"The premier National Summit on Racial Health Inequities in Opioid and other Substance Use Disorders”
Virtual Summit: BOOTS ON THE GROUND 4
Friday, May 10, 2024
Continuing Education Credits Available for Attendees through American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry*
OBJECTIVES
• Identify clinical and peer provider solutions to eliminate barriers for justice involved individuals
• Build capacity for faith-based communities to connect with multiple pathways to recovery including lifesaving medications while navigating racial inequities in healthcare
• Understand theories about the brain's reward circuit, dopamine, and substance use disorders
• Recognize the link between childhood adversity and brain structure
• Reduce mental health stigma among health care providers
• Understand the intersection of recovery and opioid harm reduction strategies
• Master resource building in funding, advocacy, and coalitions to sustain and enhance frontline services
• Explore how to work with youth in various settings
Summit Program in Central Standard Time:
8:30 am - Opening Remarks:
Peter Gaumond, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, ONDCP
Michael Askew, The Office of Recovery at SAMHSA
8:50- 9:50 am - Session I: Navigating the Legal System:
Rahul Vanjani, MD; Allies, Not Adversaries: Teaching Health Care Providers, Lawyers, Social Workers, and Peers to Collaborate to Support Individuals Involved in the Criminal Legal System
Daryl McGraw; Using Peers in Forensic Settings
9:50- 10:50 am - Session II: Faith and Medications:
Monty Burks PhD; Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Corrie Vilsaint, PhD; Using Medications as a Pathway to Recovery While Navigating Racial Inequities in Healthcare
10:50- 11:00 am - 10 minute break
11:00 am- 12:00 pm - Session III: Brain:
Ben Clark, PhD; The Neurobiology of Substance Use Disorders
Nathaniel Harnett, PhD; The Neurobiological Consequences of Racial Inequities in Children
12:00- 12:30 pm - Lunch break
12:30- 12:45 pm - Afternoon Session Opening Remarks
Jerome Adams, MD; Former United States Surgeon General and current Executive Director of Purdue’s Health Equity Initiatives
Will Aklin, PhD; National Institute on Drug Abuse
12:45- 1:15 pm - Session IV: Recovery and Harm Reduction
Andre Johnson, PhD; Intersection of Recovery and Opioid Harm Reduction Strategies
1:15- 1:45 pm - Session IV: Mental Health
Aderonke Pederson, MD; Mental Illness Stigma Through an Equity Lens
1:45- 2:15 pm - Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1: Intersectionality/Sexuality
Breakout 2: Faith and Medications
Breakout 3: Youth
Breakout 4: Harm Reduction and Abstinence
2:15- 2:30 pm - Calls to Action from Breakouts
2:30- 3:30 pm - Session V: Resource Building
Anita Bradley, MSW, LSW, LICDC-CS; Building Funding Capacity to Support Your Organization
Holly Hagle, MD; Using the Opioid Response Network to Support Training and Organizational Capacity
3:30- 4:30 pm - Session VI: Youth
Fred Dyer, PhD; Working with Black Youth
Damone Presley, What Can I Change to be Better
4:30- 4:40 pm - Concluding Remarks
Phil Rutherford, Black Faces Black Voices
LaTricia Tate, Twin Cities Recovery Project
