Please find the recordings of the OMNI and CDPHE Community Prevention Early Intervention (CPEI) Community Learning webinars for prevention partners here. The webinars will be updated as they are made available after their live recording.
These recorded learning community meetings cover a wide range of topics related to youth development, prevention, and advocacy. They delve into issues such as language justice, evidence-based program implementation, cyberbullying, and effective advocacy strategies. These learning communities offered opportunities in a formal structure for people and organizations to align around shared goals and topics. Effective communities are both aspirational and practical. They connect people, organizations, and systems that are eager to learn and work across boundaries. These communities enabled participants to share results and learn from each other in a formal structure, thereby improving their ability to work towards desired outcomes.
SABG grantees reach out to your Prevention Change Coach to discuss how to receive a certificate of participation.
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Year 1
Language Justice - January 7, 2022
Learn about the historical context of language justice, ways to increase equitable language access, and how to implement language justice in your community.
Presenters: Community Language Cooperative
Time: 1.5 hrs
Primary Competency: Cultural Competency
Fidelity and Adaptations - February 25th, 2022
Learn what it means for a program to be identified as an Evidence-Based Program, explore why fidelity and adaptations are important, and discuss how to make adaptations to Evidence-Based Programs.
Presenters: CSU Prevention Research Center (PRC) Team
Time: 1 hr.
Primary Competency: Program Planning Skills
Teens and Social Media: Best Practices in Prevention and Response - May 6th, 2022
Learn the prevalence of cyberbullying, sexting, digital dating violence, and digital self-harm among youth, recognize the best ways to respond when others are harmed, and identify ways to promote positivity and help make kindness go viral within student groups.
Presenters: Cyberbullying Research Center, Sammer Hinduja, Ph.D., Co-Director
Time: 1.5 hrs.
Primary Competency: Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
Advocacy Recording - June 23rd, 2022
Gain a basic understanding of the purpose, mechanics, and constraints around effective advocacy, how to form strategic partnerships, and obtain materials to build your own Advocacy Action Plan
Presenters: CSU Family Leadership Training Institute
Time: 1.75 hrs.
Primary Competency: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Year 2
Communication for Prevention Professionals - September 29th, 2022
Learn the importance of identifying the characteristics of your audience, how to tailor your message, and how to craft a 'return on investment' prevention message.
Presenters: Dr. Jodi Breckenridge Petit
Time: 1.5 hrs.
Primary Competency: Communication Skills
Social Justice Approaches to Youth Engagement - November 9th, 2022
Learn about a social justice youth development, how to identify/address unequal distributions of power in youth-adult relationships, and how to support a social justice youth development approach in your organization.
Presenters: The Hub for Justice-Centered Youth Engagement - Dr. Heather Kennedy and Allyson Howe, MSW
Time: 1.75 hrs.
Primary Competency: Cultural Competency
Emerging High-Risk Alcohol Products - February 22, 2023
Learn about the influence of pop culture and alcohol industry practices on underage drinking, how the advertisement of alcohol products can pose a high risk to youth, and access training materials to bring awareness to your community.
Presenters: Dover Youth to Youth; Presented by Youth
Time: 1.75 hrs.
Primary Competency: Program Planning Skills
Turn Your Anxiety Into Your Superpower - May 1st, 2023
Learn about the neuroscience of stress, anxiety and trauma, understand the positive aspect of anxiety, and learn strategies for youth to use their stress and anxiety as a productive force in their life.
Presenters: Natural Highs Avani Dilger, MEd, MA, LPC, BC-DMT, CAS, ADS-RT
Time: 2 hrs.
Primary Competency: Program Planning Skills
Year 3
Building Strategic Partnerships with Schools - September 29th, 2023
What it takes to build a successful partnership between prevention organizations and school districts, successes, challenges and things to consider when starting a partnership.
Presenters: Mountain Youth - Mikayla Curtis; Eagle County School District - Candace Eves
Time: 1.75 hrs.
Primary Competency: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Building Strategic Partnerships with Non-Profits - November 10th, 2023
What it takes to build a successful partnership between prevention organizations and non-profit organizations, successes, challenges and things to consider when starting a partnership.
Presenters: Full Circle of Lake County - Stacy Contreras; Cloud City Conservation Center - Christian Luna-Leal
Time: 1.25 hrs.
Primary Competency: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Building Strategic Partnerships with Law Enforcements - March 24th, 2024
What it takes to build a successful partnership between prevention organizations and law enforcement, successes, challenges and things to consider when starting a partnership.
Presenters: Partners (Northern Colorado) - Heather Vesgaard, she/her; Respsonsible Association of Retailers (RAR), Nathan Dewey, he/him; Fort Collins Police Services, DUI Enforcement Unit, Brandon Lowe, he/him; Fort Collins Police Services, Alcohol Enforcement Officer, Carrie Ripsam, she/her
Time: 1.5 hrs.
Primary Competency: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Building Strategic Partnerships with Local Government - April 11th, 2024
What it takes to build a successful partnership between prevention organizations and local government, successes, challenges and things to consider when starting a partnership.
Presenters: Family and Youth Initiatives, Dibby Olson; Extrodinary Teen Council, Stella Veazey; Salida City Council, Justin Critelli
Time: 1.25 hrs.
Primary Competency: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Year 4
Organizational Equity Audits - July 24th, 2024
Tips and tools for conducting an organizational equity audit including: What is an equity audit; How it can support organizational growth and development; How to conduct an equity audit; Results; and Resources.
Presenters: CEO of Gunnison Valley Mentors - Tina McGuinness
Time: 1.5 hrs.
Primary Competency: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Data Gallery Walks - November 14th 2024
Learn concrete knowledge of how to: conduct a Data Gallery Walk; What is a Data Gallery Walk; Why and When to use one; Process for Developing one; Best Practices and Lessons Learned.
Presenters: Director of Strategic Impact, Mikayla Curtis, and Director of Community Education, Stevi Bratschie.
Time: 2 hrs.
Primary Competency: Program Planning Skills
Breaking Barriers to Engaging Youth - February 10th 2025
Oftentimes organizations are working with the same “easy-to-reach” youth. Learn more about how to connect and engage youth, especially those who might not readily be involved. This session will offer tips, tools, and lessons learned.
Presenters: Cassie Stauch, LCSW at Solvista Health and Co-Founder and President of Synergy in the Service Industry.
Time: 2 hrs.
Primary Competency: Youth Engagement
Making Data Matter: Pathways to Change in Communities & Policies - April 15th 2025
Join us in a discussion with Gunnison County Juvenile Services in how they became a leader and model for community data collection, interpretation, dissemination, and mobilization for county-wide initiatives and policy changes! Learn tips and tools for how to use data within your own organization and community, to tell your story and inspire positive social change.
Presenters: Emily Mirza & John Powell, Gunnison County Juvenile Services.
Time: 1 hour.
Primary Competency: Policy Development/ Leadership and Systems Thinking.
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