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Students can POSITIVELY influence each other to be resilient and better navigate the pressures inherent in being a teen during challenging times.
This year’s PSA Video and Art Contest introduces a new category – Visual Arts! We are excited to announce that we are now accepting 2D visual art PSA entries. Entries are due April 14, 2024 by 11:59pm. Art show and awards night is May 9th at Liberty High School. |
Our Participants Benefit by:
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Step 1 Pick a Prompt and Create a 2 Min Video or Visual Art Message:
Influence the Choice is sponsoring our 12th Annual Video and Art Contest to inspire youth to POSITIVELY influence each other by producing a 2-minute public service announcement or a piece of 2D art on one of the following topics:
1: “What I Wish My Parents/Caregivers Knew”
Conversations with adults can be hard. Conversations about drugs and alcohol can be even harder if no one knows where to start. Now is your chance to teach the adults in your life HOW to talk to youth about how drugs and alcohol can affect the physically and mentally.
2. “My Choice to be Healthy – What Inspires Me to Make Positive Choices”
So much of life is out of our control, but the choice to avoid drugs and alcohol can have lasting impacts on your future. What inspires and motivates you to make positive choices in your life? Alternatively, how might your life look if you had made different choices?
3a.) “To My Younger Self – Telling Middle Schoolers What They Can Do to Stay Drug Free”
High School students are in key positions to help younger students that look up to them by influencing choices they make. Sometimes younger students have misperceptions about what high schoolers do - especially around using drugs and alcohol. Send a message to ‘your younger self’ about why it is important to be drug free and how that helps to be mentally well.
(HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY)
b.) “To My Older Self – Telling High Schoolers What They Can Do to Stay Drug-Free”
It’s exciting to look forward to your high school years. Where do you hope to see yourself in the future and what dreams do you have for yourself? How would drugs and alcohol change those plans and what do you want to tell your future self to stay healthy, happy, and drug free.
(MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY)
4. “Refusal Skills – How to Stay Safe in Social Settings”
It’s not always easy to know what to say when you are offered drugs or alcohol in a social situation. What are some examples of refusal skills and how can you use them to feel empowered to say “no” if you are offered drugs or alcohol.
1: “What I Wish My Parents/Caregivers Knew”
Conversations with adults can be hard. Conversations about drugs and alcohol can be even harder if no one knows where to start. Now is your chance to teach the adults in your life HOW to talk to youth about how drugs and alcohol can affect the physically and mentally.
2. “My Choice to be Healthy – What Inspires Me to Make Positive Choices”
So much of life is out of our control, but the choice to avoid drugs and alcohol can have lasting impacts on your future. What inspires and motivates you to make positive choices in your life? Alternatively, how might your life look if you had made different choices?
3a.) “To My Younger Self – Telling Middle Schoolers What They Can Do to Stay Drug Free”
High School students are in key positions to help younger students that look up to them by influencing choices they make. Sometimes younger students have misperceptions about what high schoolers do - especially around using drugs and alcohol. Send a message to ‘your younger self’ about why it is important to be drug free and how that helps to be mentally well.
(HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY)
b.) “To My Older Self – Telling High Schoolers What They Can Do to Stay Drug-Free”
It’s exciting to look forward to your high school years. Where do you hope to see yourself in the future and what dreams do you have for yourself? How would drugs and alcohol change those plans and what do you want to tell your future self to stay healthy, happy, and drug free.
(MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY)
4. “Refusal Skills – How to Stay Safe in Social Settings”
It’s not always easy to know what to say when you are offered drugs or alcohol in a social situation. What are some examples of refusal skills and how can you use them to feel empowered to say “no” if you are offered drugs or alcohol.
Step 2 Read Rules Carefully Here!
Step 3 Fill Out Entry Form Here!
Step 4 Have Fun! Videos Due April 14th, 2024, by 11:59 pm.
Past Winners
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Thank you to all the students who participated this year in our 10th annual Student Video Contest! We had 23 video submissions by 48 students for a total of 508 hours of healthy student engagements in support of their peers!
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To My Younger Self: Telling Middle Schoolers What They Can Do to Stay Drug-Free High School:
How have these past years impacted who you are and your community? In what ways have you helped or been helped by a neighbor or friend? High School:
There are a lot of big emotions surrounding everything that is going on in the world. What are positive ways you are handling those big emotions? High School:
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2021 Contest Winners
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Meet 2021's Overall Winners!I'll Remember
By Erik Lundbeck, Nate Shiosaki, Cole Zulaluf, Aryan Chauhan, Lee Culwell |
First Place Winners by Category
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