Three Angelina County Drug-Free All Stars and a youth representative from The Coalition traveled to the Texans Standing Tall Youth Leadership Council retreat in Wimberley, TX where they were able to attend a 3-day (June 8-11) training on communication, leadership and the process of creating change pertaining to underage drinking, alcohol excise taxes and other harmful substances. The Youth Leadership Council is a youth workgroup that is made up of youth from around the state who are dedicated to being alcohol-free, tobacco-free and drug-free. The students who are part of the council are Amy Tang from Lufkin High School, Emily Hottman from Huntington High School, Lauren Oliver from Zavalla High School and Katy Turner.
Over the past 30 years, The Coalition has focused on eliminating the use of harmful substances by affecting public policy, laws, attitudes and behaviors, all in an effort to foster healthy life-long choices for the local community. For more information, please contact The Coalition at (936) 634-9308 or visit www.angelinacoalition.org
Author
- Ezra McMullin graduated high school and decided it was time to get to work. Initially, he worked for his grandparents at Huntington Market & Deli or better known as Dean’s in the area. He transition to working as an office clerk in a law firm before making the move to MSGPR as a videographer and content manager. It was an easy switch fueled by passions he pursued in his free time, where he watches plenty of Youtube, and spurred an interest in the video editing world. He's putting passion to work, learning how to shoot and edit videos, and says it’s a lot more fun than he expected. He is studying at Angelina College and enjoys playing golf, hanging with friends and his girlfriend, and staying up past 3am playing X Box telling himself he'll just play one more level before bed.
