John, In two weeks, we’ll celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding young leaders and public health champions at Catalysts for Change, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' 2023 Youth Advocates of the Year Awards. |
We're thrilled to announce that this year we will present our Group Youth Advocates of the Year Award to VOICE Indiana, represented by four exceptional young people: Brenna Bastin, Suhita Chintalacharuvu, Nicole Liu and Hannah Martin. |
VOICE Indiana is a statewide youth organization focused on engaging, educating and empowering teens to live tobacco-free. Together, group members equip young people with the truth about Big Tobacco and give them a platform to drive change in their communities.
Earlier this year, group members organized the VOICE Youth Day at the Indiana Statehouse. Over 250 youth from across the state came together to speak with policymakers about increasing the state tobacco tax and other tobacco prevention policies. The theme was “Link Up to Be Tobacco-Free.” To demonstrate this unity, participants built connected paper links of red, white and blue. Red links represented hope for someone to break their tobacco addiction; white links were a pledge to live tobacco-free; and blue links collected stories of how VOICE members took action in their communities.
While this award honors the collective efforts of VOICE Indiana, we are delighted to highlight the efforts of Brenna, Suhita, Nicole and Hannah – who are boldly fighting to create the first tobacco-free generation. |
On May 18, join us in honoring VOICE Indiana and other outstanding public health champions from the United States and around the world. Stay tuned: We've announced the recipients of our Individual Youth Advocates of the Year Awards, our Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence, and one of our Champion Award honorees. Next, we'll announce our Barrie Fiske National Youth Advocate of the Year and an additional Champion Award recipient! Best wishes, |
