ATAC -- 8/10/2009

ACTION TEEN ADVISORY COUNCIL
Monday, 8/10/09
Present: A.C., M.M., M.R., V.T.

Speaker: Lisa Archibald from STAAND (Students Together Against Alcohol 'n' Drugs)
- STAAND is a group of youth advocates who research issues, collect data, and make presentations before policy-making and community audiences.
- STAAND is offering unpaid high school internships. Intern meetings are usually on Tuesdays at 3:30pm, with special events on weekends.
- Interns will gain public speaking skills and learn about public health policies. You can also get trained as an undercover decoy, working with the police!
- GREAT for college or your resume! Past participants have won awards and scholarships for their work.
- If you're interested, contact Enrique De La Cruz at 619-442-2727 X111. They also have a MySpace: www.myspace.com/staand_casa

Summer Reading Finale: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
- Tomorrow, 2 - 4pm.

Battle of the Bands: Saturday, August 15, 2009
- We need as many people as possible.
- We need service learners there by 3pm. The event will probably go till about 7pm.

After-Hours Teen Lock-In: Friday, October 23, 2009
- Registration begins Oct. 1.
- Permission slips will be required.

The New Teen Area
- Is going very slowly. No updates yet.

New Officer
- V.T. has been self-appointed janitor of ATAC.

Teen Scene -- Battle of the Bands This Saturday!

Teen Battle of the Bands is Saturday, August 15th, starting at 4pm. Here's our awesome line-up:

Chaotic Control
Demophobic
ImPerfect
Negative Zero
Paint
Strange Fruit
Whole-Hearted Commitment

The concert's at the Ronald Reagan Community Center (next-door to the library), and admission is free. Stop on by!

Teen Scene: Henna Tattoos

Natasha, a local artist, taught us about henna today. We each got an awesome henna tattoo!

Natasha tells us to avoid black henna -- it can burn you!

A.P. requests a tattoo of one of her own drawings.

We all show off our tattoos.

B&B with Cindy Pon -- Silver Phoenix

Meeting Minutes: 8/3/09 (1 - 2pm in the Board Room)
Present: Cindy Pon! Miko, G.B., H.B., G.C., N.C., J.G., K.G., O.R., J.L., M.M., S.N., J.S., S.S., W.M.

We were happy to have Cindy Pon join us for our book club meeting! We discussed her fabulous new book, Silver Phoenix, which earned great reviews from both our members and professional critics alike!