Satellite Broadcast  Expanded Description

“Sizing Up The Situation: 
Fighting Drugs In All Population Areas”
 

A Pre-Recorded Satellite &Webcast Program 

 Thursday 17 July 2008; 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

(12:00-1:00 PM CT; 11:00-12:00 PM MT; 10:00-11:00 AM PT) 

No CE Credits 

 
a.  Program Summary and Objectives:  No matter where you live, there are drugs in your community.  They're in the smallest towns and the biggest cities.  Resources to deal with the problems are scarce and are facing cuts everywhere, so are things really that different in the cities or the more rural areas?  What role does geography play in the drug problem and what are the different challenges coalitions face in cities versus rural communities? 

During this hour-long CADCA-TV broadcast, we'll sort out the myths and the realities.  Do bigger cities have more resources?  Does the small town feeling where everyone knows everyone make people more aware of drug use?  Are rates of drug use higher in cities or towns?  Do you always need money to fix problems?  

We'll visit two Tennessee counties with vastly different populations and see how each is tackling the prescription drug problem.  Are they using resources differently?  Are they taking different approaches?  See if there are there more differences or similarities and find out if coalitions need to work differently depending where they are. 

We'll take a look at all this and more and see if population size really does matter. 

Learning Objectives:

-      See if approaches should change based on population and location
-      Find out what role geography plays in the drug problem
-      Dispel some of the myths about city versus rural drug use
-      Learn what geo mapping is and how it can benefit coalitions

b.  Content Providers:  

Alvin Brooks, President, Ad-Hoc Group Against Crime, Kansas City  -  Alvin Brooks is the former Mayor Pro Tem and 6^th District at-Large City Council Person.  He was first elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2003.  In addition to serving as Mayor Pro Tem, Brooks chaired the Public Safety Committee, the Police Capital Improvements Oversight Committee and the Police Site Selection Committee, vice-chair of the Aviation Committee, and vice chair of the Finance and Audit Committee.  In 1991, Brooks was selected as President of the Ad Hoc Group Against Crime, a broad based grassroots community organization he founded in Kansas City, Missouri, November 1977.  He also spearheaded Project Neighborhood and the Move Up Coalition in Kansas City.  Brooks has been a consultant to many business executives in the area of diversity, minority and women matters.  He has also been a motivational speaker and lecturer for governmental agencies and the private sector.  He has conducted hundreds of seminars, workshop on the subject of cultural/racial diversity, religious tolerance and civil rights.  Brooks has taught classes and conducted lectures and workshops on numerous subjects, including the criminal justice system, crime and violence prevention, community involvement and police-community relations.  

Charles Reynolds, Charles Reynolds, Senior Public Health Analyst, United States Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention  -  Mr. Charles Reynolds, Senior Public Health Analyst is a national expert in using Geographic Information Software to answer complex questions relating to the delivery of health related services for the federal government.  With more than 20 years of experience working in the field of spatial analyses Mr. Reynolds is currently working for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention within SAMHSA and is working to integrate GIS resources and products into needs assessment, evaluation, and reporting related to key initiatives, such as: HIV/AIDS, workplace, business, community coalition outreach efforts, health services facilities for substance abuse and mental health services, as well as related prevention activity providers nationally. 

Shawnee Wright, Community Coordinator for Partners for Prevention in Allegany County  -  Shawnee Wright is the Community Coordinator for Partners for Prevention in Allegany County, a Drug Free Communities Coalition, a large active rural coalition in Allegany County, NY with 76 agencies and 150+ individual members.   Shawnee has a very diverse background of experience working on the state level on issues surrounding women with substance abuse and mental health disabilities and sexual/domestic violence.  She has several years experience in community mobilization initiatives such as Building Comprehensive Solutions, Communities that Care, and the Strategic Prevention Framework.  Shawnee has presented at numerous state and national level conferences. She recently presented at the 2008 CADCA Leadership Forum on Rural Coalition Building, helping to increase awareness of the challenges and special needs rural communities face.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  Primary target audiences for this program will include CADCA Coalition leaders, law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, administrators, school drug counselors, high school athletic officials, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, criminal justice professionals, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested.  This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.    

d.  Sponsors:  This program is made possible through a partnership with the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) Program at St. Petersburg College and the Florida National Guard, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) with the technical support of the Air Technology Network (ATN) at WPAB, Dayton, OH.

e.  Availability:  This free, public domain broadcast will be available on C-Band Analog satellite downlinks still found at many schools, libraries, colleges and other organizations.  (These are those 1^st generation, big, ugly satellite dishes)  (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.)  The DETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks will also be able to receive this program.  Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider.  (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Dish systems.) 

Will this program be Webcast?  Yes; details will be sent in the final coordination message to all registered sites.  A live and achieved version of the program will be available.

f.  CEUs, CMEs and Certificates:  There are No CEUs, CMEs, or Completion Certificates Available for this program.

g.  DVD Availability:  You can usually watch any of these programs plus many others from the past via a Webcast if you have hi-speed internet access, see:  http://dlnets.com/mctft_webcasts.htm  …or you can order a DVD for a small shipping and handling fee of $13..more details here: MCTFT DVD Order Site. 

Note that DVD availability for any given program sometimes does not post until several days after its broadcast date.  If the program date you are interested in is not posted, please book mark the site and check back in a week or so. 

h. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  No portion of this program may be used for commercial purposes or for-profit purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.   

i.  Web Site Support:  Support materials, if any, are expected to mounted on the Internet to support this program.  Final details will be sent via email to registered sites as part of the satellite coordinates message.   

j.  Satellite Coordinates:   If known at the time of your initial registration, a copy of the satellite coordinates will be returned to you as part of your registration confirmation.   A second confirmed coordinates copy will be sent to all registered sites 5-7 working days prior to the broadcast.   This second copy is sent in blind group copies of 50 addressees each.  We know that some spam and military filters will block this message.  So Site coordinators and technicians whose sites are registered and who have not received the coordinates by the Monday preceding the broadcast date should contact our office immediately.   Please do not wait until the day before or the day of the program to confirm your coordinates. 

k.  Registration:  All new and returning sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C-Band analog only –NO KU) or illumination authentication (DETN/Warrior dishes), Webcast Instructions and Site Materials Website (if any are available.)  Sites may register at: CounterDrug Registration  or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.   

l.  Future Programs:  For future information on MCTFT satellite broadcasts (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: http://www.mctft.com/telecasts/upcoming_telecourses.shtml.  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit.)  Additional information may also be posted here: http://www.dlnets.com/mctft.htm. 

 m.   Archived Programs via Webcast:  Miss a program and want to see it?  All MCTFT programs dating back to March of 2004 are available for webcast viewing.  Please email dlnets@aol.com for details. 

n.  Upcoming 2008 program dates:  All programs from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET (Subject Titles Tentative and may change.) 

28 August -  A Smuggling Crisis, Disrupting the Drug Trade
25 September – Teen Addiction and The Path To Recovery

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