WORKSHOP III
ILLEGAL DRUGS- SELLING, USE, ABUSE
July 21, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS REALESE
Illegal Drugs- Selling, Use, Abuse
“The Game-Drug Life on the Avenue”
On Friday July 21, 2006, at 3:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. at Stetson Public Library,
located at 200 Dixwell Avenue, CTRIBAT Youth Development will once again continue its mission in the positive development of Our youth by conducting the third Parent/Student workshop of the CTRIBAT Leadership Retreat summer pilot “Front Line.”
An interactive workshop/lecture will be conducted on Illegal Drugs- Selling, Use, Abuse. This is the Third workshop in a series of many that have been designed by CTRIBAT to address the issues that confront Our Youth and to give them the proper tools to cope with life in an Urban Environment.
Guest Speakers will include:
Main Address Speaker: Alderman Drew King- Board of Director CTRIBAT
Guest Speaker: (requested to remain anonymous)
Community Impact Statement: James Welbourne -
Director of the New Haven Free Library
New Haven Police Department-Special Street Unit
Clinton Robinson- Consultant to CTRIBAT on Youth Intervention
Officer Shafiq R. F. Abdussabur- Executive Director CTRIBAT
This workshop is only open to members of CTRIBAT who have registered for the summer pilot. Parents are required to attend this event.
CTRIBAT currently has approximately 54 young males registered for its summer pilot.
Some of our current program supporters are: New Haven Police Department, Yale University State of Affairs, New Alliance Bank, TYCO Printing, Stetson Public Library, SUBWAY (State & East Street), Balance Fitness, Downtown Pizza, Dixwell Market, Dixwell Mini-Mart, Francis Beauty Supply, Cody's Diner, Christian Taberbacle
CTRIBAT Board of Directors: Alderman Drew King, Fred Fulcher Jr. MSW, Siraaj Muhammad, Lou Ann Bohman, Jesse Hameen II, Brenda Johnson, Carl Myers.
Executive Director: Shafiq R. F. Abdussabur
Chief Financial Officer: Deborah De Loatch-Hogan
Director of Development: Wanda Faison
Program Director: Rochelle Fulcher
Program Director: Josh Lindo
Program Coordinator: Courtney D. Gayle
Additional Instructors for this workshop:
Officer Russell Blackwell, Officer Jason Jackson
