Special Guests

Program is currently in development. Check back as speakers and special guests will be added as they are confirmed.

Featured Speakers

  • Dee-1

    CO-HOST
    Award winning Rapper, Educator, Activist, and Business Owner

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  • Taylor Kinzler

    CO-HOST
    Host, CT LIVE!
NBC Connecticut

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  • Jeff Candee

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  • Lisa Deane

    Founder,
    demandZERO

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  • Kelly Juleson

    Co-President
    The Governor's Prevention Partnership

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  • David Lanzoni

    Assistant Special Agent in Charge
    New England Field Division
    Drug Enforcement Administration

  • Robert Lawlor

    Drug Intelligence Officer – Connecticut Office of National Drug Control Policy – HIDTA

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  • James Lugo

    Special Agent
    Drug Enforcement Administration

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  • Hunter Mayhew

    MSW, LADC
    Intensive Outpatient Clinician
    Root Center for Advanced Recovery

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  • Ijeoma Opara

    PhD, LMSW, MPH
    Associate Professor of Public Health
    Founder & Director, The SASH Lab, Yale School of Public Health

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  • William “Juneboy” Outlaw

    Lead Violence Prevention Professional, CT Violence Intervention Program and
    Co-Author, Citizen Outlaw

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  • David Zannelli

    Assistant Chief of Police
    New Haven, CT

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MYTH:

Treatment did not work before, so there is no point trying again.

FACT:

Recovery from drug addiction is a long process that often involves setbacks. Relapse does not mean that treatment has failed or that you are a lost cause. Rather, it is a signal to get back on track, either by going back to treatment or adjusting the treatment approach.

Source: CT Department of Public Health