2017 Ambassador Leaders Community Action Plan - Teen2Teen
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Student-led community action plan created and presented during an Ambassador Leadership Summit in 2017 at Harvard University
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2017 Ambassador Leaders Community Action Plan - Teen2Teen
- 1. Clearing the Smoke Among Teens Provided by Teens To Teens
- 3. Our Mission and Hope Teens To Teens is determined to create a better, drug-free world for teenagers by helping them unite against drugs together. Our new project, titled “Clearing the Smoke Among Teens,” targets this hope through five simple steps, or “Calls to Action.”
- 5. Our Call to Action ● Spreading Awareness -Using Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter) ● Partnering -Using Anti-Drug Associations to help spread the word and reach out to other teens ● Take More Action -Commercials, posters, events, fundraising, etc ● Going to School Communities -Assemblies - Partnering with school counselors, and gym classes ● Traveling World Wide
- 7. Peer Pressure and Social Media “75% of teens between the ages of 12 and 17 years old admitted that seeing photos of fellow teens using drugs on social media encouraged them to do the same.” rehabinternational.com “About 86% of U.S. high school students know someone at school who drinks, smokes, or does drugs.” study from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University “Approximately 50% [of teenagers] know which classmate sells drugs.” study from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
- 8. Modeling Behavior Definition: where teens are encouraged to act and respond as their specified role models, often their parents, do in similar situations. There have been scientific studies that show that children who grow up amongst drug abuse, alcoholism and criminality tend to join into these activities. More than 8 million children live with at least one parent who’s addicted to alcohol or drugs.
- 10. Global Drug Abuse Throughout the world, many people, including teens, have joined the “drug bandwagon.” China ● Yunnan province is one of the biggest drug manufacturers ● Security staff don't really help ● Lack of laws about delivery ● Operation Mekong -On October 5, 2011 -Naw Kham Brazil Peru imports many of the drugs that are used in Brazil Child labor Social exclusion Ivory Coast 58.5% Ivorians use hard drugs, while 41.5% are foreigners. 8 to 29% of students [between 16 and above] are involved in drug abuse. Most common drug is indian hemp
- 11. Our Partners Dare (Drug-Abuse-Resistance-Education): a nonprofit organization in the United States that has Sheriffs officers teach students about drugs at public schools. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse: a nonprofit organization that is at Columbia University and helps with preventing addictions and recovery programs https://www.centeronaddiction.org/addiction-science
- 12. Connect With Us Online! Website: www.teenstoteens.org/clearing-the-smoke-among-teens.html Social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeensToTeens_ Instagram: www.instagram.com/TeensToTeens Twitter: www.twitter.com/TeensToTeens
- 13. Thank you for your time, as the “Clearing the Smoke Among Teens” project could bring forth a new, cleaner Earth as we know it.
- 14. “Serenity brings solution. Addiction creates confusion.”