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VOICE is not a youth program in the traditional sense.
VOICE is branded messaging, resources, campaigns and initiatives designed for Indiana teens to engage with online or tangibly in their communities. Indiana teens are defined as 13-19 year-olds. Individual teens and community or school based groups are invited to align themselves with any VOICE effort.
VOICE branded resources and campaigns allow teens to fully participate in the objectives of VOICE—engage, educate, and empower teens to celebrate a tobacco free lifestyle—with less difficulty and with high fidelity to the best practices and values of the public health model.
Is VOICE a Club?
No. VOICE is branded messaging.
What if we have an existing VOICE club in our community?
We ask that you rebrand. Consider a name that compliments your coalition or organization. For example, rather than “[Indiana County] VOICE” think “[Indiana County] Tobacco Free Teens” or "[Indiana County/School-Organization] + [original name].
Why isn’t VOICE promoting the creation of exclusive clubs?
Think Truth®. Truth exists to provide resources and branded messaging to support and advance tobacco control efforts nation-wide, not to create Truth clubs.
VOICE exists to do the same in Indiana. We engage, educate and empower Indiana's teens to celebrate tobacco-free lifestyles. Rather establishing and maintaining VOICE clubs throughout the State, we are interested in partnering with and supporting existing teen groups, be they SADD, 4-H, Student Councils, FCCLA, Scouts, Faith Groups, or even “lone ranger” teens.
By developing and offering resources and opportunities and making them available to all Hoosier teens, we are able get the maximum benefit from limited resources and more efficiently engage, educate, and empower Indiana's youth.
This approach also allows you to grow your coalition by inviting local youth serving organizations to join your efforts without having to hire a dedicated youth coordinator to create a new youth group.
As you identify existing teen-centered groups and programs, be they school based or community based, you may share VOICE branded opportunities, resources and campaigns as they are launched, such as the Waste Tobacco Filters Kit or Meet-ups, just as you would share new cessation information or resources with local organizations.
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What is the VOICE Squad and who are VOICE Brand Ambassadors?
The VOICE Squad is the core group of teen leaders who have been recruited to ensure that our messaging is on point and culturally relevant for teen audiences and work on creating VOICE campaigns, resources, and events. A VOICE Brand Ambassador works at the local level by engaging with VOICE branded campaigns or messaging. For example, they engage with VOICE social media platforms, host an #InMemory of Event, use VOICE materials for a Kick Butts Day event, attend a Meet-up, etc.
How do you (and others in your community) engage with VOICE?
1. Sign up for news and alerts - or send us a request - with this link:https://www.cognitoforms.com/Voice6/CONNECTWithVOICESignUpYou may also sign up on the VOICE website or Facebook page.
2. Take advantage of VOICE resources and opportunities. Our website www.voiceindiana.org is command central. This is the place to access information, resources, and opportunities. Here, you may request toolkits, download information, and sign up for regional and statewide events.
3. Notify us of opportunities for VOICE to engage with teens in your community. If you know of a youth event, conference, festival, etc. in your region that might be a good fit for a VOICE branded education/engagement program we‘d be interested in learning more. Complete this easy online form:https://www.cognitoforms.com/Voice6/MaximumVelocityTour
4. Share what teens are doing in your community. We enjoy promoting your pictures, news articles, and posts of teens actively celebrating a tobacco-free lifestyle. Please use the easy media share form to submit file attachments: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Voice6/VOICEEasyMediaShareForm The link may also be found in the footer (bottom) of our website.Also, please use event/activity appropriate hash tags when posting on social media. For example,#PoisonbythePound if posting about a #WasteTobaccoFilters event.
5. Follow us on social media! @voiceindiana is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. Watch, comment, like, and share our content. Share #WhatTheWhat videos from our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/voiceindiana/org
6. Refer motivated teens interested in engaging with VOICE as potential Squad Members or Ambassadors!Have them connect with us via social media or email and we’ll let them know about upcoming opportunities and the process for taking on additional responsibilities commensurate with their interests, talents and time.
7. When in doubt, ask questions and/or request assistance! Please email your questions or requests to [email protected].
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May I use the VOICE logo or name? .......................................................................................
Not without permission. Think about someone using your coalition name and logo for an off-message, unsanctioned event. The VOICE logo and name represent a Statewide brand. To protect the brand and messaging, the logo or name may only be used if permission has been granted by the VOICE team. If you have a request, send your ask to [email protected]
