Satellite Broadcast  Expanded Description

“Drug Epidemics From Meth to Mothballs: How to Know What’s Really Happening in Your Community”

 A Pre-Recorded Satellite & Webcast Program 

 Thursday 17 May 2007
 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

No CE Credits

a.  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 and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.  

b.  Availability:  This free, public domain broadcast will be available on the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks and on C-Band Analog satellite networks.  (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.)  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 Video streamed:  Yes; Details will be sent in the final coordination message to all registered sites.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  Primary target audiences for this program will include 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.  Program Summary and Objectives:  Methamphetamine is getting lots of media attention recently, but is it really the "hot drug" in your community?  Young people and others are using many different kinds of drugs to get high, some you may not have even heard of.  How do you know what is really causing the problems in your community? It might be the drug that's the most well-known, or it might not be.  

During this hour-long broadcast, take a look at statistics about what the problems are in different parts of the country.  Learn about tools that will help you see the patterns about who is doing what and where.  See how one coalition is making a difference, and can prove it.  Learn how to use their ideas in your community. 

Also, see how epidemiology, a big word that doesn't have to be frightening, can help you prove your point so you and your coalition can be proactive instead of reactive in the fight against drugs.  

Learning Objectives:    

-          See what the drug trends are around the country
-          Learn what epidemiology is and how it can help you
-          See how one coalition is getting outcomes, and how you can too

e. Hosted By: 
Mary Elizabeth Elliott, Vice President, Communications and Membership, CADCA

Content Providers Include:
Paul Evensen, Vice President and Chief Science Officer at Community Systems Group, a national public health consulting and evaluation firm -
Mr. Evensen has worked with hundreds of local partnerships to address a wide variety of health issues including substance abuse, teen pregnancy, literacy, youth suicide, immunization, nutrition, physical activity and HIV prevention.  Mr. Evensen holds a master’s degree and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health and Development in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas.  Paul has been involved in nearly every aspect of coalition work as a former executive director, evaluator, board member and volunteer.  He was the executive director of the Upstate HIV Prevention Coalition in Greenville, SC and has been the volunteer evaluator for Safe Streets of Topeka Kansas for the past eleven years.  Mr. Evensen is the co-founder of two non-profit organizations and currently lives in St Louis, Missouri.  

Jane Callahan, Director, National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute -
As the Director of the Coalition Institute, Callahan is responsible for ensuring the Institute provides education, training, and technical assistance for coalition leaders and community teams, with emphasis on the development of coalitions serving economically disadvantaged areas.  Prior to becoming the Institute Director, Callahan distinguished herself as an administrator and community coalition leader during her 12-year tenure as the director of the Fighting Back Partnership (FBP), Vallejo, California. She has a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) and an M.A. in Education from Humboldt State University in California.

Maryann Bowman, Project Director for the Genesee County Drug Free Communities Coalition -
Maryann has made a career in the Chemical Dependency field, working at the Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse for the past 19 years.  She began in treatment as an adolescent counselor and was credited for starting the adolescent program.  She then moved to the prevention department as a Student Assistance Counselor where she worked at Genesee Valley BOCES and Notre Dame high schools.  She was promoted to supervisor for the department and for the past six years has served as the Director of Prevention.  Maryann is also the Project Director for the Genesee County Drug Free Communities Coalition, which was honored with the “Got Outcomes Coalition of the Year and Coalition as a Whole for 2006” award by the Community Anti-drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).  Maryann is a board member of the City of Batavia Regional Recreation Council.  She is a also a board member for the Genesee County Baseball Corporation which oversees the Batavia Muckdogs Baseball team, a Class A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.  Maryann is a graduate of the class of 2004 Leadership Genesee and a past board member of the Genesee County Children’s Home Board and Association for Research of Childhood Cancer (AROCC).  Maryann Bowman is a Certified Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) and Certified Prevention Professional (CPP) for the State of New York - and one of few who have the dual certification.  Maryann holds an Associates Degree from Genesee Community College and a Bachelor Degree in Health Science from SUNY Brockport.  Maryann and her husband Todd have been married for 14 years and have one child.  She’s an accomplished pianist and an avid NY Yankee fan.    

f.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  There are No CEUs, CMEs, or completion certificates available for this program.

g.  Videotape 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 tape...however...MCTFT has announced a change in their formerly free videotape policy.   Depending on the co-sponsor, some tapes are free, some are not...  more details here: http://www.mctft.com/telecasts/past_telecourses.shtml. 

Note that they usually do not post tape/DVD availability for any given program until sometimes several weeks 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/KU) or illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website.  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.   

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