BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.13//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71@arcancercoalition.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200317T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200317T130000 DTSTAMP:20200221T171931Z URL:https://arcancercoalition.org/events/2833/ SUMMARY:15th Annual Arkansas Alcohol\, Tobacco\, and Other Drug-Free Kids D ay DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n15th Annual Arkansas Alcohol\, Tobacco\, and Other Dr ug-Free Kids Day\n“TAKE DOWN TOBACCO: National Day of Action”\nFor the past 15 years\, the Arkansas Youth Leadership Initiative\, a program of t he Family Service Agency Inc.\, has recognized and celebrated the annual K ick Butts Day\, in conjunction with our national partner\, Campaign for To bacco-Free Kids (CTFK).\n\nOver the past quarter-century\, the U.S. has ma de remarkable progress in doing just what the Kick Butts Day name describe s: kicking butts. But\, even though youth smoking rates have decreased ove r the years\, and are at an all-time low\, nonetheless\, we are now confro nted with skyrocketing youth e-cigarettes use rates that are rapidly rever sing the progress we’ve made toward achieving the first tobacco-free gen eration. The tobacco industry is known to peddle a wide range of addictive and dangerous products that put our kids at risk.\n\n\n\n\nRecognizing th e need to widen its tobacco prevention scope from just “Kicking Butts” \, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids made an intentional decision to re-b rand the annual Kick Butts Day...it’s now known as “Take Down Tobacco: National Day of Action”. Not only are youth\, but adults alike are enco uraged and empowered to stand up and speak out against the predatory\, tob acco industry.\n\nThis year’s Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action w ill be held on March 18\, 2020\, in most communities across the country. H owever\, due to scheduling conflicts\, Arkansas’s event will be held one day early\, on Tuesday\, March 17\, 2020.\n\nYou are invited to join us f or this national day of action. Let you voice blend with those of the nume rous primary\, middle and high school students\, community groups\, young adults\, health advocates\, elected and appointed officials\, and other co ncerned citizens for an 11:30 a.m. youth-led rally\, followed by an 11:45 press conference on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol. All attendees are strongly encouraged to arrive by 11:00 a.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nThere have bee n many important victories since the first Kick Butts Day was held in 1996 . Take Down Tobacco Day of Action is a reflection of both how far we've co me\, and how far we still need to go to achieve the first tobacco-free gen eration. We can’t cross that finish-line without the support of people l ike you. So\, please join us\, Tuesday\, March 17\, 2020\, for Arkansas’ s Tobacco-Free Kid’s Day\, A Day of Action. On March 17th\, we will:\n\n Raise awareness of the problem of tobacco use in our communities\n Enco urage youth to reject the tobacco industry’s deceptive marketing practic es\, and stay tobacco and vape free.\n Urge elected officials to take act ion to protect kids from all tobacco and vape products\, including flavore d ones\, especially menthol.\n\n\n\n\n\nHow Do I Register?\nRegistration i s FREE and lunch will be provided for ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. Deadline f or registration\, with a meal included is March 15\, 2020.\nREGISTER ONLIN E AT surveymonkey.com/r/ATODFREE2020\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nATOD Free Kids Day 2020 Planning Committee: Family Service Agency\, Inc.\, Little Rock Sc hool District\, City of Little Rock\, Department of Community Programs\, C oalition for a Tobacco-Free Arkansas\, Project Prevent\, Centers For Heali ng Hearts and Spirit\, Brandon House Art of Tobacco.\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more i nformation\, visit our website at www.aryouthlead.org\; send an email to g perez@aryoutlead.org\, or by call Genine LaTrice Perez at (501) 372-4242 e xt. 752 or via cell at (501) 310-0607.\n\n\n\nLet’s TAKE DOWN TOBACCO!\n Together\, We Can Do It!!!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n LOCATION:Arkansas State Capitol\, 500 Woodlane St\, Little Rock\, AR\, 7220 1\, United States GEO:34.74696;-92.28905 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 Woodlane St\, Little Ro ck\, AR\, 72201\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Arkansas State Capitol:geo:34.74696,-92.28905 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR