Talking works

You can send out flyers, you can hold meetings, but nothing beats meeting people where they are.

This evening I stopped by the teenagers on the street to thank them for stopping dropping litter.  They do seem to struggle having sensible quiet conversations with adults - but that is probably because they have so little practice.

It seems the only time most adults talk to teenagers is either to mumble about them or shout at them.

They are what we created - and they seem quite happy to admit/boast about how much they drink and smoke.
It is an indictment on the community we adults have created that getting pissed in the bushes in the rain is better than anything else we have provided.