Amistades, Inc. is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) substance abuse prevention and community

development organization serving the growing Latino population in Pima County and

Southern Arizona. The mission of Amistades is to provide culturally competent leadership

in the prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other substance abuse problems affecting Latino

youth, families, and elderly. Aspects of the Amistades philosophy include promotion of

youth development, reduction of risk-taking behaviors, and building assets and resilience.

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P R O g R A m s & Ac t i v i t i E s

Federal & National Funding Sources

Non-Profit and Educational Partners

Arizona Youth Partnership Compass Community Prevention CoalitionEllie Towne Flowing Wells Community CenterHolistic Wellness Counseling & Consultant ServicesFlowing Wells Neighborhood Association & Community CoalitionFlowing Wells Unified School DistrictMujeres con PasiónPima Prevention PartnershipSunnyside Unified School District Tucson Urban League

Thank You to Our Donors

American Family Insurance, Nizar Sukkar AgencyArizona Community FoundationBlue Cross Blue Shield of ArizonaChicanos Por La CausaComcast TucsonCommerce Bank of ArizonaCommunity Foundation for Southern Arizona Community Partnership of Southern ArizonaCompadres, LLCConsulado de México en TucsonCox CommunicationsDesert Diamond Casinos & EntertainmentFamilia CoronaGlobal Distribution SolutionsHispanic Professional Action CommitteeLa Frontera Arizona Office of the Pima County AttorneyPima County Sheriff’s OfficePima Prevention PartnershipPinal Hispanic CouncilRosemont Copper CompanyRuth Reed MillerTERROS, Inc.

Amistades, Inc.680 W. Prince Road, Suite 110Tucson, Arizona 85705

(520) 882-8777 phone

(520) 882-8886 fax

www.amistadesinc.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of TucsonUS BankWells Fargo Bank

Special Thanks

Arizona State MusuemAzteca America TucsonBrushFire BBQ Co.Clear Channel RadioCongressman Raul GrijalvaEl Charro Café El Herradero SupermarketHispanic Organization for Leadership and AdvancementLe Caves Bakery, Inc.REA Media GroupSafewaySir Veza’s Taco Garage Sol CasinosStarbucks Coffee CompanyTargetTucson Museum of Art The Stillwell House & GardenU.S. Army Drug Demand Reduction UnitWalgreensWalmart

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behind the coalition implementation of a sustainable

prevention infrastructure for their community.

Alcohol & Drug Prevention Awareness Campaign

Cinco de Mayo Non-Profit Celebration and Family Festival

Marijuana Youth Awareness Campaign

Monthly Coalition Meetings

National & Local Prescription Drug Take-Back Days

National Town Hall Meeting Month

Reduction of Alcohol Outlet Density Project

Segundo de Febrero Commemoration / Henry “Hank” Oyama Community Leadership Award

Social Host Awareness & Education Campaign

Student Drug Diversion Classes

Amistades Substance Abuse Coalition —

amistades manages the amistades

Substance abuse Coalition, a

community-driven group that provides

substance abuse prevention in the

flowing Wells area. The Coalition, in

collaboration with a cross-sector of community

partners, addresses the problem of underage

drinking and marijuana, tobacco, and

prescription drug use among Latino youth. a

vision to create healthy, productive, safe, and

drug-free communities is the driving force

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STOP Underage Drinking Project — amistades

enhances the prevention efforts of its coalition through

environmental prevention strategies that specifically

reduce underage drinking in the flowing Wells area.

Youth are involved in the creation of media campaigns

and social host enforcement awareness campaigns.

amistades provides multi-cultural underage drinking

prevention workshops to social service agencies and

multi-cultural diversion classes to students at the

pascua Yaqui high School and on the Tohono o’odham

reservation as part of STop. additional diversion

services sites include Wildcat Charter School, ha:san

Leadership & preparatory School, and arizona Schools

for the Deaf and Blind.

Covert Undercover Buy Stings

Mayahuel Multi-Cultural Underage Drinking Diversion Classes

Student and Parent Storefront Advertising Monitoring

Take Control. Live Alcohol Free. Media Arts Classes

Underage Drinking Parent Pledges

AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program —

amistades serves low-income, high-need Latino

families of children 0-3 years of age within the

Sunnyside Unified School District through this

bilingual program. Its foundation is

based on parents as the first teachers

and the home as the first classroom.

The aVanCe parent-Child education

program is evidence-based and has

been deemed a national best practice

in parent education and early childhood development for

underserved Latino communities.

32-Session Early Childhood Development Instruction*

32-Session Parent Education Curriculum*

Community Resource Speakers

Educational Field Trips

Healthy Meals for Adults & Children

Home Visits

Social Services Referrals

Special Events & Holiday Celebrations

Toy Making Instruction

*School Year Based

Latino Capacity Building Workshops — The amistades

hallmark is Latino cultural competency. Through collab-

orative efforts with Latino preventionists, amistades

builds substance abuse prevention and cultural capacity

within the social services community.

Aztec Prevention Model

Latino Underage Drinking Hasta Aqui

Promotoras Healthcare Approach

Razalogia Community Mobilization Framework

Using Chicano Values in Substance Abuse Prevention

Proyecto REGALOS — amistades provides this

bilingual, evidence-based program to families of

children 3-18 years of age to increase parent involvement

and knowledge. ReGaLoS uses the Strengthening

Multi-ethnic families and Communities: a Drug & Violence

prevention parent Training program. program outcomes

include preserving the family foundation to

raise healthy children by promoting positive

youth development and family unity. The program is a

collaborative with arizona Youth partnership and the arizona

parents Commission on Drug education and prevention.

13-Session Parent Education Curriculum

Cafecito Parent Home Visits

Childcare

Healthy Meals for Adults & Children

Social Services Referrals

Underage Drinking Parent Pledges

Platicas Parent Advocacy & Mentoring Groups

South Park Communities Drug Free Coalition Mentoring

Project — amistades offers capacity building services in

the area of drug prevention to organizations that support the

african american community. Capacity building services

help organizations in the development of a coalition-based

prevention infrastructure similar to the one that amistades

has put in place for the Latino population it serves. Through

these efforts, and under the mentorship of the amistades

Substance abuse Coalition, the Tucson Urban League

created the South park Communities Drug free Coalition

to provide prevention services to the 85713 area as well

as other parts of pima County. This partnership between

amistades and the Tucson Urban League is a result of a

call to action made to the african american community by

amistades during their annual Juneteenth Youth prevention

Conference that examines the impact of underage

drinking in the african american community.

Action Planning & Group Facilitation

Creating Adult-Youth Partnership Workshops

Capacity Building Workshops

Community Mobilization Trainings

Monthly Neighborhood Meetings

Youth Development Training

Tobacco Youth Coalition Development — amistades

provides training and technical assistance services in

the area of tobacco youth coalition development as a

member of a technical assistance team that includes

pima prevention partnership and arizona Youth

partnership. amistades serves Southern arizona, arizona

Youth partnership serves northern arizona, and pima

prevention partnership serves Central arizona and is

the lead administrative agency. The purpose of the

initiative is to help public health, tribal, and community

organizations create their own tobacco youth coalition and

enhance existing coalitions. The initiative will ultimately

launch a tobacco policy change project done through

local organizations in conjunction with local vendors and

communities. These services are made possible through

funding from the arizona Department of health Services

Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Diseases Department.

Adult Leadership Workshops

Adult Prevention Trainings

Youth Leadership Training

Youth Leadership Workshops

Youth Prevention Trainings

On-Site Technical Assistance Visits

Mock Trials Workshops

Spring Break Youth Camp

State-Wide Youth Conference

Summer Youth Camp

Summer Youth Summit

If you would like information about services, volun-

teering, or making a donation, please contact Claudia

Jasso-Stevens at claudiajassostevens@amistadesinc.org.