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Students to Attend Opioid Addiction & Recovery Webinar
This Thursday, September 23, we will join the Center for Humanistic Change for their presentation of the Northampton County Opioid Addiction & Recovery Forum.
We will be joining via zoom in the AWC Conference Room, next to the Coaches Lounge. Interested students are welcome to attend during free periods and lunch to join the presentations and learn more about opioid addiction and recovery. This is recommended for students with medical and public health interests. See the schedule below.
Recent graduate Neha Skandan '21 has been an advocate for raising public awareness of the opioid addiction crisis and spearheaded the effort to bring this educational forum to the Merle-Smith Campus. Now a student at Johns Hopkins University, she sits on the Northampton County Opioid & Heroin Educational Event Advisory Committee, which is organized by the Center for Humanistic Change (CHC) and the Northampton County Drug & Alcohol Administration.
SCHEDULE
Northampton County Opioid Addiction & Recovery Forum
September 23, 2021
8:00 AM Resource Fair PowerPoint Loop, Lisa Wolff, Manager of Community Engagement Center for Humanistic Change
8:30 AM Welcome Kris Hettrick, Executive Director Center for Humanistic Change Lamont McClure, Northampton County Executive
8:45 AM Marc Mero: Former amateur boxer and WWE Champion, founder of non-profit Champion of Choices
Battling Addiction & Overcoming Obstacles: Mr. Mero shares his struggles with addiction, his triumphs in recovery and advice on how to live a happy, positive life.
9:45 AM Break/Resource Fair PowerPoint Loop
10:00 AM Dr. Stephanie Shiffler
Exploring Heroin and Opioid Use: Prescription opioids and street drugs, such as heroin, have affected the lives of thousands of Americans. This presentation adopts an approach of curiosity and compassion in examining the reasons why substances such as these are misused, the impact this has on health and well-being, and strategies for reducing substance-related harm.
11:00 AM Northampton County CRS Team & College Student in Recovery: Felicia Fehr, CRS, CFRS; Emma Witt, CRS, CPS, CFRS; Daniel Joseph, CRS, College Student
Through My Eyes: What Young Adults Need in Recovery: Hear how the opioid crisis is really affecting young adults and college students. Young adults in recovery will share their stories about their addiction and how it affected their relationships. Learn how their recovery looks different from that of someone over the age of 30 and what they need at this stage of their lives.
12:00 PM Lunch/ Resource Fair PowerPoint Loop
12:30 PM Mary Erdman, CFRS and Will Erdman, RCP
Supporting Families, Friends and Relationships throughout Addiction and Recovery: Mary Erdman and her son, Will, share the story of his addiction and their family’s journey through recovery. Learn about the family systems of supports and resources they found most helpful and advice for families facing this struggle today.
1:30 PM Remarks/Resource Fair PowerPoint Loop/Evaluation Completion
2:00 PM Conference Concludes
