We're Currently Recruiting Members for 2022-2023 YAC Cohort!
Have you seen the impact of substance misuse among your friends,
family or in the community and want to make a difference?
Ambassadors see how substance misuse harms their peers and community. They prioritize problems and develop solutions to strategically decrease those harms. Ambassadors carry out activities to provide information, build skills, provide support, change consequences, decrease access and change physical design. Ambassadors are empowered to understand how current legislation that affects their community, educate their lawmakers and advocate for the changes they would like to see.
The Youth Ambassadors Coalition (YAC) is a group of middle and high school students in Wayne County, MI. These Ambassadors have a passion for improving their schools and community by preventing and reducing substance misuse.
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2020 Youth Empowerment Awards
2021 Youth Empowerment Awards