GYAT meeting at WCTOH!

GYAT members and potential new members from around the world gathered at the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Mumbai, India.

It was exciting to hear from partners around the world, and to brainstorm together about the future of the GYAT network.  GYATers - stay tuned and check your email, we'll be in touch soon to follow-up and keep this important conversation moving forward!

Youth Advocacy-Related Sessions & Events at the WCTOH
Note: all people mentioned are GYAT members who will be presenting and/or who contributed to the presentation

March 9

Oral Session: Marketing and New Products
Time:13:30-15:00
Location: Trident – Rooftop
▪ Cross-Border Campaign to End Tobacco Sponsorship of a U.S. Jazz Singer's Concert in Indonesia (Dina Kania/Anna White)

March 10

Wear an Orange Ribbon Today to Support Youth Advocacy!

Poster Session: Youth Advocacy
Time: 10:00-10:30, 13:00-13:30, and 15:00-15:30
Location: AC Hangar at the Parking lot of NCPA
▪ Taking the Lead: Youth activism in South America (Veronica Sandler)
▪ The Need to Encourage More Teenagers as "Volunteers Against Tobacco Smoking" (VATS) in the Developing World (Seye Omiyefa)
▪ Tobacco Control Activism amongst the Youth in Ghana (Labram Musah Massawudu)
▪ Youth Rising Up: The Global Youth Action on Tobacco Network (Holly Aprea/Anna White)
▪ Global Youth Action on Tobacco: Cross-Border Collaboration in Lucknow, India (Holly Aprea/Bobby Ramakant/Nicole Sutton/Anna White)

Also, at same time, in the "Tobacco Industry Monitoring" section:
▪ The Tobacco Industries are Killing Millions to Make Billions (Gbenga Adejuwon)

Oral Session: Youth Advocacy, Attitude, and Media
Time: 15:30 – 16:30
Location: NCPA- East Room 1
▪ Smokefree at Work Youth Advocacy Pilot Program (in Algeria and Tunisia) (Sylvana Rochet Belleri)

Youth Press Event for Strong Global Implementation of the FCTC
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: TBD
Organized by: HRIDAY, Salaam Bombay Foundation; Endorsed by the GYAT Network

Walkathon for Smoke-Free Public Places
Time: 17:00-17:30
Location: NCPA to Cricket Club of India (CCI)
Organized by: HRIDAY, Salaam Bombay Foundation; Endorsed by the GYAT Network

Symbolic Bonfire to Support Tobacco Control Advocacy (on the eve of Holi)
Time: 17:30-18:30
Location: Cricket Club of India (CCI)
Organized by: HRIDAY, Salaam Bombay Foundation; Endorsed by the GYAT Network

WCTOH Networking Event
Time: 19:00-21:00
Location: Cricket Club of India (CCI)
GYAT members will be available to chat with WCTOH attendees interested in learning more about GYAT and discussing how to integrate youth into their tobacco control advocacy campaigns

March 11

Panel Discussion 8: Global Youth Against Tobacco
Time: 15:30-16:30
Location: See conference program
Participants: Monika Arora (moderator), Holly Aprea (panelist)

Oral Session: Countering Target Marketing
Time: 15:30-16:30
Location: NCPA - Little Theatre
▪ Killer Quotes! Using Tobacco Industry Documents to Create an Interactive Campaign (Holly Aprea)
▪ REAL Girl Talk Campaign: Counter-marketing for the tobacco industry’s focus on teenage girls (Nicole Sutton)
▪ US Advocates Responses to Camel No. 9 and THE FARM (Miranda Wang/April Kusper)

March 12

Closing Plenary
Time: 12:00-13:00
Will include overview of youth activities conducted March 6-12

Apply for the WCTOH Youth Pre-Conference Today!
Applications due August 30, 2008

HRIDAY-SHAN, a GYAT partner, will be hosting a two day pre-conference leading up to the WCTOH. The pre-conference will be in New Delhi, India on March 6-7, 2009. It will be a great opportunity to reconnect with GYAT members and meet new youth and young adult advocates fighting the tobacco industry around the world.

You can find all the application materials and more information about the pre-conference at the WCTOH website. This information is also posted on HRIDAY-SHAN's website.

A limited number of scholarships will be available to support participation in the pre-conference, but they will only be awarded to applicants from developing countries. Youth and young adults from developed countries are encouraged to apply to attend, but will have to secure their own funding for participation.

Youth and young adult applicants must be age 16 - 25, and adult chaperons are also encouraged to apply to accompany youth under age 18. Adult chaperons should also be working in the tobacco prevention field.

Please feel free to contact us at info@gyatnetwork.org with any questions.