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SUMMARY:Answering the Burning Questions: What Parents\, Students and Educators Need to Know About Vaping and Tobacco Use
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next installment in our Campaign for the Culture conversation series. As we start a new school year\, this live\, virtual discussion will feature youth advocates and experts from a wide range of health and education organizations. \nTopics will include: \n\nwhat’s driving the current youth nicotine addiction crisis\nhow tobacco use affects brain development\, mental health and performance\nsigns and risk factors for youth vaping and other tobacco use\nhow to talk to young people about vaping and other tobacco use\ntobacco industry targeting of Black\, LGBTQ and other communities\nresources to fight back\nand much more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nFeatured Speakers\n\n\n\nMeredith Berkman\nCo-founder\, Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes \nMeredith Berkman is a co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes\, an advocacy and education organization created in 2018 by three moms as a grassroots response to the youth vaping epidemic. Run and powered by volunteers\, PAVe has become the national parent voice fighting Big Tobacco’s predatory behavior towards kids. Working at the local\, state\, and federal levels\, PAVe supports ending the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes and all menthol and other flavored tobacco products. PAVe’s free educational training\, materials and resources\, available in both Spanish and English\, empower parents to educate others in their own communities about the dangers of youth tobacco use. Berkman\, a mother of four\, is a graduate of Brown University\, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. A former journalist\, Berkman has written for publications including New York magazine\, Entertainment Weekly\, and the New York Post. \n\n\n\nAndrew Brennen\nBoard Member-at-Large\, National PTA \nAndrew Brennen is a National Geographic Explorer and 2020 Education Fellow with National Geographic supporting youth led movements and organizations around the globe. As a junior in high school he co-founded the Kentucky Student Voice Team\, which helps to amplify and elevate students as partners in improving Kentucky schools. Today\, the Kentucky Student Voice Team consists of over 150 young people from across the Commonwealth and serves as a national model for how young people can hold educational institutions accountable. Andrew graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in political science and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. \n\nJohn Burns\, J.D.\nManaging Partner\, The Burns Brothers \nJohn Burns is the managing partner of The Burns Brothers which is an integrated culture driven multi-disciplinary marketing and communications agency. He is also is an attorney\, branding expert\, published author and television and media personality. John practiced law for almost 2 decades\, providing counsel to clients in a wide variety of areas. He is also a staple in media\, telecom and the publishing industries\, working with brands and providing commentary on several media outlets including MSNBC\, TV One\, Bet and Sirius XM. John holds a position on the Washington\, DC National Bar Association\, is a professor at the Omega School of the Applied Arts and Sciences\, has been profiled in Washington Life Magazine and Smart CEO and was honored by Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Push Coalition as a Top Inspirational Leader. \n\n\n\nLinda Mendonca\nPresident\, National Association of School Nurses (NASN) \nLinda Mendonca has been a registered nurse for 40 years practicing school nursing for 25 years\, overseas and in five states as a military spouse. With the practice of school nursing in the arena of public health; Linda pursued her master’s in advanced public health nursing and completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Transformative Systems Leadership from Rush University in Chicago. She is currently NASN President and has served on school nursing organization boards on the state and national level. Linda is an Assistant Professor currently teaching community/public health nursing at Rhode Island College School of Nursing and consults as a state school nurse consultant at the Rhode Island Department of Health. \n\n\n\nGrace Plowman\nTobacco-Free Kids Ambassador \nGrace Plowman is a passionate youth advocate and recent high school graduate from Shoreview\, Minnesota. She first got involved in tobacco prevention and control her sophomore year in high school\, working with the Association for Nonsmokers MN (ANSR) on a variety of issues. Throughout her advocacy journey\, she has conducted media interviews\, spoken at city council meetings\, and met with multiple legislators garnering support to create the first tobacco and nicotine-free generation. In 2021\, Grace testified in front of the Public Health committee of the Minnesota legislature to help secure more funding for youth tobacco prevention and the banning of flavors on a state level. Grace will be attending the University of Minnesota where she hopes to study Arabic and get her master’s in Public Policy. \n\n\n\nWinston Price\nPast President\, National Medical Association (NMA) \nDr. Price earned his medical degree from the Weill Cornell Medical College and completed a residency in pediatrics at The New York Hospital-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a board-certified pediatrician and served as the 105th President of the National Medical Association (NMA). He also serves as Chief Information & Technology Officer for the W. Montague COBB/NMA Health Institute and President & Chair of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition. He serves on the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Council/Steering Committee as the NMA liaison. He holds faculty positions at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pathway Programs for the South GA Campus as well as Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Price also practices clinical medicine serving a SW population in Georgia with a focus on preventive care. \n\n\n\nElisha Rhodes\nInterim Chief Executive Officer\, YWCA \nElisha Rhodes serves as the operations\, finance\, strategic and people leader of YWCA USA and provides leadership to ensure key initiatives\, culture transformation\, program regulations\, performance outcomes\, and operations are managed appropriately. An active community member\, dedicated to centering the needs of women and girls in underserved and unprotected communities\, Elisha continues to lead critical efforts to amplify YWCA USA’s mission within the network and beyond. Devoted to supporting the advocacy and leadership of young women\, Elisha serves as board treasurer for the Black Swan Academy\, a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia that concentrates its efforts on empowering Black youth through Civic Leadership and Engagement. \n\n\nSebastian Suarez\nYouth Activist \nSebastian Suarez (he/him/his) is a senior at New York University Stern School of Business\, concentrating in management and sustainable business. He currently serves as a Research Consultant for Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health on the Beyond Demographics project. Sebastian is also a management consultant\, having assisted non-profits and Fortune 500 companies navigate change and empower their workforces in a sustainable manner. Prior to these positions\, he was a research assistant for the University of Pennsylvania School of Education and a college advisor for low-income students. With over 8 years of anti-tobacco advocacy experience\, Sebastian wants to demonstrate how Big Tobacco continues to evolve its predatory marketing tactics to take advantage of marginalized populations. Outside of his academic and professional life\, Sebastian is an avid reader and enjoys listening to music\, watching movies\, and spending time with his family. \n\n\n\nAmy Taylor\nChief of Community & Youth Engagement\, Truth Initiative \nAmy Taylor leads the community and youth engagement team at Truth Initiative and has more than two decades of experience in public health advocacy and education\, with a background leading successful advocacy campaigns by engaging and mobilizing advocates and building coalitions. Prior to joining Truth Initiative\, Amy spent more than a decade in leadership roles at Planned Parenthood Federation of America\, most recently as the chief external affairs officer. \n\na\n\nGregg Wieczorek\nPresident\, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) \nGregg Wieczorek is an experienced school leader\, having served as principal of Arrowhead Union High School in Hartland\, WI for the past 27 years. In 2012\, he was named the Wisconsin High School Principal of the Year by the organization. He has held leadership roles as a member of the board of directors of both NASSP and the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators\, where he has devoted significant advocacy efforts to raise awareness about the teacher shortage crisis and the impact of student vaping.
URL:https://wicancer.org/event/answering-the-burning-questions-what-parents-students-and-educators-need-to-know-about-vaping-and-tobacco-use/
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SUMMARY:2021 Cancer & Mental Wellbeing Education Training Series: A  Call to Action – Ending Cancer Inequities Using an Intersectional Framework - Session 1
DESCRIPTION:2021 Cancer & Mental Wellbeing Education Training Series: A Call to Action – Ending Cancer Inequities Using an Intersectional Framework\nThe series is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health and Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. \nThe multi-part series in August and September will:\n\nFeature experts from the field\, national partners and CDC’s Networking2Save – a consortium of national organizations to advance the prevention of commercial tobacco use and cancer in populations experiencing tobacco- and cancer-related health disparities.\nExplore cancer disparities in populations with mental health and substance use challenges and identify strategies to support those individuals in cancer care.\nExamine the risk factors of a cancer diagnosis on individuals with mental health and substance use challenges and identify ways to maximize resources to implement wellness services.\nShare resources and strategies to assist organizations engage communities and build partnerships to increase access to cancer screening\, treatment and survivorship services.\n\nSession 1: Thursday\, August 19\, 1 – 3 p.m. ET\nSexual and Gender Minority Inclusion in Comprehensive Cancer Care Coffee Chat—Join Mandi Pratt-Chapman\, PhD\, George Washington University Cancer Center and Michelle Veras\, MPH\, National LGBT Cancer Network\, for a coffee chat as they discuss the current landscape of sexual and gender disparities in cancer care and provide tools and resources for culturally competent cancer care. \nEnhancing Cancer Care for Rural Communities — Increase your awareness of the geographic and rural disparities for cancer care and explore innovative solutions with Heather Brandt\, PhD\, Director\, HPV Cancer Prevention Program\, St. Jude’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. \nRegister Here \n\n  \nSession 2: Wednesday\, August 25\, 1 – 3:30 p.m. ET \nRace to Comprehensive Cancer Care for All: Panel Discussion — Join a panel of experts as they discuss the ways mental health and cancer stigma affect racial and ethnic minorities across the nation. \nEngaging and Supporting Low-income Communities: Cancer and Mental Health — Join Dwana Calhoun\, National Network Director\, SelfMade Health Network\, to gain greater insight on the short and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on cancer screening and care affecting low-income populations. \nRegister Here
URL:https://wicancer.org/event/2021-cancer-mental-wellbeing-education-training-series-a-call-to-action-ending-cancer-inequities-using-an-intersectional-framework-session-1/
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