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Posted 12/20/2018 -
Caldwell, NJ - New Jersey Shout Down Drugs was invited to attend the Essex County Prosecutors Youth Conference, held at Caldwell University on December 20. “Top Five,” one of the 2018 winners (consisting of Samuel Anozil, Cincere Saxon, Ivan Fradkin, and Edward Hardy), performed their original composition, “Worth It,” before over 500 middle school students from throughout Essex County.
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Posted 10/20/2018 -
Cranford, NJ - NJ Shout Down Drugs once again participated in the Annual Red Ribbon Recovery Walk sponsored by Union County’s Prevention Links, in Nomahegan Park in Cranford.
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Posted 10/4/2018 -
Morristown, NJ - PDFNJ was excited to participate in the LIFE Center Stage Prevention Concert, held at the Malcolm Forbes Amphitheater at Morristown Medical Center.
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Posted 9/28/2018 -
Hackensack, NJ – 2018 NJSDD’s First Place Winner, Maria Chung, performed her original song, “You Could Have Done Better,” at the Bergen County Light the Night for Recovery and Hope,” on September 27.
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Posted 9/25/2018 -
Hamilton, NJ - Meghna Das, had an opportunity to perform her winning song, “The Voices in My Head,” at the Annual Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse’s Volunteer of the Year Awards.
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Posted 8/29/2018 -
2018 Third Place Winner, Justin Witwick, inspired guests at the 3rd Annual Heroin and Opioid Art Exhibit, hosted by HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) and the Drug Enforcement Administration-NJ, with his song, “Fade Away.”
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Posted 6/8/2018 -
NJ Shout Down Drugs 2018 winners, Maria Chung, Top Five and Valerie Vargas brought lots of energy and enthusiasm to this year’s HISPA Youth Conference at Princeton University. We are grateful to HISPA President Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse for her continued support of these amazing students.
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Posted 5/20/2018 -
The 2018 Winners Tour was kicked off by NJ Shout Down Drugs Second Place Winner, Meghna Das, who performed her original song, “The Voices in My Head,” at the 28th Annual Family Day - Prevent Substance Abuse and Violence, in Edison.
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Posted 4/30/2018 -
PDFNJ Executive Director Angelo Valente, and the 2018 NJ Shout Down Drugs First Place Winner, Maria Chung, stopped by the 1450 WCTC radio station in the early morning hours of April 30, on the heels of Maria taking first place at the 2018 Prevention Concert.
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Posted 4/28/2018 -
2017 NJ Shout Down Drugs Winners, Lindsay Masterson and Michelle Yu, along with Jeffrey Toth, were invited to perform at the South Jersey Youth and Family Drug Awareness Summit, at Wildwood Convention Center, sponsored by the DEA 360 Strategy.
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Posted 3/3/2018 -
Taylor Van Cleave, along with Lindsay Masterson and Michelle Yu, a/k/a, “Lindsay and Michelle,” performed for hundreds of school leaders and volunteers at the New Jersey PTA Leadership Convention.
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Posted 10/10/2017 -
Taylor Van Cleave performed his award-winning original song, “Aftermath,” at the Passaic County Teen Summit, hosted by the Passaic County Municipal Alliances for the Prevention of Substance Abuse.
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Posted 9/20/2017 -
Jeffrey Toth performed his original song, “Today's The Day You Walk Away,” at the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Municipal Alliance Volunteers of the Year ceremony.
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Posted 6/9/2017 -
Each year we are thrilled to bring NJ Shout Down winners to the Annual HISPA Youth Conference, at Princeton University.
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Posted 10/22/2016 -
Each year during Recovery Week, Union County’s Prevention Links invites Shout Down Drugs performers to their Annual Red Ribbon Walk. This year, on October 22, third place winner, Ricky Persaud, Jr., of Essex County, performed his award-winning song, “Don’t Do It!” before a group of die-hard fans who braved wind and rain to bring attention to the fight against substance abuse, with the theme, “Invest in Recovery, Instead of Paying the Price for Addiction.”
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Posted 10/8/2016 -
The Somerset County Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2137 sponsored their inaugural “Heroin Awareness 5K Walk/Run,” in Bridgewater, to bring attention to the serious epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse and to support those in recovery.
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Posted 9/21/2016 -
We were pleased to attend the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Annual Municipal Alliance Volunteers of the Year awards ceremony where Michelle Greco, the 2016 Second Place Winner, performed her original song, “Stand Away.”
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Posted 9/17/2016 -
On September 17, the 2016 First Place Winners, AJAni (Juan Ferreira, Alexia Velazquez and Ayman Abdalla), performed at the New Jersey Recovery Rally at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds.
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Posted 7/20/2016 -
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey would like to thank the Boxman Family for inviting Michelle Greco, a 2016 NJSDD winner, to perform her winning song at the first annual “Day of Awareness and Memorial” in honor of their son, Justin Boxman.
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Posted 6/24/2016 -
NJSDD first place winners, AJAni, perform their wining song, “Death Train,” at the Annual NJBA Conference on June 23rd at Caesars, Atlantic City.
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Posted 6/7/2016 -
2016 First Place Winners, AJAni, were invited to perform on June 7 at the HOPE event at Mercer County College. Alexia Velazquez, Ayman Abdala and Juan Ferreira showcased their original song, “Death Train,” acting out their powerful lyrics.
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Posted 6/3/2016 -
2016 Shout Down Drugs winners, AJAni and Michelle Greco, hit the road just days after this year’s Prevention Concert, to perform their award-winning songs at the HISPA Conference at Princeton University.
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Posted 9/10/2015 -
On August 28, Dominant Collective paid a special visit to Daytop NJ, a teen residential treatment recovery facility.
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Posted 9/10/2015 -
Dominant Collective was invited to perform their award-winning song on August 20 at the Heroin Addiction Art Exhibit, held at the Gateway Center, in Newark, NJ.
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Posted 7/28/2015 -
Thank you to the Camden County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the Camden River Sharks for inviting 2015 winner, Jonathan Johnson, to perform his award-winning prevention song, “Sin City,” on July 28.
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Posted 6/18/2015 -
This year’s First Place Winners, Dominant Collective, wowed the room at the New Jersey Broadcasters Association Annual Conference on June 18 in Atlantic City, with their First Place Song, “The Drug PSA.”
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Posted 6/5/2015 -
2015 Winners Dominant Collective and Sarah Kertesz joined the annual HISPA conference at Princeton University to perform their inspiring prevention songs before a group of 8th grade students on June 5th.
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Posted 2/6/2015 -
The 2015 First, Second and Third Place winners all visited hundreds of young teens on February 6 at the Annual New Jersey Elks Peer Leadership Conference, held in Long Branch.
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Posted 1/31/2015 -
Two winners from 2014 were invited to perform at the Annual Peer Leadership Conference, in Long Branch, hosted by the New Jersey Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, on January 31st.
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Posted 9/30/2014 -
PJ Walshe, 2014’s second place winner, was invited to perform his award-winning song, Walk Away, before the Members of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, during their September Board and Alliance Award Meeting.
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Posted 8/7/2014 -
2014 First Place Winners, The Whiptones, were invited to perform on August 7 at Daytop NJ, an alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment program for teens.
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Posted 7/29/2014 -
This year’s First Place Winners continued their tour this summer with an appearance on July 29th at a River Sharks Baseball Game at the majestic Campbell’s Field Baseball Stadium.
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Posted 6/11/2014 -
Two of this year’s winners kicked off their music tours by performing at the annual HISPA Youth Conference at Princeton University on June 6.
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Posted 12/20/2013 -
2013 NJSDD winners were invited to perform at the first ever Monmouth County Teen Summit, organized by CentraState Healthcare System, in Freehold, NJ.
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Posted 9/18/2013 -
PDFNJ is grateful to the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse who invited all of the 2013 NJSDD winners to perform their inspiring original prevention songs at this year’s Governor’s Alliance Summit, held Sept 12 at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick.
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Posted 7/16/2013 -
This year’s third place winner, Maksym Lozynskyj, entertained River Shark Baseball Fans, on July 15, performing his award-winning song, “Night of the Sixth,” at the majestic Campbell’s Stadium, in Camden.
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Posted 6/21/2013 -
The duo, 2 Days Leaders, winners from this year’s Shout Down Drugs contest, kicked off their year-long tour with a performance at the annual HISPA Youth Conference, held June 7, at Princeton University.
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Posted 6/21/2013 -
The 2013 First Place Winner, Nicole Levine, kicked off her tour at the 66th Annual Conference of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association, singing her original song, “I Hope That You’ll Say No.”
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Posted 3/8/2013 -
Nick Alu, the 2012 First Place NJSDD Winner, had the crowd of over 500 on its feet during the March 8 NJPN Annual Conference. Nick’s performance really fit the theme of the day—“Getting in Tune: Harmonizing the Field of Addiction.”
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Posted 2/2/2013 -
Nick Alu sang his original song, “Use Your Voice,” and Joanne Dumerand performed her song, “Just Say No,” to an enthusiastic crowd of hundreds of New Jersey teen peer leaders.
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Posted 10/23/2012 -
Kishawn Jack wrapped up his tour on October 20th at Union County’s Red Ribbon Week Kick-Off Fair. Performing at the outdoor event at Oak Ridge Park, in Clark, Kishawn got the crowd going with his inspiring original song, “Drug Free.” We thank New Jersey Prevention Network for inviting Kishawn to share his powerful message with the hundreds of attendees.
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Posted 7/26/2012 -
Joanne performed her original, winning song, “Just Say No, for River Shark fans
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Posted 6/19/2012 -
Nickolas Alu, a/k/a Nick Nubz, kicked off his tour around New Jersey with a performance on June 13 at the 60th annual New Jersey Broadcasters Association Conference at Caesars in Atlantic City. Over 500 members were in attendance during the performance. Nick took First Place Honors at the 2012 Annual New Jersey Shout Down Drugs Prevention Concert with his original song, “Use Your Voice.”
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Posted 6/11/2012 -
New Jersey Shout Down Drugs 2012 winners went on the road June 8 to perform at the annual HISPA Youth Conference held at Princeton University. The Monmouth County duo, “The Starving Artists”, made up of Kevin Karol and Avery Peterson, performed their winning song, “You Got High;” and Kishawn Jack, from Hudson County, performed his winning song, “Drug Free.” The conference theme was, “Take Action! Achieve Your Dreams,” and was attended by approximately 150 New Jersey eighth grade students.
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Posted 2/4/2012 -
Three of the NJSDD 2011 Winners performed at the Annual NJ Elks Youth Peer Leadership Conference at the Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch on 2/4/2012. Aryan Mahyar, and the duo, Middletwo, consisting of Johnny Costa and Tyler Spiegeland, performed their original winning songs to approximately 800 high school peer leaders. The conference is intended to raise awareness about the risks and consequences of substance abuse while motivating students to strive for their goals.
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Posted 7/29/2011 -
NJSDD 2011 second place winners, Tyler Spiegeland and Johnny Costa, of Middletwo, performed their winning prevention song, Self Destruction, on July 26 at a River Sharks Baseball game, at the majestic Campbell’s Field Stadium. Middletwo performed for the Camden Community Alliance Network (C.A.N.) Annual Community Night. River Sharks swept both games of the double-header.
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Posted 6/23/2011 -
NJSDD First Place Winner Aryan Mahyar continued his 2011 tour performing his winning song, “Make A Stand” at the Caesars Hotel, in Atlantic City, on June 22 during the Annual Conference of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association. NJBA President, Paul Rotella, served as a judge for this year’s Prevention Concert, held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, in Newark.
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Posted 6/14/2011 -
Shout Down Drugs winners were invited back to perform at the annual HISPA youth conference for New Jersey’s Hispanic/Latino 8th graders—an event aimed at inspiring them to “take action and realize their dreams.” The performers were welcomed by Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse, HISPA President, and judge at this year’s Prevention Concert. Aryan Mahyar performed his winning song, Make a Stand; and Morgan Evans & Taylor Willis sang their winning song, Join Me. The 8th graders enjoyed interacting with the Shout Down Drugs winners during a fun and inspiring Q&A session.
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Posted 3/4/2011 -
Amanda Taylor, the 2010 First Place NJSDD winner, performed in Atlantic City on March 4, 2011, at the New Jersey Prevention Network’s 11th Annual Addiction Conference, singing her award-winning original prevention song, “Wake Up!” NJ Prevention Network’s member agencies offer programs and services that have a common goal of reducing the incidence and prevalence of alcoholism, addiction and related problems through primary prevention efforts.
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Posted 2/8/2011 -
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Posted 7/19/2010 -
2010 Statewide Winner of the New Jersey Shout Down Drugs music competition, Amanda Taylor (Salem County)
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Posted 6/11/2010 -
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Posted 6/9/2010 -
