Day/Time:

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Presenter:

Linda J. Thompson and Julie Peterson, Washington Association for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention (WASAVP)

Description:

Sustaining success through organizational advocacy on behalf of statewide prevention communities will be the mainstay of this seminar. It is designed to help coalitions unite within their own states or regions to create environments that support safe and healthy communities through prevention of substance abuse and violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the components of successful statewide coalition collaborations
• Identify “ready made partners” in their own states/regions
• Develop a basic strategy for developing a statewide advocacy group