2:00pm - 3:00pm: Individual Recovery Meetings

3:00pm - 3:15pm: Welcome with Mike Marshall & Tony Vezina

Moderator: Deandre Kenyajui

4:00pm - 5:20pm: Panels & Workshops

• Personal Growth: What's a Family To Do?
  Moderator: Dominique Simon-Levine, PhD, MPH, Allies in Recovery

  Panelists: Senator Lew Frederick (D), Oregon/District 22; Cordelia Kraus, LPC, CADC-I, Vital Spaces LLC; Lynn Emmons, LCSW, RN, CADC-I; Jen Stratton, LPC, Crestview Recovery

• The Science of Addiction and Recovery: Psilocybin Therapies in Addiction Treatment
  Speakers: Sam Chapman, Campaign Manager, Psilocybin Service Initiative (Prop 34).

• Cultivating Leadership: Centering Anti-Racism in Mutual Aid Meetings
  Moderator: Tony Vezina, Executive Director, 4D Recovery

  Panelists: Mark Harris, MA, CADC-I, MAC, Professor at University of Oregon and Lane Community College, Lucy Zammarelli, MA, CADC-III, Supervisor, LaneCare Program

• Policy: Racial Disparities in Treatment 
  Moderator: Larry Turner, African American Specific Addictions Benefit Coordinator, Multnomah County
  Panelists: Anthony Jordan, Addictions Services Manager, Multnomah County; and Miguel Tellez, Executive Director, NW Instituto Latino 

• Personal Growth: Oregon Record Expungement Clinic

  Facilitator: Michael Zhang, Community Law Division Metropolitan Public Defender

• Cultivating Leadership: Running for office as a person in recovery

  Speakers: Basilio Sandoval, Centro Latino Americano; Mario Cardenas, Volunteers of America - Oregon; Paul Bryant, Director of Addiction Medicine, Kaiser Permanente; and Adrian Burris, 4D Recovery

• Cultivating Leadership: Running for office as a person in recovery
  Moderator: Mike Marshall, Executive Director, Oregon Recovers

  Panelists: Tera Hurst, Past Portland City Council Candidate; Ramiro Navarro Jr., Candidate for House District 25 State Representative; and Betsy Hodges, 47th Mayor of Minneapolis

• Policy: Big Alcohol Harms: How the alcohol industry has undermined recovery
  Moderator: Andrew Swanson, Policy and Advocacy Director, Oregon Recovers
  Panelists: Tiffany Hall, Recover Alaska; and Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative

• African American Caucus
• Asian - Pacific Islander Caucus
• Latinx Caucus
• Native American Caucus
• Ally Caucus

2:00pm - 3:00pm: Individual Recovery Meetings 

3:00pm - 3:15pm: Day 2 Kickoff: Why This Work Matters

3:20pm - 4:25pm: Panels & Workshops

• Personal Growth: Picking a Program: Which Recovery Program is Right for You?
  Moderator: Kitty Martz, CGRM, CGAC II, MBA

  Panelists: Rachel Hatcher, 4D Recovery; Jason Umtuk, Wellbriety; Roger Oaks, Refuge Recovery

• The Science of Addiction and Recovery: The Science of Recovery: It's not magic!
  Moderator: Mercedes Elizalde, Public Policy Director, Central City Concern

  Panelists: Dr. Angelia Smith-Wilson, PsyD, Executive Director, Friends of Recovery New York; and Dr. Brian Couey, PsyD, Hazelden Betty Ford

• Cultivating Leadership: Fundraising in the NOW Normal

  Speakers: Dwight Adkins, Swaim Strategies; Sama Shagaga, Swaim Strategies

• Policy: Building Local Power: Passing a local recovery resolution
  Moderator: Teri Morgan, Springfield Treatment Center

  Panelists: Bonnie Windham, City of Eugene; and Dora Best, La Clinica

4:30pm - 5:20pm: Panels & Workshops

• Personal Growth: Going Back to School: Turning challenges into successes
  Moderator: Ashlei Fraser, BS, CADCII

  Panelists: Mercy Barnes, BS, CADC-r; Laura Chiavaralle, CRM, CADC-r

• The Science of Addiction and Recovery: Smashing Stigma: Evolving Views on MAT 
  Moderator: Eric Martin, MAC, CADC III, PRC, CPS, Director of Policy, Compliance & Legislation, MHACBO

  Panelists: Teri Morgan, Springfield Treatment Center; Joe Lunievicz, Stop Stigma Now, Dr. Billie Cartwright, PA, Mosaic Medical

• Cultivating Leadership: How to organize an expungement clinic in your community

  Moderator: Michael Zhang, Community Law Division Metropolitan Public Defender

• Policy: Promoting Recovery: High school and collegiate programs
  Moderator: Devin Miles, MS, PhD candidate

  Panelists: Barbara Collins, Principal, Mission HS; Josh Lokeno, Mentor, FIR; Angie Bryan, MA, MEd, MFT, Counselor/Recovery Specialist & Recovery Program Manager, UC Santa Barbara; and Dharma Mirzak, OSU Student

5:30pm - 6:20pm: Caucuses

• African American Caucus
• Asian - Pacific Islander Caucus
• Latinx Caucus
• Native American Caucus
• Ally Caucus

6:30pm - 7:45pm: Closing Keynote: Lived Experience: How it guides advocacy and policy

7:45pm - 8:00pm: Closing Session

Panel and Workshop Descriptions:

Lucy Zammarelli, MA, CADC-III, Supervisor at LaneCare Program

How do we as individuals fight racism in our own recovery communities? This workshop focuses on the challenges faced by BIPOC individuals in recovery communities, and how to overcome them by taking ownership of your own recovery spaces.

Michael Zhang, Community Law Division Metropolitan Public Defender

Many individuals in both early and longterm recovery have some kind of criminal record that often becomes a barrier to longterm recovery, career growth, and even accessing student loans. Join Michael Zhang, founder of RecordSponge, and learn how to set up a record expungement clinics in your county and help our community thrive!

Ramiro Navarro Jr. (HD25)
Betsy Hodges 47th Mayor of Minneapolis

As the recovery community continues to build power and cultivate local leaders, it’s critical to look to the future of our government. Running for office as a person open about thier recovery is a new and exciting chapter in our movement that will guide communities toward effective addiction policy and bring our disease out of the shadows. Join Tera Hurst, Ramiro Navarro, and Mike Marshall as they discuss the power of being “out” and running for office.

We’ve been trying to understand addiction for centuries. What about recovery? In this discussion, learn about the emerging field of recovery science and how it can support people in recovery while also informing providers, educators and policy makers.

Tom & Sheri Eckert, therapists and the co-chief petitioners of the Psilocybin Therapy Measure

Psilocybin and other hallucinogens have recently made headlines about thier potential for mental health treatment. Whats the all the hype about? Join Tom & Sheri Eckert, two researchers in psilocybin therapy as they explain what this all means and how psilocybin may help people with Substance Use Disorder.

Paul Bryant, Director Addiction Medicine at Kaiser Permanente

The COVID-19 Pandemic has reshaped treatment and recovery services overnight, but it has also laid bare the inequities and challenges faced by those who don’t have access to technology. As virtual recovery supports and virtual care become the new normal, our community must begin to look at strategies to ensure that everyone in the recovery community has access to safe and effective treatment and recovery. Join Basilio Sandoval, Paul Bryant, and Mario Cardenas as they discuss the benefits, challenges and barriers to this new landscape.

Billie Cartwright

Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) existed for a long time in the gray area of recovery. A stigma exists around its use among family, friends, doctors, and employers. Join experts in the field of MAT as they discuss their experiences combating the stigma that surrounds MAT and how you can apply their experiences.

Miguel Tellez, NW Instituto Latino Executive Director

Join individuals across Oregon as they discuss the racial inequities that exist within addiction treatment and how to combat them.

Andrew Swanson

Tiffany Hall

Vinny DeMarco

You’ve heard the phrases Big Tobacco, Big Oil and Big Pharma. But what about Big Alcohol? As the single largest contributor to the addiction crisis in Oregon and a powerful force in Oregon politics, it’s time we start to look at Big Alcohol more critically and understand the role their money plays in stopping sensible public health policies. Join Tiffany Hall, Executive Director of Recover Alaska, nationally recognized political organizer Vinny DeMarco, and Andrew Swanson as they discuss Big Alcohol and the strategies we can use to beat them.

Dora Best

Have you noticed something wrong in your own community? Do you want to help make a change but don’t know where to start? Join our guests as they discuss their own experiences in passing local resolutions, their success, failures, and strategies which you can implement in your own community.

Angie Bryan, MA, MEd, MFT, Counselor/Recovery Specialist & Recovery Program Manager, UC Santa Barbara

Panelists will address recovery programs on high school and college campuses as part of a continuum of care for youth and young adults. We’ll provide historical context and touch on how programs can be developed, funded, and structured. We’ll also discuss diversity/equity issues, student supports, and impact/outcomes.

Lynn Emmons, LCSW, RN, CADC-I
Jen Stratton, LPC, Crestview Recovery

Panelists will discuss how families can use the science of motivation and change to help loved ones with substance use disorder -- while steering clear of outdated concepts such as tough love, enabling and rock bottom. Participants will also learn how to stay more grounded when loved ones are using.

Michael Zhang, Community Law Division Metropolitan Public Defender

Do you have a record that has inhibited your ability to get a job, go to school, or live the life you want? Join Michael Zhang as he leads a record expungement clinic which will help you to clear your past so you can start thinking about your future.

Kitty Martz, CGRM, CGAC II, MBA

Learn from individuals who have practiced
different recovery programs what each of those programs look like, and what program is right for you. Panelists will speak on their experiences in Recovery Dharma, SMART recovery, Wellbriety, and Narcotics Anonymous.

Please understand that some programming is tentative and may be moved to other time slots to accommodate the participants’ schedules.