Jessie Funk PSA from Dialogue Day

The beautiful Jessie Funk, this year's Dialogue Day guest speaker, made a PSA for Tri-Community Coalition. Watch it below:

TCC Night Court Featured on Channel 2 News

TCC's annual Night Court event was featured on Channel 2 News. Check it out below!:
 

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TCC @ CADCA D.C.

Tri-Community Coalition recently had the opportunity to attend the 2015 CADCA Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. Our intern, Dana Ocker, presented her poster at the Ideas Fair, which highlighted our youth group, Y.O.U., and the best ways to engage youth in prevention work. You can view the poster and handouts here. 

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Intern, Dana Ocker, Executive Director, Judy, & Program Director, Regina

TCC Art Fair Competition Winners

Congratulations to Evelyn Dykes from Berkley High and Imani Harris from Oak Park High for winning the TCC Art Fair Competition!

Below you can view their artwork:

Evelyn Dykes

Art is one of those psychological paradigms that just do not function when you’re stoned. I created this piece because drug induced states are often romanticized, but no one really thinks about the effects of addiction afterwards—hence zombie alien girl with bleeding eye sockets. I wish I could do something to make people, especially my peers, realize that being inebriated or under the influence of any kind of drugs isn’t even tertiary to survival, but until that point, I’ll shock them with semi grotesque images of what could happen.

Imani Harris

Drugs are really bad, and I can't even begin to think of the reasons why somebody would dare to put their life is danger. My poster represents how someone's life could be so perfect, and then be torn to pieces by the decisions she makes. There are so many outside forces that can influence someone to take illegal drugs. There is peer pressure, stress, family issues, and so many other factors that can push someone to walk on a jeopardizing and dangerous road. But at the same time, there is always that voice of reason that is telling you otherwise. My poster shows how a girl who had a seemingly perfect life decided to take a pill, despite all of the warnings that she had already received from the people around her. Instead she fed into the lies and bad advice that spewed from the mouths of people who didn't care for her, and her life took a turn for the worse. My artwork shows that saying  "No" is the best thing that you can ever do. Knowing that you stood your ground and put your body as the main priority is reassuring, and this way, you can go wherever you want to in life, without the crutch of a drug addiction paving the road before you.

Evelyn Dykes

Art is one of those psychological paradigms that just do not function when you’re stoned. I created this piece because drug induced states are often romanticized, but no one really thinks about the effects of addiction afterwards—hence zombie alien girl with bleeding eye sockets. I wish I could do something to make people, especially my peers, realize that being inebriated or under the influence of any kind of drugs isn’t even tertiary to survival, but until that point, I’ll shock them with semi grotesque images of what could happen.

Stephen Henderson - Know Your Power

Check out Tri-Community Coalition's PSA featuring Stephen Henderson, "Know Your Power, Be Your Own Person".