The RISE Leadership Development Program is offered annually to new tobacco prevention staff working in rural jurisdictions to create tobacco advocacy champions. Sessions include personal styles, group dynamics, rural uniqueness, tobacco industry marketing and targeting of rural populations, social norm change and a culminating capstone project to ready participants to engage their community in local advocacy. Dates for the next leadership program will be shared in RISE News.
The RISE Learning Institutes consist of three tobacco control workshop series developed to support rural communities to advance local tobacco-related policy initiatives.
These workshops are designed for environmental groups and California Tobacco Control Program project staff that serve rural communities. Topics include the impact of tobacco on the environment, tobacco product waste interventions, and policies that have been implemented throughout California.
These workshops are tailored for law enforcement agencies and California Tobacco Control Program project staff that serve rural communities. Topics include strategies and best practices on enforcing tobacco control policies and implementing funding mechanisms for tobacco control enforcement.
These workshops are intended for California Tobacco Control Program project staff that serve rural communities, especially those who work with, or who would like to work with, the Native American gaming industry. Topics include leadership structure for casinos located in the rural regions, history of tobacco control efforts with the industry, and relationship-building strategies.
To view all Institute recordings and other RISE trainings, visit our Recorded Webinars page.