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Promise South Salt Lake youth council to produce substance-prevention podcast with county grant
Summary
Five youth leaders and three staff from Promise South Salt Lake will produce a six-episode podcast on substance-use prevention using $41,500 in Youth Advocacy Grant Initiative funding from Salt Lake County; part of the grant supported travel to a national prevention conference.
South Salt Lake — Promise South Salt Lake’s youth city council on March 12 outlined plans for a youth-led podcast series on substance-use prevention after receiving a $41,500 Youth Advocacy Grant Initiative (YAGI) award from Salt Lake County.
Edward Lopez, deputy director at Promise South Salt Lake, said the $41,500 grant funds two components: $21,500 to send five youth and three staff to a Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) conference in the Washington, D.C., area, and the remainder to develop and implement a local advocacy project. Youth council members described training sessions they attended or will host in youth advocacy, social development strategy, project management and persuasive public speaking.
Youth council participants said the project will be a six-episode podcast focused on risk and protective factors across community, family, school and personal domains. The podcast episodes will include guests from health departments, prevention coalitions and local schools; staff said the project budget covers podcast equipment, software, refurbishment of a podcast room at the South Salt Lake Community Center, marketing, a launch event and community listening party.
Students who attended CADCA described sessions on communication skills, tech impacts on youth and prevention strategies. Promise staff said the grant-funded work will finish by June (grant year end) and that they expect to host the podcast launch before June. They requested community partners to participate as guests and help spread the word and recruit participants.
Ending: Promise South Salt Lake will proceed with production, schedule trainings and set a launch date; staff asked the council to help publicize the launch and youth advocacy efforts.
