WILDWOOD – Cape Assist and the Cape May County Healthy Community Coalition announce the annual Peer Leadership Conference to be held at the Wildwood Convention Center on Friday, Nov. 17. This annual event invites student leaders from all of the school districts in Cape May County to participate in informative workshops, classes, games and projects that will empower them to set examples for their peers through leadership, responsible citizenship and personal development.
This year’s conference is titled “#CMCYouthStrong.” “Many of the students voiced their concern about cyber bullying at last year’s PSA Contest, so this year, the coalition members decided to focus the conference on this theme,” said Natalia Wilber, Cape Assist Healthy Community Coalition Coordinator/Community Educator, “We want to provide students with valuable information and interactive workshops that will promote leadership, a positive lifestyle and healthy relationships.” This year’s challenge will be “Kindness Counts” and it challenges students to create displays telling about their acts of kindness.
The keynote speaker is Jeffrey Bucholtz, director of We End Violence in San Diego, California. He will present “The Social Medium: Safety and Respect in Our Online Interactions.” The focus will be on creating positivity and respect online and off, thinking about our online lives and how they shape us and others, and how to be an agent of change.
Students will be able to visit various community group displays and participate in educational workshops taught by peer leaders of Lower Cape May Regional High School, Cape May County Technical High School and Wildwood High School, and community educators from different organizations including Cape Assist, CMC Prosecutor’s Office, Atlantic Cape Community College, Middle Township Police Department, Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ and NJ Council on Compulsive Gambling.
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The Cape Assist organization is a nonprofit agency, dedicated to servicing Cape May County for over 30 years. Cape Assist promotes health and wellness in the community, implementing research-based services to seniors, schools, businesses and organizations, all structured to enrich families and build healthy communities.
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