The Tobacco Endgame Center provides a wide variety of tools to bolster any community organizing or engagement campaign. From Midwest Academy Strategy Charts to fact sheets and training webinars, you will find what you are looking for to engage your community in policy and organizing campaigns.
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The Role Of Robust Regulation And Comprehensive Tobacco Control And Prevention The advent of new tobacco products, such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and the dramatic rise of their use especially in adolescents and young adults is of significant concern. E-cigarettes have now become the most popular tobacco product for youth and adolescents in the United
Colton Community Coalition for Change (Coalition), a community outreach program of Mental Health Systems Central Valley Prevention Program (MHS), and its community partners spent nearly two-and-a-half years cultivating support for a comprehensive Tobacco Retail License (TRL) policy for the City of Colton. The lengthy campaign overcame several roadblocks before a TRL policy was adopted in December 2019, including delays and leadership changes both among the coalition members and political leadership in Colton, illustrating the powerful roles of community partnerships and youth voices.
In May 2020, the Oakland City Council closed a loophole exempting “adult-only” tobacco stores from the city’s flavored tobacco sales restrictions and further strengthened community tobacco control and enforcement measures. The policy also prohibited pharmacies from selling any tobacco products, set a minimum price of $8 for a pack of cigarettes and little cigars/cigarillos and a minimize pack size of 20 little cigars/cigarillos. The effort, led by the Alameda County Tobacco Control Coalition (the Coalition), the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Roots Community Health Center and the Alameda County Tobacco Control Program (TCP) – leveraged strong community partnerships to reflect broad and strong support for strengthening the Tobacco Retail License (TRL) policy as an urgent public health and social equity response in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In July 2020, the Hayward City Council amended its Tobacco Retail License (TRL) policy to remove both the exemption of menthol flavored tobacco products and “grandfathering” of existing licensees, thus eliminating the sale of flavored tobacco products citywide. Additionally, the Council enacted several provisions to strengthen the TRL. The effort was led by Eden Youth and Family Center (EYFC), the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition for Health Against Tobacco (API-CHAT) and the Alameda County Tobacco Control Program (TCP) – a broad community of organizations that marshalled a powerful and diverse base of support, leveraging youth and community voices and social equity issues.
Circles of Influence is a key tool in completing the Midwest Academy Strategy Chart (MASC). This tool will determine how a coalition can use its network and relationships to connect with and influence a decision maker (DM). Use the Circles of Influence (COI) tool to identify your allies and constituents to measure their level of
Circles of Influence Worksheet Circles of Influence is a key tool in completing the Midwest Academy Strategy Chart (MASC). This tool will determine how a coalition can use its network and relationships to connect with and influence a decision maker (DM). Use the Circles of Influence (COI) tool to identify your allies and constituents to
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Circles of Influence is a key tool in completing the Midwest Academy Strategy Chart (MASC). This tool will determine how a coalition can use its network and relationships to connect with and influence a decision maker (DM). Use the Circles of Influence (COI) tool to identify your allies and constituents to measure their level of influence in relation to you and the DMs.
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Community Organizing & Engagement Training Series: Fundamentals of Organizing Presentation
