Coming Together Conference Kalamazoo

Providing the latest tools, information, and knowledge in the field of Addiction and Recovery.

This Conference is a collaboration between Community Healing Centers and the Specialty Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse at Western Michigan University. Professionals from fields including medical law, social work, and education will be joined by national experts and spokespersons in a full day of presentations and workshops. We hope to reduce the stigma associated with treatment and recovery, while facilitating conversation and partnerships with a variety of community organizations.

Please consider participating, or making a donation towards this cause.

When

October 23, 2019

Where

Fetzer Center

2350 Business One Dr

Kalamazoo, MI

49048

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Morning Keynote

The Trauma-Informed Courtroom

Judge Peggy Fulton Hora (ret.), President, Justice Speakers Institute

Why do judges and other justice professionals need to be cognizant of trauma as it relates to court cases? Like it or not, trauma seems to be the overwhelming negative factor affecting many people who come to court. From treatment court participants to those who have experienced child abuse and neglect, “adverse childhood events” (ACE) seem to be present in many cases. Tragically, people may leave the courtroom worse off than when they came in having suffered “Jurigenic Harm.”

Afternoon Keynote

The Road From Addiction to Recovery: One Physician’s Story

Glenn Dregansky, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Western Michigan University

This presentation will address the many faces of the disease of addiction and how one person was able to develop a program of recovery. The various paths to recovery will be discussed and issues in maintaining sobriety in a busy world will be explored.

Join us for a FREE community event before the conference!

Judge Peggy Fulton Hora (ret.), President, Justice Speakers Institute.