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Helping Teens Deal With Tragedy; Accelerate 2018

School and law enforcement experts say students and parents have to be part of an ongoing conversation to help keep schools safe.  But before you get to "see something, say something" how do you engage your teen in conversation on serious topics?  Then, we'll meet the finalists and winner of this year's Accelerate 2018: Citizens Make Change civic pitch competition which generates ideas to help improve communities.

Lisa Damour, Ph.D.,  Psychologist, Author, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood  
Tory Coats, Winner, Accelerate 2018, Teen Entrepreneur Pop-Up Shops 
Christopher Scott, Finalist, Accelerate 2018, Speak For Me  
Keshia Johnson Chambers, Finalist, Accelerate 2018, This is BLK CLE 
Gina VanCant, Finalist, Accelerate 2018, Latch & Learn 
Jeremy Langham, Winner, Accelerate 2017, Ironborne Brew Works 
 

For More Information:

Accelerate Civic Pitch Contest web site