Everyone has a role to play in prevention. What's yours? Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a web page. Registration Open for the We Are The Majority Rally Every day, teens are bombarded with messages telling them what to do, how to look, and who to be with. These messages are found wherever kids turn—on television shows, on the news, on social media, and in video games. These messages often depict teens using drugs and engaging in other unhealthy behaviors. The reality, however, is that the majority of teens do not use drugs. Instead, they're leading their peers in preventing substance misuse and promoting mental health wellness by getting involved in youth-led prevention. The We Are The Majority Rally was created to counter the false perception that most young people use drugs. It lets teens know that they're not alone when they decide not to use drugs. Since the rally began in 2011, more than 14,000 teens have marched in it. This year's WATM Rally will take place on May 5th and will feature performances from Columbus' own Pray For Sleep. The WATM Rally is an event of the Ohio Youth-Led Prevention Network. OYLPN empowers youth to prevent drug misuse and promote mental health wellness among Ohio teens. OYLPN is a network of Prevention Action Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to leading healthy communities in the prevention of substance misuse and the promotion of mental health wellness. Sign up for #WATM20 Updates Register for #WATM20 Save #WATM20 to Your Calendar Download the Big Bowl Vote Playbook and Get in the Game Last year, more than 98.2 million people watched the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl also draws in more than 30 percent of teenagers in the U.S., according to Nielsen, a data analytics company. That then means millions of teenagers watch the game and its ads for everything from soft drinks and detergent to cars and alcohol. With all those teens consuming ads for alcohol, it poses a question: What effect do Super Bowl ads for alcohol have on young people? We at Prevention Action Alliance created the Big Bowl Vote to answer this question. The Big Bowl Vote is a nationwide survey of young people about the ads they see on the Super Bowl. The teens who participate in the Big Bowl Vote rate the ads they remember seeing and share why they like or remember those ads. Every year, ads for alcohol have rated highly, if not at the very top, of teens’ favorite ads. "The Big Bowl Vote helps young people to become critical consumers of information in our world today." — Darren Hartberg, 7th, 8th grade health educator, Oregon Middle School The Big Bowl Vote gives educators the resources and strategies they need to teach media literacy, so students can understand, analyze, and guard against the influential power of advertisements for alcohol. The resources, ranging from tip sheets to exercises like Media Literacy Bingo, can be implemented in virtually any setting. The Big Bowl Vote aligns with the National Health Education Standards. The survey itself can be used to teach students to analyze the influence of media as a factor affecting health behaviors. The media literacy resources that are made available to participants of the Big Bowl Vote can be used to meet many more standards. Those resources can also be implemented as part of a larger curriculum; in fact, we recommend that media literacy be incorporated into classrooms rather than taught distinctly. The process is simple: Sign up for emails about the Big Bowl Vote. Download the 2020 BBV Playbook. Watch Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, February 2. Administer the Big Bowl Vote survey on Monday, February 3. Send us your results by the end of Tuesday, February 4 or use our upcoming Google Forms survey. Visit the Big Bowl Vote Webpage Download the Big Bowl Vote Playbook Sign up for Big Bowl Vote Updates New Prevention 101 Fact Sheet Drug misuse comes with serious health problems, including an increased risk of addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, long-term use of drugs can lead to heart or lung disease, cancer, mental health issues, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and other diseases while short-term use can cause heart attack, stroke, psychosis, overdose, and death. The good news is that drug misuse is preventable. Prevention addresses the root causes behind drug use, protects our families and young people, and stops addiction before it starts. Our Prevention 101 Fact Sheet is a one page summary of the basics of prevention, and it’s a free resource for you to use. Download Prevention 101 Learn More about Prevention Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery Inducts UMADAOP Founder to Hall of Fame William L. Mallory Sr. has been posthumously inducted into the Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery Hall of Fame as one of only seven 2020 inductees. A longtime Ohio Representative, Mr. Mallory was the first African American elected as Ohio Majority Floor Leader, sponsored more than 600 pieces of legislation, and created UMADAOP, the Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program. Please join us in congratulating UMADAOP for this prestigious recognition. Learn More about the Museum, Mr. Mallory, and the Other Inductees Call for Proposals Ohio’s 2020 Opiate and Other Drugs of Abuse Conference The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities is currently accepting presentation proposals for our eleventh annual Opiate and Other Drugs of Abuse Conference. The 2020 Opiate and Other Drugs of Abuse Conference: Moving Recovery Forward will prioritize new and innovative approaches to prevention, education, intervention, treatment, recovery and family supports, and community engagement as they relate to opiate use disorders and other emerging drugs of abuse. With more than 1,200 anticipated guests from around the state of Ohio and the country, it is important that we attract local, state, and national experts to speak to the issues that our clinicians, medical professionals, legal and criminal justice experts, and peer supporters experience in their everyday work. OACBHA is requesting presentations from all categories of professionals, individuals in recovery, and family members. OACBHA is seeking a variety of presentation proposals for this event. Learn More Training Opportunities Women. Alcohol. Health. – From Blackouts to Breast Cancer The National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA) along with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) are hosting a webinar on January 22nd, at 2:00 PM. To register for this webinar, or learn more information, please click here. 17th Annual Ohio Problem Gambling Conference OhioMHAS, in partnership with the Problem Gambling Network of Ohio and Ohio for Responsible Gambling, will host the 17th Annual Ohio Problem Gambling Conference on Feb. 20-21 at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Lewis Center, Ohio. This year’s conference will bring together national experts, state leaders, and local innovators in problem gambling prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, research, administration and responsible gambling. To learn more about the Problem Gambling Network of Ohio, and the conference, click here. Do You Buy Groceries? Your Grocery Purchase Could Help PAA! Did you know that by shopping at Kroger you could support Prevention Action Alliance at no additional cost to you? Kroger Community Rewards donates to local organizations based on the shopping you do. When you check out with your Kroger Plus Card, contributions to Prevention Action Alliance will be made automatically and at no cost to you. To start, you’ll need to apply for a Kroger Plus Card in your local Kroger store. If you already have a Kroger Plus Card, you can log into or create a digital account and name Prevention Action Alliance as your participating nonprofit. Our organization number is XL317. Even if you’ve signed up in the past, you may need to re-designate Prevention Action Alliance as your nonprofit. Registrations are good for one year before you must reapply. Support Prevention Action Alliance with Every Grocery Run Shop AmazonSmile. Support Prevention. 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