Registration Not Required

Wednesday, September 25 | 12:00pm - 4:00pm

ACC Rio Grande Campus

1212 Rio Grande St Austin, TX 78701

Multipurpose Space (Bldg. 1000, Rm. 1103)

• 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Resource Fair

• 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Panel Discussion: Career Spotlights & Opportunities in the Addiction Counseling/Mental Health Field

• 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. - CARES Team Referral: See Something, Say Something

• 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - All Recovery Meeting (All paths welcome)-Bldg. 1000, Rm. 1114

Thursday, September 26 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:50 p.m.

ACC Rio Grande Campus

1212 Rio Grande St Austin, TX 78701

Bldg. 3000, Rm. 3340

• 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast

• 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. - Welcome to ACC Conference on Addiction and Recovery through a Multicultural Lens: Bryan Port, Director, Center for Government & Civic Service 

• 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. - Plenary: Kym Laube-Supporting Students: Addressing Substance Use Prevention and Recovery and all the Places in Between (Rm. 3340)

• 11:00 -11:15 a.m. - Wellness Break (Light refreshments provided)

• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Choose Your Breakout Speaker Option #1: Geoffrey Vasille, LMSW-Stigmatization of Drug Use – Acceptable vs Unacceptable  (Rm. 3328)

• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Choose Your Breakout Speaker Option #2: Andrew Silver, LPC-S, BC-TMH-Multiple Pathways Approach for Recovery  (Rm. 3210)

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. - LUNCH PROVIDED

• 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. - Choose Your Breakout Speaker Option #1: Phil Owen, RSPS-Peer Support as a Harm Reduction Strategy (Rm. 3328)

• 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. - Choose Your Breakout Speaker Option #2: Liliana Spurgeon, CHSW, PSW - Building Bridges: Connecting Latine Communities and Recovery (Rm. 3210)

• 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. - Wellness Break (Light refreshments provided)

• 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. - Plenary: Raul Garcia, LCSW, LCDC- Recovery Unveiled: Clarifying Its True Nature, Overcoming Stigma, and Strengthening Community  (Rm. 3340) 

• 4:45 - 4:50 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Friday, September 27 | 8:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

ACC Rio Grande Campus

1212 Rio Grande St Austin, TX 78701

Bldg. 3000, Rm. 3340

• 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast

• 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. - Welcome to ACC Conference on Addiction and Recovery through a Multicultural Lens

• 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. - Plenary: Rommel Johnson, PhD., LPC, CAADC, CRC, NCC-Because I was high: Understanding Substance Use in the Black Community, Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Methods (Rm. 3340)

• 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. - Wellness Break (Light refreshments provided)

• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Choose Your Breakout Speaker Option #1: Heidi Simpson, LMSW & Veronica De Hoyos, LMSW, LCDC: Substance Use Recovery and Treatment: A Person-Centered Approach for High-Quality, Low-Barrier Care  (Rm. 3328)     

• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Choose Your Breakout Speaker Option #2: Joseph Yoon, LCSW-S- Immigrant and Acculturative Factors and the Recovery Process   (Rm. 3210)

• 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. - Wellness Break (Light refreshments provided)

• 12:45 - 2:00 p.m. - Plenary: Deborah Antich, CFP, CMA, RSPS-Co-Occurring Disorders - it only takes one person to recognize (and answer) and ask for help (Rm. 3340) 

• 2:00 - 2:15 p.m. - Closing and Prize Winners