Learning Systems Group is pleased to share the following information with you about an exciting new arts- and humanities-based drug and violence prevention resource: New Website Features role of arts and humanities in drug and violence prevention Creative Initiative Encourages Partnerships between Schools and Cultural Organizations to Achieve Goal 7 of Goals 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., August 13, 1997ŠThe new Creative Partnerships for Prevention website has been launched to assist schools, cultural organizations and others working with youth in using the arts and humanities to strengthen drug and violence prevention efforts and promote healthy youth development. The website, at http://www.CPPrev.org, is part of Creative Partnerships for Prevention: Using the Arts and Humanities to Build Resiliency in Youth, a national drug and violence prevention initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education1s Safe and Drug Free Schools Program. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program provides leadership for the U.S. Department of Education's efforts to achieve the Seventh National Education Goal--that by the year 2000 all schools will be free of drugs and violence and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and will offer a disciplined environment that is conducive to learning. The new website features highlights from eight national demonstration sites modeling collaborations between schools and cultural organizations. The colorful, extensive site also offers profiles of existing programs that foster young people1s resiliency through the arts and humanities; a forum for exchanging ideas with professionals in the fields of education, prevention, the arts and the humanities; referrals to related resources; and a prevention gallery showcasing examples of work produced by youth in arts- and humanities-based prevention programs. This fall, the site will also include the complete Creative Partnerships for Prevention: Using the Arts and Humanities to Build Resiliency in Youth resource guide. The 60-page guide provides arts-and humanities- based activities as well as information on successful resiliency and drug and violence prevention strategies. The activities are targeted for middle-school aged youth, with appropriate adaptations for older and younger students, and are designed for implementation in schools or arts and humanities programs serving youth. (more) A free printed copy of the resource guide can be reserved through the Creative Partnerships for Prevention website, or by calling Learning Systems Group at (202) 628-8080. Quantities are limited. The Creative Partnerships for Prevention website and resource guide are being developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education1s Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program to Learning Systems Group. The materials were created in consultation with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the President1s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and with input from educators, artists and prevention professionals. # # #