April 18 2022 Day 1 RICH Conference

• 7:30am Continental Breakfast/Coffee

• 8:30am Welcoming Statement: Bradford Paige, CEO, Kennebunk Savings Bank & Opening Remarks Intros:  John Burns, SOS Recovery Community Organization

•  8:45am Chacku Mathai: “Deepening the Conversation about Racism, Racial Equity, ad Recovery.”

• 9:45 am Break

• 10am Breakouts:

  • Breakout 1A) Journaling Writing in Recovery: Space to discover, heal and grow w/ Eileen Lawton

  • Breakout 1B) Panel Discussion, Restoration within: Using Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice as a lens for recovery with Tanisha Johnson and Kevin Pajaro-Mariñez
  • Breakout 1C) “Seeking Relief” or “Getting High”: Reframing Trauma as the Gateway for Substance with Kerry Nolte, Ph.D., FNP & Adriane Apicelli, MSW

• 11:30 -1:00 pm Lunch/Networking (90 Minutes)

• 1:00 PM Jim Wuelfing: Presentation of 2021 Art Woodard Award for Outstanding Contributions to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Recovery Community.

• 1:20 PM Plenary:  Jess Tilley: “Exploring the bridge between the Recovery & Harm Reduction communities.”

• 2:15pm Break

• 2:30 pm  Jon Zibbell, Ph.D.: “Emergent Trends in Opioid and Stimulant Co-use Against a Backdrop of Endemic Polydrug use: implications for overdose prevention, treatment, and community interventions”

• 3:30pm Traci Green, PhD: Community Drug Checking for Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Public Health.

• 4:30pm – 4:45pm Jim Wuelfing: Closing Remarks

• 5:30pm Stick around and Join us as Harbor Care is hosting a screening of “Tipping the Pain Scale” a Film co-produced by Greg Williams for all conference participants.  Refreshments will be served.