Building community readiness to adopt community-level alcohol policy

Alcohol-related harms impact communities in many ways, but strong, strategic policies can help shape the environments where alcohol is sold and consumed, reducing those harms at the source. Join us for a dynamic four-week Enhanced Prevention Learning Series that will strengthen personal and organizational readiness to develop and implement local alcohol policies. Local alcohol policies are proven, evidence based tools for creating safer, healthier communities. Yet many groups struggle with how to begin the policy process. This series will help participants build a data-informed understanding of when, where, and how alcohol-related issues arise—laying the groundwork for identifying and advancing effective policy solutions.

In this interactive series, participants will:

• Describe the role of policy in addressing environmental factors that impact communities
• Explore best practice policies to reduce underage and excessive drinking in communities
• Identify a local community-level alcohol-related problem they would like to address 
• Examine the types of data required to support effective policy solutions 
• Analyze potential policy options to determine the best fit for addressing their community’s needs
• Discuss common barriers to policy work and strategies to overcome them

Participant commitment and expectations:

• View a 20-minute video tutorial on Zoom if unfamiliar with the technology prior to the first session on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
• Attend each of the four (1.5-hour) sessions in series
• Complete up to an hour of independent learning activities between each session.
• Use a web-camera and have appropriate technology to join the online videoconferencing platform (i.e., internet connection, built-in or USB webcam, laptop/tablet, built-in/USB/Bluetooth speakers & microphone).
• Actively engage and be on camera 90% of the time during each session. This is not a webinar series, and active participation is essential to gain/improve skills.