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Community Problem Solvers Tackle Vaping

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CmPS meets with Gov. Walz and Comm. Malcolm

Concerned about the health hazards of vaping, North Junior High and Apollo High School students, Fatuma Hassan, Nathan Nichelson and Quynn Meister have worked two years on Don’t Juul, It’s Not Cuul!!!, their Community Problem Solving (CmPS) project, an anti-vaping campaign with resources, curriculum and marketing ideas. CmPS encourages students to become “agents of change in … Read more

Safe Talk for Kids Starts Early

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Feigh speaks about child safety.

Many generations grew up with the boogie man and “stranger danger.” Kids were taught to distrust anyone they didn’t know. Books and videos were about the “scary man” that could come take children away. Most communication about child safety was, therefore, fear-based. However, Alison Feigh from the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (JWRC) has new strategies for … Read more