TEASA
Develop leadership and advocacy skills while learning about mental health and substance use prevention. Provide peer education and be a voice for teens in Everett. Join today!
Earn community service hours and connect with teens across the state on important issues around substance use, mental health and more. Founded in 2005 as Teens In Everett Against Substance Abuse, the group’s core values are: Youth, Community, Leadership and Advocacy.
Activities Include:
- Educate and advocate for the health and wellbeing of youth at the local and state level, engage elected officials to strengthen policies to improve community health
- Outreach campaigns to educate parents and other adults in the community about alcohol access and policies to reduce youth use
- Participate in statewide coalitions like the.84.org and Teens Leading the Way that address tobacco prevention, criminal justice reform, youth jobs, and more
- Work across sectors and in partnership with city leadership, departments, community organizations and other youth groups to address health equity and racial justice
- Volunteer at community events
- 2020 recipient of The 84 Movement's Peer Outreach Award