YOUTH PROJECT PROMOTES CLEAN AIR THROUGH ART
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APPROACH Throughout the 6 weeks, 4 participants met in-person and 1 joined virtually to learn more about tobacco prevention, community development work, and develop career skills. Youth participants also received Youth ENDS education and were trained in the Sidekicks program to better equip themselves with the goal of promoting tobacco-free spaces. The mural project was completed in the final week of G2O and sports a QR code that directs viewers to more information about the project and how to access the Maine QuitLink. PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE For the second year in a row, Portland Public Health (PPH) spent the summer hosting a team of local high school students through the Gateway to Opportunity (G2O) program. With the project goal to create a mural that promotes tobacco-free spaces, this program focused on providing youth who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color and/or from low socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunities to develop their career and leadership skills. After a positive 2020 experience working with youth to produce a tobacco prevention PSA, PPH was eager to partner with G2O once again. G2O is a 6-week summer employment program that provides career development trainings to high school participants and pairs them with host sites to complete a project. This year, PPH's project was to create a mural with a "Clean Air" theme to promote tobacco-free spaces. This was done through the help of a number of community partnerships, including Goulding Chiropractic who donated a wall of their building to host the mural and The Color Wizard who is a professional muralist who was hired to guide the team through the process of planning and creating the mural. City of Portland Public Health Division [email protected] For More information contact us at RESULTS AT A GLANCE YOUTH PROJECT PROMOTES "CLEAN AIR" THROUGH ART According to the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey, more than 2 million U.S. youth currently use e-cigarettes and about 1 in 4 use e- cigarettes daily. Social and community connections are important protective factors for reducing the risk of substance use initation, including tobacco products. For these reasons and more, it is important to promote community building and tobacco-free spaces to support individuals trying to live tobacco-free. Portland Public Health Partners with Youth Employment Program for a Second Year "[I will remember] how we all worked on [this] together. The mural was the end product of all our ideas." -Youth Feedback from Follow-Up Survey
Transcript of YOUTH PROJECT PROMOTES CLEAN AIR THROUGH ART
APPROACH
Throughout the 6 weeks, 4 participants met in-person and 1joined virtually to learn more about tobacco prevention,community development work, and develop career skills.Youth participants also received Youth ENDS education andwere trained in the Sidekicks program to better equipthemselves with the goal of promoting tobacco-free spaces.The mural project was completed in the final week of G2O andsports a QR code that directs viewers to more informationabout the project and how to access the Maine QuitLink.
PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE
For the second year in a row, Portland Public Health (PPH) spent the summer hosting a team of localhigh school students through the Gateway to Opportunity (G2O) program. With the project goal tocreate a mural that promotes tobacco-free spaces, this program focused on providing youth whoidentify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color and/or from low socioeconomic backgrounds theopportunities to develop their career and leadership skills.
After a positive 2020 experience working with youth to produce a tobacco prevention PSA, PPH waseager to partner with G2O once again. G2O is a 6-week summer employment program that providescareer development trainings to high school participants and pairs them with host sites to completea project. This year, PPH's project was to create a mural with a "Clean Air" theme to promotetobacco-free spaces. This was done through the help of a number of community partnerships,including Goulding Chiropractic who donated a wall of their building to host the mural and The ColorWizard who is a professional muralist who was hired to guide the team through the process ofplanning and creating the mural.
City of PortlandPublic Health Division
For More information contact us at
RESULTS
AT A GLANCE
YOUTH PROJECT PROMOTES "CLEAN AIR" THROUGH ART
According to the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey, more than 2million U.S. youth currently use e-cigarettes and about 1 in 4 use e-cigarettes daily. Social and community connections are importantprotective factors for reducing the risk of substance use initation,including tobacco products. For these reasons and more, it isimportant to promote community building and tobacco-freespaces to support individuals trying to live tobacco-free.
Portland Public Health Partners with Youth Employment Program for a Second Year
"[I will remember] how we all worked on
[this] together. The mural was the end
product of all our ideas."
-Youth Feedback fromFollow-Up Survey
