Bridging Lived Experience and Professional Response: Rethinking Overdose and Recovery

Stephen Murray, MPH, NRPisthe Director of the SafeSpot Overdose Hotline at Boston Medical Center and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public HealthJoin us and learn from Stephen’s experiences as a first responder and overdose survivor. He will discuss the impact of recovery identities, the importance of including people with lived experience, the influence of stigma, and how advocacy at all levels can drive systemic change.This event is co-sponsored by the Donovan Program for Recovery and Substance-Free Initiatives, People, Place & Health Collective at the Brown University School of Public Health, BWell Health Promotion, Brown EMS.