{"id":81909,"date":"2024-05-29T12:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/press-release\/prevention-education-and-vista-charter-middle-school-team-up-for-national-prevention-week\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:31:37","slug":"prevention-education-and-vista-charter-middle-school-team-up-for-national-prevention-week","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/press-release\/prevention-education-and-vista-charter-middle-school-team-up-for-national-prevention-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention Education and Vista Charter Middle School Team Up for National Prevention Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 14, KYCC Prevention Educations\u2019s Coalition (CoPALM<\/a>) collaborated with Vista Charter Middle School<\/a> to host a youth forum for National Prevention Week. This year National Prevention Week was held from May 12 through 18, and is a national public education platform to celebrate year-round prevention initiatives, promote substance use prevention, and encourage positive mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In partnership with Korean American Family Services<\/a> (KFAM), Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles<\/a>, Institute for Public Strategies<\/a>, Behavioral Health Services<\/a>, Social Model Recovery Systems<\/a>, and The Wall Las Memorias Project<\/a>, the youth forum shared information about the harms associated with alcohol and cannabis use, to promote education amongst youth for National Prevention Week. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The event brought together 45 8th grade students, all of whom were able to participate in an information session regarding cannabinoids and current issues regarding cannabis products, in addition to a youth discussion session and interactive booths.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Together with our community partner organizations, CoPALM addresses substance use among youth, advocating for positive change to prevent substance use and foster supportive environments for our communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Funding for this event was provided by the Los Angeles Department of Public Health<\/a> and Substance Abuse Prevention and Control<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On May 14, KYCC Prevention Educations\u2019s Coalition (CoPALM) collaborated with Vista Charter Middle School to host a youth forum for National Prevention Week. This year National Prevention Week was held …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80002,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,270,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81909","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--es","category-news-article-es","category-prevention-education-es"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t