Youth Summit-Smoking Out Tobacco

This summer, ACT-UP along with Breathe of Sacramento went to camp with 35 youths at Camp Tuolumne Trails near Yosemite. During a short 3-day camp, the youths did fun activities such as balloon stomping as an icebreaker in order for them to get used to their surroundings and their peers. Aside from that, the true purpose of the camp was to teach the youths the ways that big tobacco companies are targeting in specific ways. The youths worked on a 2 day long project called "Community Norm Change" aka "CNC." We had a lot of fun and the youths learned valuable skills that they can take with them back to their own schools and communities.