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A Brief Background of Projects and Initiatives
Comprised of student leaders from Archbishop Moeller High School, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Sycamore High School and Ursuline Academy, the NECC Youth Coalition is dedicated to building a Healthy Community for Healthy Youth by addressing contemporary
adolescent health and social issues. Additionally, the Youth Coalition uses the
Developmental Asset framework to educate and equip youth and the community with
the skills, positive values, and support youth need to succeed. Since 1989, the Youth Coalition has
developed a number of projects to educate their peers and the community sectors
about their respective roles in promoting community service, prevention, and
positive youth development.
These projects include:
·
Youth Forum on Underage Drinking: The purpose of the Forum was to increase
awareness about the underage drinking crises by educating adults about their
roles, teen health issues, enabling behaviors, school and community policies,
enforcement, and the influence of the media.
·
Student Exchange: This peer-to-peer education program provides a full
day of workshops educating students about research-based information and skills
for developing a student driven prevention plan to improve school climate
issues in their respective schools.
·
Leadership Conference: This annual two-day peer-led conference focuses on
developing our youth’s leadership potential through workshops, which
address leadership dynamics, understanding diversity, conflict resolution, team
building, goal setting, decision making and group dynamics strategies.
·
CAPA City Conference: Capa City is a leadership program that
simulated a community in which youth strategize to solve community issues such
as substance abuse and violence.
- Physicians’/Dentists’ Initiative: The Youth Coalition developed an
educational brochure for doctors to distribute to the parents of their
teen patients, urging them to initiate discussion with parents and
patients regarding underage drinking.
- Development
of Prevention Resources: Youth Coalition members have designed various prevention
resources, which have been distributed among local schools (for students
K-12) and throughout the community.
These resources include educational videos, brochures, posters and
a media literacy project for K-12 about the effects of alcohol marketing
on youth.
- Peer
to Peer Social Marketing
Campaign: Is It Worth the Risk? The campaign objective is to support
the U.S. Surgeon Generals Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage
Drinking. Our campaign goal is
to educate teens and increase their awareness about the risk of underage
drinking. Campaign materials
include a fact card and posters highlighting the legal ramifications and
the effects of alcohol on athletics, college and careers, and
mental/physical health.
The Northeast Community
Challenge Youth Coalition is a youth driven project of the Northeast Community
Challenge Coalition (NECC). The NECC Coalition, the second
longest standing Coalition in the state of Ohio founded in 1983, is
dedicated to promoting Healthy Communities ~ Healthy Youth. Funded by a federal
grant, the coalition has launched a Community-Wide Asset Initiative to increase
the number of protective factors (developmental assets) in our youth.
Contact Information: 513-489-2587 ~
necc@cinci.rr.com ~
www.necchealthycommunity.org