover: 1) Development and Determinants of Adolecent Substance Abuse, 2) Screening, Assessment, Diagnosis of Adolescents, 3) Intervention for Adolescents, and 4) New Strategies for Adolsecent Treatment.
*Date(s) of the Event/Activity:
September 27, 2000
*Who Should Participate:
Clinical staff of the agencies contracted by the City of Detroit Health Department, Bureau of Substance Abuse and Southeast Michigan Commumity Alliance (SEMCA) for treatment services will be given preference.
*Name of Primary Contact:
Kathryn Perkins
*Name of Secondary Contact:
Marilou Lommerse
*Telephone Number:
1-313-876-0769
*Fax Number:
1-313-876-0778
*Email Address:
PerkinsK@health.ci.detroit.mi.us