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YOUTH EMPOWERED, ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH
Lead & Seed is a youth empowered, environmental approach to preventing and reducing alcohol consumption, teen tobacco use, drug use and prescription drug misuse in a community.
MEET THE TEAM
Charles
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Zamirah
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Jahleel
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Sanaa
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DeJohn
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Lead & Seed is a program for high school youth that is based on SAMSHA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration) Strategic Prevention Framework. Lead & Seed is designed to increase young people's knowledge and problem-solving skills for preventing substance use and substance-related behaviors in their communities, guide them to developing prevention plans, and help them to implement these plans.
Previous Program Activities
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Project Sticker Shock at several businesses in Henrico
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Parent and teen prescription drug survey
2017-18 Planned Activities
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Address no smoking policies at partner organizations
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Host social media trainings
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Create a junior activist club
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Form a flag football team
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Create monthly centric circle events at local high schools
