Advocating for Smoke and Tobacco-Free Campus Policies

Opening Session (9:00am - 10:00am)

Welcome and introductions

Speaker: Andrea Fabillaran, California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN)

A LOOK AT CALIFORNIA’S MOVEMENT FOR SMOKE/TOBACCO-FREE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Speakers: Alex Byrd & Kim Homer Vagadori, CYAN

For over 20 years, California colleges and universities have been working to address tobacco use on campus. CYAN will review the smoke/tobacco-free movement on campuses, highlight the numerous benefits of advocating for stronger policies, and discuss how to utilize this time to strengthen policy advocacy efforts.

Breakout Sessions (10:05am - 10:50am)

WORKING WITH CAMPUS GOVERNANCE

Speaker: Alex Byrd, CYAN

Navigating the California Community College governance system can be daunting and confusing. This skills-based session focuses on how to maximize work with community colleges by understanding how they function. This discussion will include conversations of strategies for working with faculty senates, staff councils, unions, and student senates.

WORKING WITH TRADE & TECHNICAL SCHOOLS: FINDINGS FROM INTERVIEWS

Speaker: Carly Raasch, ETR Associates

Trade and technical schools are complex campuses with unique characteristics that may impact how community partners engage schools in smoke/tobacco-free policy work. This session will share findings from recent CYAN key informant interviews with vocational schools and include time to share lessons learned from those who have worked with trade/tech campuses.

DEVELOPING CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS

Speakers: Mariah Santiago, SF Community Health Center; Katie Moose, California Health Collaborative; Omar Gonzalez, American Cancer Society

Building relationships with the campus is key when advocating and adopting a smoke/tobacco-free policy. This panel will share examples of creative ways to develop partnerships with various campus groups and connect the campus to the process of advocacy and adoption.

Breakout Sessions (10:55am - 11:40am)

ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ADVOCACY

Speakers: Adriana Del Cid & Tatiana Del Cid, COUGH Student Leaders; Taylor Beckwith, Breathe CA - Sacramento

Students play an important role in the advocacy and adoption of smoke and tobacco-free policy on campus. This session will feature strategies from current and former students on student engagement and creating partnerships for smoke and tobacco-free policy advocacy on campus.

UNIQUE SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES WHEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Speakers: Laureen Campana, Columbia College & Naomi Forey, Clovis Community College

Working with community colleges comes with its own considerations, successes, and challenges. This session is a panel discussion of the ins and outs of working with community colleges on smoke/tobacco-free policy initiatives.

CREATING SMOKE/TOBACCO-FREE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES

Speaker: Kim Homer Vagadori, CYAN

Strategies are critical to ensuring successful policy advocacy efforts on campus. Using the Midwest Academy Strategy Chart as a framework, this session will prepare advocates to assess power dynamics on campus, create shared goals, and identify tactis that will lead to policy change.

Closing Session (11:45am - 12:00pm)

Join workshop facilitators and participants to share best practices from the workshop as well as discuss how to utilize new knowledge and activities in your local work. During the session, RN’s interested in receiving CEUs will be given a link to an evaluation to report their participation.