Welcome to Straight Up Ventura County
Straight Up is a youth development project that promotes social change regarding underage and binge drinking and impaired driving using improvisation and interactive performance and workshops with engaging discussion, exploration of issues, and the development of personal and community solutions to these problems. more
Latest News & Events
New podcast online - Straight Up talks to teens about their decisions to drink while in high school, and why. more
Writing contest winners announced! Congratulations to Emily Arndt and Haley Paul, as well as the honorably mentioned! more
New Volunteer Opportunity -- now seeing bilingual youth spokespersons. If you can speak English and Spanish fluently and want to make a diffference in your community, find out more now!
Want to know more about Reality Parties for Parents?
Many adults feel drinking is a rite of passage and think teen drinking and parties are the same as when they were young. Straight Up youth want parents to face the current realities and learn why and how we need adults to help change these dangerous social norms in Ventura County. more
