grassroots advocacy in action one coalition’s work advocating for teen drug prevention policy
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Grassroots Advocacy in ActionOne coalition’s work advocating for teen drug prevention policy
Inga ManskopfPrevention WINSDivision of Adolescent MedicineSeattle Children’s Hospital
Prevention WINS2006: Coalition formed to prevent underage drinking, Eckstein Middle School
2010: Expanded focus to include marijuana & prescription drugs, moved to Adolescent Medicine
Prevention WINSPrevention activities
• Life Skills Training• Guiding Good Choices &
Strengthening Families Program
• Parent pledge• Social marketing campaign• Media advocacy• Legislative advocacy• Youth groups
Policy domains• Home
Parent pledge• Neighborhood
Media advocacy• Institutional
Seattle Public SchoolsSeattle Police Department
• City/CountyKing County Take Back Your Meds
Policy domains• State
Liquor Control Board I-502 rulemaking extended alcohol
hours alcohol advertising
Meetings with legislatorsInitiatives 1183 & 502WASAVP
• FederalMeetings with Kerlikowske,
Durkan, McDermott
Take Back Your Meds: Overview
KING 5 story -- King County Secure Medicine Return Policy
2010: Statewide Take Back Your Meds Coalition
2011 & 2012: State legislation failed two years in a row
Summer 2012: King County Board of Health formed Secure Medicine Return Subcommittee
Fall 2012: King County Take Back Your Meds Coalition formed
June 2013: Policy adopted
November 2013: Pharmaceutical companies filed lawsuit
Take Back Your Meds: Action• Initial outreach from state coalition
• Got to know key staff
• Organized representatives from multiple sectors• Letter-writing• Meetings with BOH members• Communication – internal & external media• Additional outreach
Take Back Your Meds: Action• Testified
• Committee meetings• BOH meetings• Public hearings
• Monitored• Committee meeting discussions• Changes to policy• Drug company concerns
• Communicated• FB page• Media interviews
Take Back Your Meds: Lessons learned
• Champions are key
• Stories are important
• Diverse coalition is ideal
• Be ready for media
Liquor Control Board: Overview• Alcohol advertising rules
• Extended alcohol service hours
• I-502 rule making
Liquor Control Board: Action“Formal” advocacy• Letters• Testimony
“Informal” advocacy• Chats• Inclusion in emails• Staff relationships
Liquor Control Board: Lessons learned• Know your research
• If you don’t speak up, someone else will
• Advocacy is a continuous process
Lessons learnedRead* legislation, fiscal notes, rules, reports
• Everything is online
• Public records requests
• The devil is in the details
• Will use information in the future
*If you cannot, consult with someone who has.
More lessons learned• Relationships are important!
• Listen to your allies and opposition.
• You are the expert in your field.
• Stay focused.
Prevention WINS
PreventionWorksInSeattle.org
PreventionWorksInSeattle.blogspot.com
facebook.com/Prevention.WINS
youtube.com/user/PreventionWINS