Brooklyn, New York Youth Services, Education & Libraries Committee Meetings, 12 Jan 2023

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From YouTube: CB14 Youth Services, Education and Libraries Committee Meeting (01/12/2023)

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DATE: Thursday, January 12, 2023, 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Online meeting
View meeting here or email info@cb14brooklyn.com to request the WebEx link.

For meeting agenda please visit: https://www.cb14brooklyn.com/?m=202301&cat=20

A

I guess it's hard to make uh connections or correlations um I'm, not sure with anything drug related, um yeah I will say that there's so many factors that come into the the reason. Why we're seeing now a lot of younger kids coming in and experimenting with much harder things at our earlier age? You know, whereas at the age of 16, maybe the hardest thing they've tried is marijuana or you know, grandfather or dad gave them a few sips of beer.

A

um Now it's like you have kids that are 14 that are taking Xanax, you know um and whether that's the the culture, whether it's the music they're listening to or social media, uh we can't really pinpoint but uh I mean James I, don't know if you would agree with me on this. I would say that uh we're seeing a higher trend of younger people doing harder drugs in general.

B

Yes, absolutely I was just talking to a family today, with a 15 year old, who is already um snorting, um you know snorting what they call Blues, which is you know, Percocets.

C

Well, so, thank you both for that. Thank you both for your feedback and answers and that stuff um Sean I see you have your hand up and so I don't see anyone else with their hand up so you're up.

D

Thank you, I we've been talking week by we I mean district managers and the sport and other community members have been talking a lot about the proliferation of unpermitted um tobacco and e-cigarette stores and the sort of aggressive um marketing to youth with flavors and cartoon characters.

D

And just you know, cigarettes are so cute now kind of and so I just wonder if you, if you, if there's any sense of a correlation or or or evidence of a correlation between um you know this sort of mature behavior of mature Behavior, smoking and and um substance use.

B

I don't know if I see a correlation, the young people, we we work with, um you know: yes, they they vape and we try and we try to. We we try to get them. You know to stop. You know smoking cessation and you know they're not allowed to Vape on our property and they're not allowed to bring those devices or or tobacco where tobacco-free campus, um but in terms of a direct correlation Sean.

B

We we see, then you know we're trying that pulse, that we're trying to save lives um with our Fresh Start, kids, the younger kids that are doing the high school here in Brooklyn. um Yes, we've I see a correlation, but also we're in a different. You know a different place with the with the severity of drugs, like I, said we're we're seeing so much overdose um where we're prioritizing on that level.

B

First um and I guess at this point, don't get me started on the uh the legalization of marijuana, um so that's a whole nother a whole nother hour. If um we're here, yeah.

D

B

It's also being marketed at young people, um any store you go to now, um even though no one has a license, you can buy it and these stores are, you know they have big flashy lights, the LED lights, and you know everything and I'm not talking about adult use, I'm talking about the kids, uh they're selling to them, they're, they're, they're marketing to them, and it's it's a shame.

D

Yeah, thank you and I I certainly wasn't trying to suggest an equivalency I, just it just sort of clicked when um we're talking about younger and younger people, um um with involved with substance use and I'm just hearing about younger and younger people with with the cigarettes and the you know, and The Laffy Taffy Cherry, you know Tutti Frutti, tobaccos.

B

Sure the the banana and all that stuff- yeah yeah cherry flavored, yep.

C

So thank you for that James and Sean, and so um are there any other folks on the call who have um you know: follow-up questions for either James or Paul.

C

Okay, so then, here yep, so then hearing none just to kind of tie everything together, and so um we have our next um planning meeting for the for our 60 fan and we'll. You know, youth conference, Youth Event, it's going to be on Monday, February, 27th and then James and Paul friendly reminder that there's going to be um the non-profit, Roundtable and Sean.

C

Remind me again is that February 9th or is that another okay on February, 9th right so friendly reminder for that one um Paul and James for that event and then and then Paul there was that piece that um Sean had mentioned where, um regarding the 7-0 precinct to connect with some of those um Youth mcos and, like you said, you'd already started talking with one of your colleagues about that as well and then um James like Joanne. Had you know flag for you and it turned out.

C

You had read that article about, like I, think designing and the stuff you're it's already on your radar right and so.

B

Yes, it is yes, it.

C

Is okay, okay, great and so I believe that is it and so um Carl.

D

Can I jump in before you before you totally wrap up because to the.

C

Board, please do please do.

D

Please do yes to the board members participating with us tonight. um There uh a memo went out to all of you for those of you. You know, which is all of you serving on committees um if you'd like to participate in the February, 9th youth conference. I'm. Sorry, sorry, the February, 9th non-profit Roundtable.

D

There is going to be um a portion of that event where all of the cpos are going to break out into sort of affinity groups, and so we would put board members at the tables that most closely matches the Committees you serve on unless you have a special request to sit with somebody else, um but we we want board members to be involved and to facilitate the small group conversations to bring back to feed into the larger group.

D

Conversation and I think we're going to have a really good keynote and it's just going to be a great event. This is my I know the youth conference. We all love it. Carl I promise, I love the youth conference, but there's something about the non-profit Roundtable. That just makes me feel you know just to be in awe of the people like like James and Paul, who you know, provide such important services in the community. I just love this event, so I hope you'll join us.

D

C

No problem no need to apologize for the plug.

B

I was muted but yes, we'll join. Thank you very much.

C

Awesome and so um so yeah so hearing or seeing no other. Let me just do one more check, yeah, so I don't see, um you know any more hands up, and so with that being said folks, you know. That concludes this evening's um committee meeting, and so thank you all for attending. You know James and Paul. Definitely a pleasure meeting you and learning about you know your organization and the people that you serve and the need that you're trying to you know help people bridge the gap in you know.

C

We appreciate that and you know everybody else- uh stay safe and stay dry and have a good night.

C

A

C

Thank you folks. Thank.

A