The important aspects of Youth to Youth

• Y2Y’s message is a clear-cut "NO" to tobacco, alcohol, or any other drug at any time. Maturing teens need definitive guidelines.
• Y2Y is uniquely teen centered. The teens that participate in Y2Y play significant roles in the decision making process, so they feel responsible for the program's success.
• Y2Y focuses on issues that teens are most likely to face while growing up today: alcohol and other drugs, negative peer pressure, AIDS and sexuality, suicide, education and career concerns, self-concept, community responsibility, etc.
• Y2Y stresses the importance of developing leadership skills by encouraging public speaking, teaching of other peers & adults, facilitating workshops, and planning/coordinating special events.
• Y2Y helps develop essential life skills such as communication, decision-making, and problem solving.
• Y2Y involves teenagers from various socio-economic conditions, preparing youth for real-life relationships that include individuals of diverse backgrounds.
• Y2Y goes beyond merely presenting information on the dangers of alcohol and other drug use, but presents techniques for teens to use to change their own environments, and provides alternatives to drug use.
   

For more information about CV Y2Y:
Traci Cross, Co-Advisor of CV Youth to Youth
Phone: 510-537-3335 x1936
Click here to email Traci now!

Gerry Cox, Co-Advisor of CV Youth to Youth
Phone: 510-537-5910, x3122


Click here to visit the Youth to Youth International website.

For other local teen organizations visit our Teen Resource page.