from thetruth.com truth® is the largest youth smoking prevention campaign in the country. It doesn't preach... It doesn't judge, instead it lets teens make their own informed choices about tobacco use. We're looking for outgoing people to represent truth® and travel the country with successful music and sports tours. Your job: meeting new people, trying to stay sane, giving out some facts, some cool merch, and encouragement along the way. You've got to be at...

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  The Killer Quotes tour hit Mumbai last week!  Holly shared experiences from the MN Killer Quotes tour at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Mumbai, India. She was part of an amazing panel of advocates from around the world.  Catalyst friend and supporter Nicole Sutton from Hawaii presented about the REAL movement's "Girl Talk" campaign, a countermarketing effort to fight back against Camel No. 9 and Virginia Slims Purse Packs.  Miranda Wang...

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  Friday April 25th - Minneapolis   Last Friday was the final stop on our 2008 Killer Quotes Tour. We were in beautiful Minneapolis, at Memory Lanes. It was insanely fun! We made a ton of posters and buttons, danced, and knocked down plenty of pins (some of us more than others). I bowled like two 300 point games - they gave me a trophy and all the nachos I could eat.   We at...

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  It's true - Thief River Falls will never be the same!  The Killer Quotes tour stopped at da club on Saturday and met up with members of the TRF dance crew and other students from Lincoln High School.  TRF's dance crew was definitely impressive - from roller skates to line dancing to soulja boy. We made some killer posters, and killer t-shirts, and we can't wait to come back.  So, mark your calendars.  Catalyst...

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The Bemidji Killer Quotes stop turned out awesome! We had no idea what to expect from the bands, to the kids, to the venue, but it was really incredible. Almost 150 kids turned out for the show, we had 5 killer bands - Patience of the Hero (Bemidji), Lost in Prague (Minneapolis), Earn your Stripes (Minneapolis) To Say the Least (Bemidji) and Black Armada (Bemidji). It was cool to see many kids come out for...

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Who ever thought paintball could be so fun?? Oh it was! The Catalyst crew was all over it. We partnered with our friend Nicolee in Austin MN and she put together a KILLER event at a paintball field in her area. She put up all sorts of cool posters and other stuff all over the field and did an awesome job with the event! We did our best to add to it with posters and...

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Hey Catalyst - just a reminder (plus, we still have space, if you want to drive down with us): Saturday, April 5th - From 12:00 - 4:00pm we're going to be at Splat in Austin, MN.    We're working with our friend Nicolee Holmgren in South East MN, to bring you a crazy fun afternoon. There will be paint ball, T-shirt and poster screening, and live music. We're also part of a nationwide event called Kick...

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So our first Killer Quotes event was KILLER! It went really well, thanks to all the Catalyst kids showed up, it was awesome see you guys, as usual. Also a big thanks to Enigma Teen Center of Shakopee, it was a killer spot, if you live in the are, you should definitely check it out. Here are some pics from the event, you can tell we had a good time. It was DJ night that...

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It's true. And you should come! We will rocking a bowling event at Concordia lanes, and if you are one of the first 40 people to RSVP by email, you can get in FREE! That's right FREE! Email Andy at andy@bethecatalyst.org saying you want to get on the list, and when you show up, we'll have everything ready. We'll also be screenprinting posters, making buttons, and hanging out as well. Come join us! Event details:...

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Our first Killer Quotes Event, and let me tell you, it WILL be killer! It's going to at a sweet club called Enigma, in Shakopee. There will be an awesome DJ there, and they have all sorts of other stuff going on, pool tables, ping pong, WII, PS2, and TONS of other stuff. It's Friday March 21 7:00-10:00pm. The event costs $5, but Catalyst members can get in TOTALLY FREE!! Just email andy@bethecatalyst.org and we'll...

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After many months of planning and hard work, we're proud to introduce the Killer Quotes Tour! We wanted to highlight all the ridiculous things the tobacco industry has said over the years, and tell everyone across Minnesota. So we thought, let's take this show on the road! There are a ton of cool parts of this campaign that we wanted to share. First a new portion of our website, which should be up in the...

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