Gang Speaker - Fabian Debora

 

Fabian Debora 

from

December 15, 2010

                                         9:00 - 12:00 PM 

                                   Tierra Nueva, Burlington

Fabian "Spade" Debora from Homeboy Industries, the largest most successful gang rehabiliation organization in American, is coming to the Skagit Valley.

Fabian was a gang member, graffiti artist, and drug addict.  Now he is the lead drug and alcohol counselor at Homeboy.  Come hear his story, connect with others in our community, and have an opportunity for questions and answers.

This is the first in a series of events around gangs in the valley.  Join us in making a change.

To RSVP, click the link below.

REGISTER HERE

Drug experts say alcohol worse than crack or heroin

By Kate Kelland, Reuters

LONDON — Alcohol is a more dangerous drug than both crack and heroin when the combined harms to the user and to others are assessed, British scientists said Monday.

Presenting a new scale of drug harm that rates the damage to users themselves and to wider society, the scientists rated alcohol the most harmful overall and almost three times as harmful as cocaine or tobacco.

According to the scale, devised by a group of scientists including Britain's Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) and an expert adviser to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), heroin and crack cocaine rank as the second and third most harmful drugs.

Ecstasy is only an eighth as harmful as alcohol, according to the scientists' analysis.

Professor David Nutt, chairman of the ISCD, whose work was published in the Lancet medical journal, said the findings showed that "aggressively targeting alcohol harms is a valid and necessary public health strategy."   READ MORE

ACEs Training - November 17th

The Skagit Child and Family Consortium presents:

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success

Presenter:

Susan Martin

November 17, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Skagit Publishing – Community Room

1215 Anderson Road

Mount Vernon, WA 98274

To Register for this

FREE training, contact:

Lyndie Case

SCCFC Coordinator

PO Box 1483

Burlington, WA 98233

360-856-7387

Lyndie.case@unitedgeneral.org

This training is sponsored by Readiness to Learn, NWESD 189's Prevention Center, and the Family Policy Council.

Press Release from GoSkagit.com

SCCFC - Skagit County Child and Family Consortium

SCCFC Vision: Skagit County is a community where everyone feels included, hopeful, connected and motivated to maintain a healthy environment for ourselves and future generations.

Mission: The Skagit County Child and Family Consortium will promote and strengthen a seamless continuum of support and services to foster safe and healthy children and families within the Skagit County Community. The intent of the Consortium is to bring together all community coalitions, service providers and school districts serving children and families in Skagit County to:

~ Assess service gaps for children and families most at-risk of academic failure, WASL failure, dropping out of school, drug and alcohol abuse, gang involvement, violence and homelessness in Skagit County.
~ Develop the means to fill those gaps and increase service capacity~ Avoid resource duplication
~ Assure program sustainability for member districts and organizations by supporting existing funding and locating new funding streams from government and private foundations.

After analysis of Skagit County data, from many workgroup meetings and our strategic planning meeting we developed 3 strategic areas for the consortium to focus on:
1. Connecting Communities and Schools – Schools and communities working together to help young people achieve
• Academic Achievement
• Achievement Gap
• Truancy/Dropout
• Gang Prevention
• Alternative Education Programs/Options
• Community/School Violence
• Alcohol and substance abuse

2. Prosocial Opportunities and Rewards – Positive activities and options for youth involvement and reinforcements for their positive participation.
• Community opportunities and rewards
• School opportunities and rewards
• Family opportunities and rewards
• Cultural opportunities and rewards

3. Mental Health – Comprehensive services for youth and families.
• Youth depression and suicide/self-harm
• Family dysfunction/Divorce/Transition
• Cultural services/Parental involvement
• Program & service capacity (increase in referrals)
• Child abuse and neglect
• Multiple providers/funding for comprehensive services
• Young mothers and fathers
• Re-entry policy

Wednesday, January 20, 2010