36th South Carolina School of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies
This year's School will offer one special session and two open self-help group meetings. (A schedule of off-campus self-help meetings will also be available at registration.)
(Click on the links below for more information on each session.)
Message in the Music: Understanding Hip Hop
Monday, July 12, 2010 • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
University Center
Marc Fomby • FTC Prevention Services
(Richland, Miss.)
This informative, fun, interactive, and educational workshop will introduce you to the world of Hip Hop and explore the lyrical content of music played over the radio today. We explore current trends by examining the messages that are openly displayed and sometimes hidden in hip hop music, particularly rap. This training is ideal for creative intervention strategies to facilitate groups, trainings, interventions, etc., by actively involving youth in the process of deciphering and dissecting the "Message in the Music."
Marc Fomby, a professional trainer and motivational speaker with more than 19 years of experience, has entertained and informed audiences throughout the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Marc also brings 10 years of law enforcement experience and program development, as well as seven years as a Prevention Services Coordinator for a private non-profit organization in Mississippi. He specializes in youth development and trainings that directly affect issues concerning today's young people. Marc is a certified HIV/AIDS instructor through the American Red Cross, a certified Prevention Specialist, and an approved and certified consultant for hte federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In December 2008, Marc was invited to New York to present information on gangs to Oprah Winfrey and Susan Taylor (former editor in chief for Essence magazine) before the kickoff of the national CARES mentoring movement.
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Al-Anon Open Meeting
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 • 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Mauney Commons • University Center
Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous Open Meeting
Thursday, July 15, 2010 • 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Mauney Commons • University Center