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05/31/2026

🔁 Share. 💬 Talk. 📲 Follow

📣 While new trends emerge, we must continue to focus on the leading cause of preventable death 🚬

05/31/2026

🌱 Sustainable Leader Sunday 🌸

The flowers are blooming, gardens are filling in, and communities everywhere are digging in the dirt this time of year 🌼

And honestly? Flowers are pretty incredible.

They remind us:
✔ Growth takes time
✔ Seasons matter
✔ Not everything blooms at once

In the middle of busy schedules and endless to-do lists, don’t forget to step back and enjoy it all.

The sunshine.
The color.
The little moments of growth happening around you — and within you 💚

Because sustainable leadership isn’t just about building and doing.

It’s also about noticing.

What’s blooming in your garden (or life) right now? 🌷



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05/30/2026

🚀 Strategy Saturday

Advocacy is an important part of prevention and public health work — but understanding the difference between advocacy and lobbying matters.

Strong advocacy can include:
✔ Educating decision-makers
✔ Sharing community data and outcomes
✔ Telling stories and highlighting impact
✔ Raising awareness about issues affecting your community

A few tips to avoid crossing the lobbying line:
• Focus on education, not telling people how to vote
• Share facts, trends, and community needs
• Avoid using organizational resources for political activity
• Know your organization’s policies and funding restrictions
• Encourage civic engagement without endorsing candidates or legislation positions when prohibited

Because effective advocacy isn’t about politics.

It’s about helping communities and leaders make informed decisions.

What advocacy skill do you think is most important right now?

05/29/2026

💰 Funding Friday

Looking for a simple way to support prevention conversations in your community?

Communities Talk planning stipends are still available 👏 — and the application process is super easy!

Supported through SAMHSA, these stipends help communities organize events and activities focused on preventing underage drinking and substance misuse.

Great opportunities for:
✔ Coalitions
✔ Schools and campuses
✔ Community groups
✔ Youth-serving organizations

Sometimes small funding opportunities can spark meaningful conversations and long-term community engagement.

And if you’re looking for engaging educational content, I’d love to bring my Old Drugs, New Threats® presentation to your coalition or community event 💚

👉 Learn more: https://www.samhsa.gov/substance-use/prevention/communities-talk
📧 Email [email protected] to receive your invitation!

05/29/2026

📬 In this week’s edition of The Activator
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☀️ Summer Tips
⚠️ FDA Warnings
🚨 Medetomidine
💰 Easy Funding Opportunity
🌿 THC Influencers
🚨 P4 Fentanyl

👉 Read the latest edition and, if you're not already subscribed, sign up to get The Activator delivered straight to your inbox each week so you can stay in the know on emerging trends, prevention news, funding opportunities, and more.

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05/28/2026

🍂✨ Fall Into Savings! ✨🍂

📅Book M3 Consulting LLC services by June 30 for September–December dates and save up to 20% off! 🎉 From trainings and facilitation 🎙️ to community scans 👀, grant support 💰, and technical assistance 🤝, planning ahead can help stretch your budget and strengthen your impact.

🌞 Need something sooner? There’s still time to schedule services through August — reach out today to get on the calendar! 🚀

05/28/2026

🧰 Toolkit Thursday

Struggling with low school survey participation rates? You’re not alone 👀

Check out this resource from the Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center (SPTAC):👉https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sptac-building-partnerships-improve-school-survey-response-rates.pdf

The guide highlights practical ways to improve school survey response rates through stronger partnerships, communication, and trust-building with schools, parents, students, and communities.

A few key takeaways:
✔ Explain why the data matters
✔ Build relationships early
✔ Keep communication clear and transparent
✔ Share how results will support students and communities

Because strong data starts with strong engagement 💚

05/27/2026

🎶 Woahhh, We’re Halfway There Wednesday ☀️

After the unofficial kickoff to summer over Memorial Day weekend, it’s officially time for one of my favorite things…

The Songs of Summer playlist 🎧

You know the ones:
The songs that instantly take you back to baseball games, bonfires, road trips, county fairs, windows down, and simpler times 💚

For me, it starts with:
🎶 Centerfield – John Fogerty ⚾

A few more making the playlist:
🎧 Summer of ‘69 – Bryan Adams
🎧 Boys of Summer – Don Henley
🎧 Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
🎧 Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
🎧 Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift

And here we are — halfway there on the halfway day 😉

Sometimes the best midweek reset is a little nostalgia and a really good playlist.

What song instantly feels like summer to you? 👇

05/27/2026

Looking forward to being part of this amazing event 🎉 Learn more at https://www.ntc.edu/calendar/2026/06/10/path-prevention-addiction-treatment-healing-conference 🔗

About the ConferenceThe PATH Conference brings together professionals from across the fields of human services, prevention, social work, counseling, public health, and behavioral health to explore innovative strategies and evidence-based practices that strengthen our collective response to substance...

05/26/2026

📊 Trend Tuesday

🚨 Alcopops are evolving — and communities should pay attention.

New alcoholic beverages are hitting the market in a growing variety of:
✔ Flavors
✔ Sizes
✔ Packaging styles
✔ Extremely high alcohol concentrations

Many are brightly packaged, sweetened, and designed to appeal to newer or younger consumers — while containing alcohol levels far beyond a standard drink.

As products continue to blur the lines between energy drinks, sodas, and alcohol, prevention conversations matter more than ever.

Because when products become more attractive, accessible, and potent… awareness needs to increase too.

What trends are you seeing in stores or community scans?