Friday, September 29 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Winnet Student Life Building, Great Hall

Celebrate with us as we reopen the Office of Collegiate Recovery with an all-day Recovery Awareness Conference. 

Help us shine a light on the complex issue of addiction to create a community where education, understanding, and awareness can thrive. Spend the day learning, connecting and empowering one another with resources that can help us all practice harm reduction, save lives and inspire change. 

Many thanks to our conference sponsor, Parx Casino, and supporter IBX Foundation.

RSVP to join us September 29

9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

Delivered by Dr. Davido Dupree, Associate Professor, Psychology and Head, Department of Psychology, Education and Human Services

9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Panel Discussion 

With panelists Dr. Chip Altman, Community Behavioral Health (CBH); Nerissa Mixon, Department of Behavioral Health Intellectual DisAbility Services (DBHIDS); Nicole Sage (Prevention Point); Jasper Liem, LCSW, Executive Director (The Attic Youth Center); and Joann Mills-Johnson (DBHIDS).

3-minute Narcan Presentations 

Peter Spayde from DBHIDS will distribute free Opioid Overdose Reversal Kits (including Narcan) and offer three minute demonstrations on how to use them.

Featured Artist

Lisa Kelley, Trauma-informed artist with an emphasis on harm reduction, will be doing interactive art activities with participants. 

10:30 to 11:45 a.m. | Multiple Pathways to Recovery Workshop

John Elburn (Unity Recovery and CCP/BHHS alumni) will explore and discuss the variety of pathways to individual recovery.

12 to 1 p.m. Lunch

1 to 2:15 p.m. | Effective and Available Treatment without Stigma Workshop

Kevin Moore, Psy.D., he/they, Executive Director of Courage Medicine, will briefly talk about the syndemics (synergistic epidemic) of opioid addiction and sexually transmitted infections. Dr. Moore will then have a dialogue with the audience about how they can be a caring Philadelphian and informed citizen. Ways to fight the syndemics include attitudes and behaviors of being accepting, positive, and encouraging of treatment. The philosophy of harm reduction is to support and not punish people who may have an addiction and who may have an STI. Audience participation will be highly encouraged.

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Conference Wrap-Up/Behavioral Health/Human Services Faculty Speakers

Information Tables

Danny’s House; CBH Member Services (MyTeria Guy, CCP/BHHS alumni); DBHIDS (Benjamin Moore,  Tanisha Palmer, Sheila Moses); and the BHHS program