Center on Addiction & Behavior Change

In this seminar, Dr. Wanda Boone gives a review of youth risk data and shares how Together for Resilient Youth (TRY - https://try4resilience.org) coalition and TRY's youth coalition "Living in Future Tense" work together to prevent substance use and risky behaviors. She then discusses the implementation of a collective impact model that includes individual, interpersonal and community sectors - "Resilient Community." Dr. Wanda Boone founded Pinnacle Community Development Center (PCDC) and Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) in 2000 after 20 years in the corporate sector. TRY is a community coalition, based in Durham, that now has a presence across NC, the US and internationally in Kenya, the UK and Australia. TRY’s mission is to use the public health model to address underlying adverse experiences that result in behavioral health challenges such as substance use, chronic disease, and violence by increasing resilience and reducing community risk factors through mobilization and collective impact. Dr. Boone is a forerunner and recognized as an expert in the field of Resilience/Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma informed living. She believes that children thrive when the adults that surround them are well and do well. This focus which began in 2014 found a perfect partner in “Change Your Words. Change Your World.” Writing for Resilience with John Evans. She became a facilitator in 2021 and Master Trainer under John Evans in October 2022. Dr. Boone is a member of the National Collaborative for Effective Prescription Opioid Policies (including prevention), National Society of Prevention Sciences, NC Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Advisory Board. She served as the Co-Chair of the National Institutes of Medicine Healthy NC 2030 Social and Economic Factors work group focusing on the impact of trauma and the importance of resilience. She is the Chair of the ACEs Subcommittee for the 2022 North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan. She is a RN, Sr. RA, Duke University Medical Center and holds a PhD in Theology and Public Health. This talk was co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Adolescent Risk and Resilience (C-StARR - https://c-starr.org) and the Center on Addiction Behavior Change (CABC - https://dibs.duke.edu/research/groups... ), both at Duke University. Questions about this talk can be emailed to wanda.durhamtry@gmail.com.

In conjunction with Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) , the Duke Center on Addiction & Behavior Change (CABC) held an online event entitled, "Marijuana Legalization: Brain Science, Community Impact, and Risk Prevention" that explored the many aspects of marijuana's influence including what happens in the brain, how it affects adolescents and how society is working to change its approach towards it. Additional group discussion included balancing legalization with the risks to brain health. Watch the full symposium and view the speaker line-up below.