November 23: Community presentation on peer pressure and addiction

A motivational speaker who uses his personal experiences with drugs and alcohol to reach youth across North America is coming to Sudbury.

Scot Anthony Robinson or “Scotty Rock,” as he is also known, will deliver his “Vision Warrior” presentation to students at Confederation Secondary School on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 9 am. Confederation’s OSAID chapter – Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving – is sponsoring the presentation.

In the past nine years, over one million educators, young people and their families throughout North America have shared the "Vision Warrior" experience. The presentation engages the audience in his descent into a life of drug and alcohol addiction.

According to the Partnership for a Drug Free America, Robinson’s presentation, which focuses on young people’s struggles with peer pressure, self-esteem, violence, alcohol, drugs and relationships, is "perhaps the best in the nation at reaching and impacting our youth on these critical topics."

Community members are welcome to attend the presentation.  “Our OSAID chapter has identified the need to address peer pressure and the resulting addictions not only in the school, but in the community at large,” said Confederation Secondary School Principal Pablo Gil-Alfau. “We want to make a difference in the lives of students. Building community support is one of the first steps to success.”

Community members interested in attending Scot Anthony Robinson’s “Vision Warrior” presentation are invited to contact the school at 671-5948 or email OSAID teacher representative Ashleigh McBain at [email protected].

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Media Contact:

Pablo Gil-Alfau, Principal, Confederation Secondary School,
Rainbow District School Board, 671-5948.