Southeastern Louisiana University’s LION UP Recovery will sponsor the Louisiana Recovery Capital Conference March 7 and 8.
Scheduled at the Southeastern Student Union Theater, the inaugural conference will focus on topics related to substance misuse, treatment and recovery, as well as looking at sustainable collegiate recovery programming at institutions across Louisiana.
The conference will also include continuing education opportunities for counseling and other mental health professionals. Journalist and author Sam Quinones, the featured keynote speaker, is scheduled to give his remarks Friday, March 8, at 8:30 a.m. Quinones is a critically acclaimed storyteller and former L.A. Times reporter. In 2021 he released the book “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth,” which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle award for Best Nonfiction Book of 2021. The author’s website describes the book as deepening the story of the nation’s opioid epidemic to include the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, such as fentanyl and meth. Experts say fentanyl is the deadliest drug ever to be sold on U.S. streets. Quinones plans to host a question and answer session after his keynote address. He will also host a book signing.
Registration costs, which include special rates for students, and other details can be accessed on the website www.southeastern.edu/recovery.
