Coalition-Wide Art Fair Competition

Tri-Community Coalition is sponsoring an art fair competition to raise awareness about substance abuse prevention and addiction during National Drug Facts Week. 

All students in grades 6-12 in Oakland County are eligible to participate. Submissions must be visual (painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, photography, etc.), and must be based on the theme of addiction or substance abuse prevention. 

Coalitions will select winners in two categories: high school and middle school. Local coalitions will also be offering prizes to winners! 

Students interested in participating in the Art Competition should submit their work to their local coalition. Contact Regina Hollingshead at regina.hollingshead@gmail.com or call 248.837.8009 to determine local coalition.

Important Dates:

• January 23rd: Submissions due
• January 26th – January 29th: Winners announced and featured online!
• January 30th: Prizes awarded 

For more details on how to enter and the specific guidelines, please click the link below:

Art Fair Competition Flyer

2014 Annual Leadership Breakfast

We are very appreciative of all the community members that joined us Friday to show their support of TCC, their commitment to leadership, and their willingness to dialogue with others about local issues and topics.

Together with all of your support we were able to raise over $1600! These contributions help us continue our substance abuse prevention initiatives, contribute to our youth coalition's projects and activities, and increase the sustainability of our coalition. 

Tri-Community Coalition thanks you for your kindness!

If you missed this year's Leadership Breakfast, you can watch the event in its entirety below thanks to Oak Park School District TV:

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We also want to make a special thank-you to all of those who donated their time and effort in helping us put on this event:

• Stephen Henderson
• Specialities Showroom
• Four Way Party Rentals
• Annabel Cooks Catering for providing our breakfast
• Detroit Bold, A.J. O'Neil, for supplying coffee
• Oak Park Schools TV, Eric Vancil and Darryl Sanders
• Dana Ocker Photography
• Oak Park & Berkley YOU group members for volunteering their time

TCC's Judy Rubin Speaks Out About Local Marijuana Proposal

Our very own Executive Director, Judy Rubin, was interviewed by Andy Choi from WXYZ news to discuss the issues of the new misleading marijuana proposal in Berkley, Huntington Woods, and Pleasant Ridge. 

The new ballot proposal does not legalize marijuana. Persons in possession of marijuana will still be charged at a State or Federal level. It is important that we, as a community, send a clear message about marijuana use and the detrimental impact of decriminalization.

Please vote NO on the "Proposed Charter Amendment" November 4th!

Visit the link below to read the full article:
www.wxyz.com
 

2014 Aetna Voices of Health Competition!

Tri-Community Coalition has been nominated to participate in the 2014 Aetna Voices of Health Competition to win $30,000! 

Aetna Voices of Health Competition was created to recognize local agencies that are working in their communities to encourage racial and ethnic equality in health care. 

We are happy to have the opportunity to take part of this competition and we need your help to win! 

September 10, 2014 Announcements

Lots of exciting changes have been happening around the Tri-Community Coalition office. 

Program Director: Regina Hollingshead

• We first would like to welcome our new Program Director, Regina Hollingshead!

  Regina graduated from Valparaiso University in 2009 with a degree in History and Secondary Education.

  From 2009-2011 she ran a high school service learning program with City Year Seattle/King County. From 2010-2011 she taught ESL in Valparaiso, Indiana and served on the Board of Directors for the Valparaiso International Center.

  In 2011, she moved to Detroit as part of Teach for America and taught in the Detroit Public Schools for three years. She is excited about this new transition into non-profit work, and looking forward to continuing her passion for improving and enriching the lives of youth with the Coalition.

   

  Intern: Dana Ocker

• We also would like to welcome our new intern, Dana Ocker! She is in her Senior year in the Social Work Program at OaklandUniversity. Her passion is focused on community organizing, social justice, and media reform. She is delighted to be working with us:

  "I'm very excited to work with Tri-Community Coalition. I have so much to learn, and I have 3 very amazing mentors looking after me. I'm blessed to be working here."

  After graduating with her Bachelors of Social Work, she hopes to attend MSU to obtain an Organization and Community Leadership Masters degree. 
   

   We are excited to have both Regina and Dana on board! 
   
• Also, we expanded our office and did some reorganizing and redecorating. The new office looks great, so stop by and take a look.
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• Tri-Community Coalition is excited to announce our nomination to participate in the 2014 Aetna Voices of Health Competition!

  The Voices of Health Competition is a national competition to recognize local agencies that are committed to encouraging racial and ethnic equality in healthcare within their communities. 
  We are 1 of the 33 organizations nominated to win a grand prize of $30,000.

• What can you do to help?
  Winners are determined by public votes from their local community members.
   Voting opens Monday, October 13th, 2014 and ends Sunday, November 9th, 2014.
   
• We will announce how you can vote in our next newsletter, and look forward to your support. :)