Co-Educational Service Fraternity Case Study

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids’ campaign for The Meth Project- Meth: Not Even Once “was founded in 2005 by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, in response to the growing Meth epidemic in the U.S. Today, the Meth Project is a program of the national nonprofit organization The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. The Meth Project is a large-scale prevention program aimed at reducing Meth use through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach. Central to the program is a research-based marketing campaign, community action programs, and an in-school lesson all designed to communicate the risks of Meth use” (http://www.methproject.org/about).

Children, starting as early as elementary school, are being educated on substance abuse. As of 2013, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, D.A.R.E., administers a school-based substance abuse, gang, and violence prevention program in 75 percent of the United States school districts. Since 1983, 70,000 police officers have taught the D.A.R.E. program to approximately 114 million elementary through high school students in the United States alone ("Is the D.A.R.E. Program Good for America's Kids K-12?"). This program is aimed at preventing drug use in elementary, middle, and high school students. A needle-exchange program implicitly encourages the exact opposite message, condoning immoral and illicit behavior. Governments should focus on discouraging drug use, providing more productive treatment for recovery, and punishing drug users instead of supplying the materials to continue their addiction. Young children have the potential to take more risks and must receive a clear message on drugs, which should coincide with the no tolerance policy they are being taught in school with implementation of the D.A.R.E. program. A needle-exchange program is more of a hopeful harm reduction campaign that sends the wrong message to young children and society as a whole. If there is to be a positive change in America regarding intravenous drug use, then the government and school programs all need to be on the same page; we

According to the Heroin Epidemic in Northern Ohio, the best way to lessen the chances of heroin and cocaine abuse is prevention (Heroin Epidemic 2015). By incorporating and highlighting the dangers and warning signs within the school systems it could prevent teenagers and young adults from trying it. Many schools have the D.A.R.E programs offered at schools. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) is a program that provides children with the proper skills when it comes to drugs and violence. The law enforcement also works within the community. They interact more just to show others with a different mindset that they are here to protect and serve the community.

Last Thursday, Cristi Beaumont spoke to our class about Drug Court and her experience with the grant writing process. The drug court program sounds like an amazing program for individuals who utilize it. Drug court integrates substance abusers into society by helping them find employment and housing. Something Cristi said about the program I found especially interesting was the progressive punishments. The people who run this program understand that addiction is a disease and the clients are going to have slip ups and make mistakes. Progressive punishments are utilized instead of handing out the harshest punishment for a very first offense.

As an immigrant from Ghana, the Black diaspora is one that I hold close to my heart as I grew up around Black people from all ethnicities. I have always been interested in research and community initiatives that connects people. I believe that community engagement and connecting Black people across the diaspora is key to fighting for justice and the uplift of all Black people. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a sorority that has done this in more ways than one, both nationally and locally The sorority has taken their community engagement to a global level through many initiatives such as building a school in Haiti and a home for orphaned children in Swaziland.

America is wasting money on campaigns that don’t work. D.A.R.E, a program that goes to schools in America, hasn’t made any more progress than giving five dollars to a psychopath murderer. (Vance 1) D.A.R.E. is a program that schools use to explain what drugs do to you, and how they affect your life. A national survey on Drug Use and Health led made by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services says; “Drug

"I am a Theta. I am for the child." As an undergraduate, pledging Theta at Phi chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta has provided me with many opportunities to contribute to my community, especially through our philanthropy work for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

As a member of an underprivileged community who spent a large portion of my undergraduate career in public service, I would like to see a higher level of awareness on the negative effects of drugs within high schools. I would like to start an initiative where a group of students from the medical school visit local high schools and educate students about the harmful effect of drugs. I believe that through Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, an organization that collaborates with WMed, I will be able to achieve my goal. In addition, the unique location of WMed in Kalamazoo will offer me numerous learning opportunities like clinical experiences and community services which will expose me to a wide array of people from various backgrounds and cultures, which I think is a vital part of being a physician in training.

I think the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc is to cultivate and inspirit high scholastic and ethical standards among college women. I also believe the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is to alleviate quandaries concerning girls and women in order to help improve their convivial stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college likeness and to serve the community. commitment,confidence,being flexionable,being able to work with people,honesty, integrity. I think I would contribute a lot to a sorority in terms of academics, creative, vocally,

Policy should not be focused on trying to combat the drug cartels but rather at fixing drug dependency. Since the 1971 War on Drugs declaration, the U.S. government has thrown money in attempt to combat the supply side of the drug issue. President Reagan increased funding for drug interdiction from $437 million to $1.4 billion but decreased drug awareness and treatment programs from $386million to $362 million. President Clinton allocated $7.8 billion to combat supply and only $5.4 billion for the demand side. Money needs to be allocated in the right place which means investing in the demand side through “education, prevention, and rehabilitation.” Funds need to be allocated to restructure educational programs, such as DARE, in order to deeply impact the minds of America’s youth. Like alcoholism, drug dependency needs to be viewed as a disease which requires a rehabilitation process. The focus needs to be shifted from imprisoning drug users that are in desperate need of help to keeping society healthy. This can be achieved by decriminalizing (not legalizing) drug use. A great example is Holland’s decriminalization of drugs which has led to a significant decline in hard drugs. Additionally, by building up rehabilitation programs, past drug users will be able to enter the workforce and become productive members of society as well as capable and attentive parents. The National Institute on Drug Abuse

This program’s goal is to reduce the lure of gangs for young children. While the program has been shown to be effective in studies, it is not viewed as well by officer at LPD. I do not believe this program is effective in the way that the department administers it. The program is designed to be taught in small classes, but the department and the school system put together classes of over sixty children. The program is viewed negatively by most patrol officer because the instructor is a patrol officer and is away from the shift for over 5 hours. The other officer are forced to do their job and carry the load of the officer that is busy teaching the program.

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was founded at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa March 9th, 1856. There was a charter brought to North Dakota State University on April 6th, 1935. Sigma Alpha Epsilon offers a great opportunity for students around the nation to benefit themselves as individuals. The fraternity has a creed called the True Gentleman. It was written by John Walter Wayland.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program known as D.A.R.E has become a very widespread and popular program throughout the United States. The program appeals to all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic lines, which is a large part of the reason why the DARE program has grown exponentially. The program’s basic premise was meant to introduce kids to the danger of drugs, before the drugs got to them. The implementation of the DARE program appeared to be what America needed to begin to put a dent in the war on drugs.

One program I accept wasn't compelling was the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, otherwise called DARE. This system is utilized to instruction youngsters and teenagers crosswise over America to stay pill and savagery free. Funding for this system are in the billion dollar go yearly, however would it say it is worth the trouble? Studies from the Sample and Methodological Characteristics of the DARE Evaluations indicate that the system isn't gathering the base rules for adequacy as the U.S. Government thought it might be. "It has been suggested that DARE may have delayed effects on drug use behavior once pupils reach higher grade levels" says Susan Ennett, a teacher in the Department of Health Behavior and Director of the HB Doctoral Program.

College students have many life altering questions they must answer through the journey of further education. From a student’s major, living circumstance, classes, and getting involved on campus, it can start to get stressful if there are mixed signals about what they are getting into. Getting involved on campus is a great way to meet people and improve skills needed after graduation. A student might choose to be involved in Greek life because of the parties, friends, and job application quirks down the road (Joining a Fraternity, np). The outcome involves those things, but it also involves leadership traits, lifelong relationships, the ability to surpass the negative public perception of Fraternity and Sorority men and women, and keep up good grades.