 | Dear John, Parents Against Vaping is proud to present the next 2025 Clear the Vapor Conversations event: Parents at the Heart of Change: Advocacy That Endures
📅 Wednesday, November 5
🕕 6:00 PM ET | 📍Zoom
FREE! Register now for a timely, hopeful conversation on how parent-driven advocacy endures during times of uncertainty. As tobacco prevention and control programs shift, departments close, and priorities change, many advocates ask: what now? During times of change, our creativity, compassion, and collective resolve are what keep progress alive.
Join us for a conversation featuring: - Dr. Buki Usidame Peters, Assistant Professor at Purdue University School of Public Health and expert in tobacco control policy
- Dr. Monica Wilson, PAVe Regional Director (California) and Professor of Psychology at National University
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| | This session will connect national policy shifts to local, community-driven action and show how parents can make a lasting difference. You’ll learn how to: - Navigate current shifts in tobacco control policy
- Stay engaged and effective as systems and priorities change
- Connect policy discussions to real-world impacts on youth and families
- Share community-based strategies that inspire hope and drive change
🌟 Submit your questions when you register—there will be a live moderated Q&A. 🎥 All registrants will receive access to the recording. Even in uncertain times, advocacy thrives when we lead with purpose. Together, we can build the next chapter of prevention—grounded in resilience, collaboration, and hope. |
| | Dr. Buki (“BOOK-ee”) Usidame Peters is an assistant professor in the Purdue Department of Public Health, and she is an expert on tobacco control, health policy and community health.
Dr. Usidame’s research efforts have focused on the impact of tobacco control policies on public health outcomes including reducing initiation, tobacco use, and relapse and increasing cessation of tobacco or nicotine products. Her studies focus on local, state and national policies. Her goal is to provide evidence-based approaches for communities to adopt effective public health policies that will protect the population from the dangers of the tobacco industry. |
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| Dr. Monica Wilson is PAVe's Regional Director in California and a nationally recognized leader in organizational leadership, collaborative training, and curriculum design. As a consultant, facilitator, and executive coach, she helps individuals and organizations achieve excellence through collaboration and integrity. She also serves as Academic Program Director and Professor in the Department of Psychology at National University, and as Chair of the Behavioral Health Commission for San Bernardino County. Appointed by the Governor to the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, Dr. Wilson is a strong advocate for youth tobacco prevention, education, and policy reform. |
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| Like our previous conferences, the Clear the Vapor Conversations series convenes researchers, public health advocates, and leading experts as they participate in informative discussions held throughout the year. The series addresses a variety of topics including environmental harms caused by vaping, how schools can take action, and engaging youth to quit. Each event features a moderated discussion with your questions answered live. |
| Thank you to our sponsors: |
|  | | Your support will allow our grassroots organization to continue to make this series free for all participants. Further, it will help us continue our important advocacy work and offer our educational resources, training, and materials to all young adults and parents free of charge. |
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