Speaking Out – Drug Prevention Education Story
CTS Foundation2019-10-28T02:35:23-04:00Drug Prevention Education Story
Ginger Katz – Overview of Work
CTS Foundation2023-10-11T15:29:50-04:00VIRGINIA (“GINGER”) KATZ CEO and Founder, The Courage to Speak® Foundation, Inc. Mission: Saving lives by empowering youth to be drug-free and encouraging parents to communicate effectively with their children about the dangers of drugs. Founded in 1996 shortly after Ginger and Larry Katz lost their son, Ian, to a drug overdose. They are dedicated to fulfilling a promise Ginger made to Ian to do everything in her power to prevent this tragedy from happening to another family. Core Activities: Educational presentations, proprietary school-based programs/curriculum delivering social-emotional skill building lessons to increase youth's ability to live healthy lives, [...]
Conspiracy of Silence®
CTS Foundation2020-07-16T22:09:16-04:00CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE®: The dark-green convertible couch where twenty-year-old Ian Eaccarino died of a heroin and valium overdose eighteen years ago is a silent presence in the basement studio that was his bedroom. His sister Candace, who has Down Syndrome, sleeps on it every Tuesday night when she visits from the group home where she lives in Fairfield, CT. Every week, she puts its cushions on the floor, covers them with a blanket and makes a bed for her brother. "Ian comes down from the clouds," she insists, "and sleeps there." At the other end of the room, Ian's [...]