Transcript Addressing Off-Premises Alcohol Sales Durham, North Carolina

Together for Resilient Youth Coalition
Wanda Boone, Founder
TOGETHER FOR RESILIENT YOUTH
VISION
Vision: Resilient Youth in a Healthy Drug Free Community
MISSION
Mission: TRY prevents substance abuse among youth and adults
by reducing community risk factors through advocacy, education,
policy change, mobilization and action.
Through the Years
2004 - Reviewed the 125 page gang assessment written by Buddy
Howell: Gang violence and substance abuse in Durham Public
Schools
2005 - Conducted a forum to discuss the gang assessment. Fifty
community organizers, public health agencies, treatment providers,
and representatives from public schools, universities and local
government officials participated
2006 – 2007 - But where and why? The report did not distinguish
between schools
2008 – Studied available compliance check, crime, health and
nutrition reports and ordered GEO maps from Duke University
2009 – 2011 – Continued relationship building, identifying various
ordinances and presenting data to community groups. Strategic
Planning meeting with Alcohol Beverage Commission, Alcohol Law
Enforcement, Local Alcohol Beverage Commission and Police
Department
2012 - Drafted Alcohol Density
September 14, 2011 Alcohol Roundtable Participants:
Chairman Jon Williams, NCABC, Mike Herring, NCAC, Jeff Lasater, NCALE, Assistant
Chief Mihaich DPD, Renee Cowick , NCABC, Kristin Milam, NC ABC, Agnes Stevens,
NCABC
Participants and coalition members: Jennifer Snyder, DPD, Virginia Johnson NC State
DHHS, Colleen Hughes, Partnership for a Drug Free North Carolina, Dylan Mulroney-Jones,
NCPUD, Maria I.Esponoza PAC 1, Julio C. Olmos, Elcentro Hispano, Rob Tart, Durham
Rescue Mission, Walter Cole, Durham Rescue Mission, Tekola Fisseha, Durham Health
Department, Joel Rosch, Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, Michael Palmer, Durham
County, Eddie Hernadez, Heidi Carter, Durham School Board, Virginia Bridges, N&O,
Lynwood Best, Neighborhood Improvement Services, Juanita Evans, PAC 4, Chrissy BondWooster, John Martin, PAC 1, Montez Lane, North Carolina Coalition Initiative, Elizabeth
Montgomery, North Carolina Coalition Initiative, Cheryl Shiflett, PAC 2, Nancy Kneepkins,
PAC 2, Debbie J. Royster, Peter Katz, PAC 1, Nadia Edwards, Larry E. Thomas, Nanci
Appleman-Vassil, Facilitator – The Apples Group, Harold Chestnut, PAC 4, Mindy Solie, PAC
3, Alice Cheek, PAC 5, MaryAnne Black, Duke Community Health Systems, Wanda Boone,
PAC 1, Steve Hopkins, PAC 1, Darryl Boone, PAC 1,, Dr. Evelyn Schmidt, Minnie Forte
Brown, School Board Chair, Ervin Williams, Union Baptist and African American Health
Initiative, Katina Terry, DSS, Dr. E Jean Moore, Ashley Hester, Durham Crisis Center, Pilar
Rocha-Goldberg, Executive Director, El Centro Hispano, Dr. Christopher Eady, Executive
Director of Triumph Cares, Dr. Faye Calhoun-Broadwater, Retired Deputy Director National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
T.R.Y. Coalition Members:
Participants and coalition members: Our first member in 2005 was Howard Clement, III. Jennifer Snyder,
DPD, Colleen Hughes, Partnership for a Drug Free North Carolina, Maria I.Esponoza PAC 1, Julio C.
Olmos, Elcentro Hispano, Tekola Fisseha, Durham Health Department, Joel Rosch, Duke Center for Child
and Family Policy, Juanita Evans, PAC 4, Nancy Kneepkins, PAC 2, Peter Katz, PAC 1, Harold Chestnut,
PAC 4, Mindy Solie, PAC 3, Alice Cheek, PAC 5, Dr. Donna Durnford, VetCorp VISTA, Dr. Evelyn Schmidt,
Ernie Mills, Durham Rescue Mission, Minnie Forte Brown, School Board Chair, Maurice Ritchie, Duke
Divinity, Ervin Williams, Union Baptist and African American Health Initiative, Joshua Ladd, MATRIX
(Green Technologies), Hazaline Umstead, PAC 3, Patricia Burchett PAC 3, Alice Breeden, PAC 3
NCBCBS, Jose Lee, National Heart Association, Floyd Laisure, City County Violence Prevention
Committee, Gloria Dillard, Juvenile Justice, Jeffrey Forde, Parks and Recreation, Katina Terry, DSS,
Kimberly Monroe, DUMC, Lisa Finlay, TROSA, Mary Powell, Alcohol Drug Council of NC, Ann Doolen,
Alcohol Drug Council of NC, Mina Forte Ferguson, DPS, David Reese, East Durham Children’s Initiative,
Peter Baker, Director Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Desiree Simpson, Pregnancy
Prevention, Dr. E Jean Moore, Ashley Hester, Durham Crisis Center, Michelle Smith, Safe and Drug Free
Schools Coordinator, Dr. Jonathan Livingston Assistant Professor Community Psychology, Pilar RochaGoldberg, Executive Director, El Centro Hispano, Dr. Christopher Eady, Executive Director of Triumph
Cares, Dr. Faye Calhoun-Broadwater, Retired Deputy Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA), Juliet Hurley, President Everchange, LLC, Genvieve Alkeny, Duke Global Medicine
Substance Abuse and HIV Trainer, Bill Patterson, Retired, North Carolina Department of Crime Control
and Public Safety, Alcohol Law Enforcement Division as Deputy Director for Administration.
T.R.Y. Youth Coalition Peer Leaders:
Gabrielle McCarty, PAC 2, Brianna Forbes, PAC 1, Johntaye Carter, PAC3 and Kayla Tate and Hillside HS,
PAC 4, Zaryne Thompson PAC 1 and Southern HS. Each leader has engaged at least 10 youth each.
They reached 19,000 in one day using social media.
Durham County
262,000
Violent Crime
•Homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault
•Violent crime up 5 percent compared to 2010
•Violent crime rate per 100,000 up 4 percent from 2010
Durham Police Department Data 2010
Health of Residents in Durham County
77.7% of residents exercised in the past month.
41.7% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives
99.4% of adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days.
CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2009: Read more: http://www.city-data.com/county/DurhamCounty
ALCOHOL OUTLET DENSITY
Alcohol Purchase Surveys: Alcohol outlet density in Newark, N.J. single most important environmental factor explaining why violent
crime rates are higher in certain areas of the city than in
others. Alcohol outlet density was much more important in
determining crime rates than other factors, including employment
rate and median household income.
CONVENIENCE STORES
60
50
40
30
Population by
District
20
10
0
80,000
60,000
40,000
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2
3
4
5
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
400
20,000
350
0
1
2
3
4
5
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
ARRESTS
Our Neighborhood Affects Our Health
Unhealthy Community
Unsafe even in daylight
Exposure to toxic air, hazardous
waste
No parks/areas for physical
activity
Limited affordable housing is
run-down; linked to crime
ridden neighborhoods
Convenience stores, cigarette
and liquor billboards, no
grocery store
vs
Healthy Community
Safe neighborhoods, safe
schools, safe walking routes
Clean air and environment
Well-equipped parks and
community recreation
High-quality mixed income
housing, both owned and rental
Well-stocked grocery stores
offering nutritious foods
Our Neighborhood Affects Our Health
Unhealthy Community
Streets and sidewalks in
disrepair
Burned-out homes, littered
streets
No culturally sensitive
community centers or
opportunities to engage with
neighbors
vs
Healthy Community
Clean streets that are easy to
navigate
Well-kept homes and tree-lined
streets
Multicultural community
programs, opportunities for
participation in community life
No local health care services
Primary care through physicians’
offices or health center; schoolbased health programs
Lack of public transportation,
walking or biking paths
Safe public transportation,
walking and bike paths
NC Alcohol Beverage Reports Durham, NC
January 2011 – October 2011
Fines ranged from $300 - $3,500
14 of 24 underage
1 stolen property
1 dispensing prescription drugs
1 no annual report
2 defacing bottle
1 gun on site
1 stolen property
2 Underage person left in charge
2 unauthorized possession of spirituous liquor
Counter Tobacco Capstone Team
Counter Tobacco Capstone Team
There are racial disparities in alcohol retailer
location and density in Durham County:
• Predominantly communities of color and racially mixed
areas have the highest alcohol / tobacco retailer
density
• The only schools with alcohol / tobacco retailers in their
neighborhoods are in racially mixed areas or
communities of color
Counter Tobacco Capstone Team
WILMINGTON
FOCUS: CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
Wilmington Police Department statistics indicate that calls for
service in the downtown service district soars to its average
peak of over 600 between the hours
of 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.
This peak in service
calls is approximately three times as
great as the average for all other
hours of the day in that same
district and closely correlates with
the bar closing time.
WILMINGTON
FOCUS: CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
The Central Business District exhibits the close correlation of
alcohol outlet density and increase in crime that has been
documented in academic studies.
Recently compiled statistics from the Wilmington Police
Department (attached) indicate that the downtown service
district has an incidence of violent crime that exceeds by
75% the number of crimes in the next closest service district.
NEXT STEPS
• IMPLEMENT VARIOUS STRATEGIES TO INCREASE
COMPLIANCE
• INTRODUCE VARIOUS ORDINANCES TO INCREASE
HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR ALL CITIZENS
• CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY
THANK YOU
Wanda Boone, Executive Director
Durham Together for Resilient Youth
DurhamTRY.org
919-491-7811
[email protected]