It
helps to know “what’s already out there.”
It’s not always necessary to start our programming
schedule from scratch. Often we feel like we have to be
the expert on every topic we want to include in our alcohol
awareness week program. Of course, we cannot be experts
on so many issues! You may want to make a chart like the
one listed below to help you find what resources and speakers
are already out there.
| Issue
|
Poster/Pamphlet/Video
|
Speaker |
| High
Risk Drinking |
|
|
| Personal
Safety |
|
|
| Impaired
Driving |
|
|
| Legal
Liability |
|
|
| Addiction |
|
|
| Alcohol
and the Athlete |
|
|
We
have just listed a few, but you can probably come up
with 40-50 issues that have to do with student health
or student leadership. Find out what your health center
has, what your counseling center has, etc., in terms
of available posters, pamphlets and videos. Who on campus
can speak on these topics? What about in the community?
Are there other special observances going on during
this time? If there is an October arts festival of some
sort in your town or city, maybe you could sponsor a
booth, for example. If you have Homecoming in October,
is there some way to tie into that activity? Remember
that NCAAW does not have to exist in a vacuum or stand
completely independent from all other campus activities.
It should be a part of your comprehensive prevention
program.
2002
Writing Contest Winners
1st Place: Alice Huang,
Columbia University, for “Grassroot Changes”
2nd Place: Jennifer Nagy,
Unity College, for “Gentle Guidance: Create a
Legacy of Postiive Behavior”
Laura Fisher, Fort Hays
State University, for “Magic Marker, Permanent
Mark”
You
can read these winning essays here. |
