The Leon County Health Department Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) invites Tallahassee youth to hear Chad Bullock, national stand-out anti-smoking advocate, speak.
“Igniting Initiative” is a carefully researched and developed experience that creatively explores the power of socially engaged youth.
Students will be actively engaged with hands on activities and contests while learning how they can create change in their communities.
The presentation is based on Chad’s unique journey from loss to super advocate.
Over 40,000 students have been reached with his message, and they always walk away with a fresh perspective on community involvement and a flair for tobacco control.
His home state governor sums up his one-of-a-kind approach: “Chad is the poster kid for getting in the trenches and advocating strongly and making change happen,” said North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue. She added, “It’s incredible, right here in the heart of the tobacco district, for young kids to make a difference."
Chad Bullock is often referred to as one of the leading anti-tobacco activists in the nation. Bullock developed a passion for tobacco-use prevention in the 9th grade after learning that he had lost a loved one to tobacco. He worked to get smoke-free ballparks in North Carolina, successfully petitioned a major tobacco company to end unlawful marketing and has trained over 35,000 youth to become anti-tobacco activists.
Bullock won the 2008 Do Something Award and $100,000 to continue his anti-smoking efforts and became the first and only “non-celebrity” to win a Teen Choice Award from FOX. His anti-tobacco efforts were recently featured on 35 million Doritos chips packages.
Bullock is the director of a new national anti-smoking activism campaign, called “helloCHANGE,” and currently works with MTV News. He also studies mass communications at school in New York.
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