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Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition
Meeting Minutes
October 26, 2021 3:30-4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Purpose of meeting: Coalition Assessment Tool, Good Behavior Game policy presentation
Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf
In Attendance:
Sector Representative
Youth
Parents Kelly Grace
Businesses
Media
Law enforcement
Religious or fraternal organizations
Schools Holly McIlvaine
Brett Navin
Eliza Farrell
Civic/Volunteer groups LoLo Sherwood
Organizations serving youth Denise Banker
Holly Gumm
Laura Tucker
Healthcare Professionals Susan O’Brien
State, local, or tribal governmental agencies Greg Brotherton
Other organizations involved in reducing substance use Donette Boyett
Dana Milagrosa
Time Activity
3:30 Call meeting to order
Greg moved to accept the minutes from September, Denise seconded, all in favor
Denise moved to accept the agenda for October, Greg seconded, all in favor
Did introductions of all those present
3:35 Program updates
• Drug Take Back, Port Townsend event collected 93 lbs of unused prescription
medications for disposal
• Guiding Good Choices, we have 11 families total signed up for Monday and Tuesday
series’
• Community survey- 143 surveys collected so far for the Port Townsend link, we will
need to get to 180 by December 15, 2021
• Lindsay showed the image in the PTSD Calendar with the Positive Social Norms
message sponsored by the Empowered Teens Coalition
• Denise discussed the staffing change with the Chimacum Empowered Teens
Coalition. She has been promoted to Community Health Director, hiring is in
progress to replace her role as coordinator
• Laura Tucker described salmon in the classroom events happening in the last week
of October
• Holly described Red Ribbon Week, and explained Social Emotional Learning is
happening once a week with prevention education
Discussed increase in bullying and disciplinary incidents at Port Townsend Schools since the
beginning of the school year
Discussed how to advocate for removing phones from school
Discussed how to involve more community members, parents, through a forum
Lindsay will follow up with Greg, Holly Gumm and Holly McIlvaine, Denise, Laura, and Dana
about advocating for a school board level policy regarding cellphones in schools
4:20 Coalition Assessment Tool
Lindsay will send the pdf out via email, coalition members download it and fill it out, and
send to hgumm@co.jefferson.wa.us
We’ll review at the next meeting
4:20 PAX Good Behavior Game
Denise presented about the Good Behavior Game policy work she is conducting with her
intern from Oregon State University
4:35 Closed meeting
Next meeting: Tuesday November 23rd 3:30-4:30pm
Lindsay Scalf
Pronouns: she/her
Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Coordinator
Jefferson County Public Health