SPARK Program
SHATTER THE MYTHS
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October 11, 2018 * NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY
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October 22, 2018 - October 26, 2018 * RED RIBBON WEEK
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NATIONAL RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN™
In response to the murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena, angered parents and youth in communities across the country began wearing Red Ribbons as a symbol of their commitment to raise awareness of the killing and destruction cause by drugs in America.
Enrique (Kiki) Camarena was a Drug Enforcement Administration Agent who was tortured and killed in Mexico in 1985. When he decided to join the US Drug Enforcement Administration, his mother tried to talk him out of it. "I'm only one person", he told her, "but I want to make a difference."
On Feb. 7, 1985, the 37-year-old Camarena left his office to meet his wife for lunch. Five men appeared at the agent's side and shoved him in a car. One month later, Camarena's body was found. He had been tortured to death.
In honor of Camarena's memory and his battle against illegal drugs, friends and neighbors began to wear red badges of satin. Parents, sick of the destruction of alcohol and other drugs, had begun forming coalitions. Some of these new coalitions took Camarena as their model and embraced his belief that one person can make a difference. These coalitions also adopted the symbol of Camarena's memory, the red ribbon.
November 16, 2018 * GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT
April 8-12, 2019 * NATIONAL YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEEK
ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH WILL BE OBSERVED DURING MAYS CALL TO ACTION WEEK
May 13-17, 2019 * #PROMISE2 CARRY IT FORWARD CALL TO ACTION WEEK
