Intention Prevention Town Hall

“Is it Safe to Talk?”

Thursday, February 18, 2010

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Coronado High School
1590 West Fillmore Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Stepping Up - Your Child’s Strongest Influence May Not Be You!

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (January 31, 2010) - The drug problem, according to our teens, often results from boredom and the absence of alternative social activities. In addition, both teens and parents sighted the absence of intervention as a reason for the escalation in drug use.

Join us Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs from 6:00 – 7:30pm as we unveil some creative solutions piloted by our resourceful teens and supported by area businesses. With their help, we’ve embraced the very technologies our teens are so drawn to while creating positive social alternatives to boredom. Next, we’ve implemented an intervention network with KOAA, Channel 5/30 for parents and teens in need of help. And finally, we’ll introduce you to our special keynote speaker.

Twenty years ago the strongest influence our youth had was their parents. But in today’s digital world we have an entire generation who are influenced by a stronger social force. With more than one hundred digital cable channels to choose from and social media networks like MySpace and facebook, our children can find influence anywhere, giving the word peer pressure a whole new meaning. Earlier this spring, Conspire! and a group of typical Colorado Springs teens got together to host an event called Intention Prevention. This platform, originally assembled to find solutions to the increase in teen drug use, proved to be a real eye opener for those in attendance. According to our teens, when it comes to drugs, there is a problem. Armed with that information, Intention Prevention, affectionately named “IP” by the teens, sought solutions.

Our kids will be talking; we hope you’ll be listening. Join us and be a part of the influence!

Intention Prevention Town Hall program consists of the following:

* Performances by members of the Colorado Springs Conservatory
* Stephanie Finley - President, Governmental Affairs, Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce
* C.C. Wells and David Musante – Students from School District #11
* Dan May – District Attorney
* Susan Payne – Executive Director, Safe2Tell
* Lisa Kirkman – Magistrate, El Paso County Drug Court
* “James” – Graduate of El Paso County Drug Court
* Officer Bret Iverson – Colorado Springs Police Department
* Cindy Aubrey – News Director Channel 5/30 KOAA
* Howard Meyers - Parent
* Expert Q&A Panel of students and community leaders

Intention Prevention Town Hall is made possible through the generous support of the Colorado Springs Conservatory, Conspire, Safe2Tell, News First KOAA TV, Mr. Biggs, Colorado Springs Coca Cola, El Paso Council PTA and Seiko Marketing.

For more information or to register for the Intention Prevention Town Hall meeting, please contact James Dodd of Conspire at 719.964.6548 or Lynette Crow at 719.785.1161.