Penn State's Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Center is pleased to announce the availability of a new action guide, "Finding Unity in Community: How Building Consensus Can Shift the Dynamics of Support." The guide is free of charge and helps to identify priorities, plan for action, and implement strategies that directly address issues affecting youth and families in their communities. 

Readers of the action guide will learn: 

• what it takes to engage communities in preventing risky behaviors among youth, 
• key benefits of using a coalition-building approach for community improvement efforts, 
• how to build and sustain a strong coalition, and  
• how other communities have benefited from using coalition-building strategies.

We don’t just promote science, we promote hope.

The action guide is the third in a series of guides in the Guiding Collective Change series based on the experience of communities implementing Evidence2Success, a framework for engaging communities and public systems in improving the well-being of children and youth, supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

Download Finding Unity in Community: How Building Consensus Can Shift the Dynamics of Support today!