A youth-led movement fighting for a tobacco-free generation in Massachusetts.
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YWCA TASK
TASK (teen advocates sharing knowledge) is a teen peer leadership program for high school girls. The YWCA provides opportunities for young women to become leaders and educators in their community. Through youth led facilitated involvement, TASK has done health tables at Malden High School and presented workshops to eighth grade students on critical issues. TASK has done presentations to various community groups such as the Board of Health, Malden city council and school committee, and concerned citizens on tobacco related issues. YWCA members have written and produced shows and PSA’s (public service announcements) on Malden Access Television. Topics that TASK members strive to bring information to the public on are (to mention a few) tobacco prevention, civic engagement, racial justice, public speaking, substance abuse and financial literacy. Teen leaders promote health and wellness, social, emotional and academic well being.
Welcome back, YWCA TASK!
The 84 warmly welcomes back YWCA TASK for another year of fighting against tobacco as a Chapter AND as a movement! 2011-2012 proves to be an exciting year full of opportunities to expose the tobacco industry, get more teens pumped about The 84, and take on The 84 Chapter Challenge. With 163 points in 2010-2011, The 84 challenges you to exceed that this year again. Good luck and welcome back!Community Converstions
Our Community Conversations are finally complete! We presented to the Malden BOH, Doctors at Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden School Committee,...
Posted May 9, 2012
Community Converstions
TASK has completed three of our four community conversations. We have presented to the City Council, School Commitee, and doctors at The Cambridge...
Posted Mar 29, 2012
KICK BUTTS DAY!!!
Kick Butts Day 2012 was awesome! It was great to join youth from all across the state at the Massachusetts State House. We met with Rep. Donato and...
Posted Mar 29, 2012
Task tackles Secondhand Smoke!
This week The Task group created posters regarding the dangers of Secondhand Smoke in their school. As we were hanging up the posters, many...
Posted Mar 5, 2012
TASK
Our posters are done for our next 84 event at MHS. Check us out next week....
Posted Feb 24, 2012
KICK BUTTS DAY!!!
TASK will be filling out our registration form for KICK BUTTS DAY!!! do it today!!!!!!!.
We are planning our next event at MHS!!!
Posted Feb 16, 2012
Community Converstions
TASK is in the final stages of formulating our community converstions. We will be conversating with the Malden Board of Health, Cambridge Health...
Posted Feb 8, 2012
TASK
Yesterday's event was "You're Spending How Much?!!! Chapter Challenge... Check out outr pics...
Posted Feb 3, 2012
Cigarette Spending at Malden High School
Recently, the YWCA TASK girls visited math classes in their high school to pass out "Do Nows" that were meant to inform them on the cost of...
Posted Feb 2, 2012
Wakefield Tobacco OTP Survey
YWCA/TASK is lending it's OTP expertise to the city of Wakefield. We are in the process of conducting 100 "people on the street surveys"...
Posted Feb 1, 2012
Malden High School Sr. Math Classes
Tommorrow TASK will be doing the 84 activity "YOUR"RE SPENDING HOW MUCH." Three math teachers are allowing us do this activity as part of math...
Posted Jan 30, 2012
Chatper Challeges
TASK is in the process of planning two chapter challange events @ MHS stay tuned!!!
Posted Jan 26, 2012
Follow Us on Twitter!!
Follow the YWCA TASK on twitter @ywcatask for more updates on what's going on!!
Posted Jan 5, 2012
Project: People On The Street Surveys
Today TASK members met again. Last year, TASK did an OTP project in Wakefield assessing OTP product availability, exterior and interior ads, and...
Posted Jan 5, 2012
New Year, New Plans!
task met on wednesday, January 5th for the first time in the new year! We will be planning an anti-tobbacco event at the high school! stay tuned...
Posted Jan 5, 2012
Training
Brittany came to the YWCA about a week ago and trained TASK memebrs on our OTP Community Converstions presentaions and the talking points we should...
Posted Dec 19, 2011
Great American Smokeout
TASK conducted our GASO event at MHS on 11/17/11 during lunch periods. It was a huge success! On Tuesday night, we put up posters in the school...
Posted Nov 22, 2011
Cyber Bullying PSA
On another note YWCA TASK created, flimed, directed, produced and edited its own PSA on cyber bullying which is currently airing on Malden Access...
Posted Nov 15, 2011
GASO Prep
Well GASO is only 2 days away!! TASK met today afteschool to spread the word about big tobacco and what they say about youth. We hung posters all...
Posted Nov 15, 2011
TASK
On Tuesday, October 25th, TASK members meet with Gina and Courtney to talk about how the 84 kick off went. Peg and the girls provided us with the...
Posted Oct 26, 2011
the 84 kick-off
Two of our newest task members along with Peg, one of our adult advisors, attended the kick off this past Saturday in Worcester. Courtney and Gina...
Posted Oct 26, 2011
