NYAC, along with the National LGBT Tobacco Control Network, hosted HIV & Tobacco: Linkages in Prevention and Cessation for LGBTQ Youth on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010.  Featured presenters were Danielle Grospitch, CTTS and Barbara Warren, Psy.D. 

If your organization is directly serving young adults between the ages 18-24, you might be qualified to become part of the nationwide LGBTQI Young Adult Tobacco Needs Assessment. The first step in preparing your organization to be part of the Needs Assessment is attending this webinar that will include all the details and logistics required in becoming one of NYAC’s partners in this initiative. If you plan to distribute the needs assessment to the young adults you serve, at least one person from your organization must take this tutorial about the survey tool and submit the evaluation/registration form provided during the webinar to receive the stipends given to the first 50 organizations to sign up with NYAC.

For more information about the Needs Assessment and to see the Survey, click here.

Recording of webinar originally presented on November 10 @ 3 p.m. ET

This is a web based program that uses podcasts, text messages, and videos to support adolescents trying to quit smoking. A series of 6 podcasts that can be played on the computer or downloaded to an ipod gives youth tips on how to quit and the text message service gives youth a month of daily support in the cessation process.

A Movement, Not A Market is a tobacco and alcohol preention resource for the LGBTQI community. It is a FREE multimedia educational resource on media literacy, the portrayal of the LGBTQI community in media, and the targeting of the LGBTQI community with tobacco and alcohol products.

This DVD-ROM can help improve the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media messages, and to become an active participant in our media culture. This resource contains 52 media examples (from TV shows, films, magazines, and counter-marketing campaigns), a printable discussion guide, and handouts.

A Movement, Not A Market can be used in classrooms, community groups, and other group settings to:

• understand media literacy in the context of alcohol and tobacco prevention.
• gain more awareness regarding the marketing of tobacco and alcohol products to the LGBTQI community.
• explore portrayals of the LGBTQI community in the media.

We are in the process of adding to this section of our web site.

Support our efforts to bring additional resources to this space soon!