YOUth Positively Speaking

Paige and Erin are joined by Patty Rice to hear her story about her siblings who both died of a heroin overdose.

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Paige and Erin are joined again by Evelyn Piazza and Lesley Gabel to talk about how the culture around hazing needs to change. This episode is a part 2 to the previous episode Tim's Story. Thank you to our listeners for encouraging us to continue this conversation.

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Paige and Erin are joined by Evelyn Piazza as she tells the story of her son Tim who died from an alcohol related hazing incident at Penn State University. To further the conversation Lesley Gabel, Project Director of Positive YOUth, joins us and tells her own story about how her brother was also affected by hazing. 

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Paige and Erin are joined by two featured youth, Nora and Jasmin to talk about how alcohol use affects the body. To help us understand the effects of alcohol, Dr. Christopher West, a medical resident from Hunterdon Medical Center, joins us.

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

This is the first episode of our new segment Stories from the Street! Hear from the Cohen family as they tell their story about getting bagels and finding a woman who had overdosed in her car. 

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Paige and Erin are joined by two featured youth, Demitri and Grace to talk about how being a member of a faith based community has helped them live a drug free life. To help us understand faith, Father A., one of the faith leaders at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, joins us.
A special thank you to our partner for this episode One Voice of Hunterdon County. One Voice of Hunterdon is a community coalition that uses collaboration with faith  communities to address social issues. The Mission of One Voice is to bring together law enforcement and community partners with local faith communities in order to have “one voice” to address substance misuse prevention & recovery, especially for youth and other pressing issues that affect the health and safety of the community. The Primary Focus of One Voice is to utilize the protective factor of faith to prevent youth substance misuse. 

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Happy New Year! Paige and Erin are excited to give you this brief update about YOUth Positively Speaking. We reflect about the past year and the many things to come in 2021!

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Happy Holidays! Paige and Erin are joined by two featured youth, Olivia and Kelly to talk about their first semester away at college and what substance use looks like at college.

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Paige and Erin are joined by two featured youth, Delaina and Ian to talk about how underage drug and alcohol use on social media can affect a college decision or acceptance. To help us understand the college admission process, Susan Makowski, the Director of Undergraduate and Transfer Admissions at Rider University, joins us.

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing

Paige and Erin are joined by two featured youth, Bryce and Amy to talk about how Marijuana is affecting our bodies and communities. To help us understand Marijuana, Diane Litterer, the CEO and Executive Director of the New Jersey Prevention Network, joins us.

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YOUth Positively Speaking
Positive YOUth is an initiative focused on building county wide capacity to reduce substance misuse among youth 9-20 years old. In this monthly podcast the team speaks to youth about what is going on in their lives and ways to better help youth.

Positive YOUth Podcast STAFF
Program Director - Lesley Gabel
Program Coordinator - Erin Cohen
Multi-media Specialist - Paige Ewing