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        Community Education Goals:

Educate Cobb adult audiences about...

  • Teen drinking and adult responsibility for preventing it

  • Current underage drinking trends (National/State/Local)

  • Community conditions that support or thwart underage drinking

  • State and local laws and liabilities

  • Impact of media portrayal of alcohol, alcohol advertising and marketing 

  • The importance of media literacy skills

  • NAS/IOM Report to U.S. Congress - Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility

        Community Education Activities:

  • Update and disseminate campaigns, information and products
    • Printed materials - brochures, newsletters, flyers, website
    • Presentations - live to adult groups, cable TV, other media
  • Plan events / develop calendar
    • Community events - rallies, forums, conferences, teach-ins
    • Community recognition - public proclamations, letters of support, celebration