Join us for a powerful speaking event …
Suicide Prevention Week Keynote Speaker – Beth Macy
Thursday, 9/26/19, 7:00pm, at the Jorgensen
UConn’s Suicide Prevention Committee, in partnership with SUBOG, Student Activities, and the Department of Journalism, is honored to host award winning journalist Beth Macy as our keynote speaker of this year’s Suicide Prevention Week.
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, explores how America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction started, how it spread from the inner-city to the distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; and it’s heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Through unsparing, yet deeply human portraits of the families and first responders struggling to ameliorate this epidemic, each facet of the crisis comes into focus. In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows, astonishingly, that the only thing that unites Americans across geographic and class lines is opioid drug abuse. But in the end, Macy still finds reason to hope - and see’s signs of the spirit and tenacity necessary to build a better future for communities, families and those addicted.
Following the lecture will be an audience Q&A and book signing.
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets required.
For more information on this and other events during Suicide Prevention Week, please visit: https://suicideprevention.uconn.edu/events/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/973165976353768/
For more information, contact: SHAW at 860-486-4705