This presentation will focus on some of the unique nuances encountered by women and the use of marijuana. Despite the title, this is not just for women only and explores the impacts to public health and mental health associated with today’s marijuana. Dr. Bader’s level of subject expertise coupled with her sense of humor will make this an enjoyable and education session for all.

About the Speaker

Dr. Latisha Bader has worked in the field of mental health and addiction for more than 17 years. as worked in a variety of treatment settings including residential, outpatient, private practice, and Native American health care.

This webinar is part of a series of webinars hosted by the Minnesota Regional ATOD Prevention Coordinaors and the National Marijuana Intitiative (NMI). They are pleased to announce a series of free virtual training sessions focusing a variety of topics associated to marijuana, its potency and public health issues.

These free virtual sessions will last 60 minutes. They will feature speakers and national subject matter experts in their field form HIDTA National Marijuana Initiatives Speakers Bureau. Once you complete the online registration request for any of the sessions, you will receive a confirmation email that you have been accepted into the class. The confirmation email will contain the Zoom connection details.

Join us for the 49th annual Minnesota Prevention Program Sharing Conference!

For 49 years, the Minnesota Prevention Program Sharing Conference has supported people engaged in substance abuse prevention. Countless communities, agencies, and individuals come together to do this work, including you. Your contributions to the prevention field and dedication to public health make a difference in our state. This work is not easy. It can be downright exhausting, difficult to see a way through. This year’s conference theme “Support Connections. Build Prevention. Engage Communities” will focus on collaboration, expanding our networks, and supporting health & wellbeing through primary prevention.

The annual Minnesota Prevention Program Sharing conference provides learning, networking and skill-building opportunities to enhance alcohol, tobacco, and other drug misuse prevention efforts. By sharing effective prevention strategies and programs, presenters and participants learn from one another in this exemplary, two-day learning community.

Visit mnprc.org/conference for more information, or apply to present at this year’s conference. Registration opens in Spring 2023.

Please join the Minnesota Regional Prevention Coordinators and the Public Health Law Center for the third in their series of four webinars on key public health and prevention issues regarding the new Minnesota law legalizing and commercializing adult-use recreational cannabis.

Description

Despite a requirement that legal cannabis is only allowed for persons age 21 and older, youth will have unprecedented access and exposure to a range of legal and intoxicating products, including the lower-potency edible products made legal in 2022, widespread public use, sale of cannabis products, and legal home cultivation. What are the safeguards to attempt to limit access in state law, and what can be done by communities and individuals to further prevent exposure and access?

Presenters:

• Dr. Lynn Silver, Getting it Right from the Start
• Rachel Callanan, Public Health Law Center

Moderators:

• Patti Miller, Minnesota Regional Prevention Coordinators
• Marisa Katz, Public Health Law Center

Session Description

The power of effective dialogue is undeniable. We’ve all had hard conversations that didn’t end well, and it is even more difficult to engage in dialogue around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics in the workplace. This workshop will unpack the difference between a brave space and a safe space and provide participants with tools and resources to better navigate brave conversations that invite dialogue, foster empathy and understanding across differences, and create equity and belonging in the workplace. There is no cost for this training.

About the Speaker

Rebecca Slaby, Executive Director of AMAZEworks, leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She has provided dozens of workshops and trainings on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, microaggressions, and other DEI topics and has co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums.

This training is part of a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Series hosted by the Regional Prevention Coordinators. Learn more or register for other trainings in this series at mnprc.org/trainings.

Ben will explore commercial marijuana as it exists in America today, how it differs from what we knew in the past and hazards substance use disorders stemming from high potency THC products. Ben spends considerable time working with labor groups as well professional and collegiate sports leagues dealing with marijuana and substance use issues and is known for his direct & no-nonsense messaging regarding marijuana.

About the Speaker

Ben Cort has been part of the recovery movement in almost every way imaginable from a recipient of services to a spokesperson to a respected professional inside of the treatment industry. Sober since 1996 he has seen the devastation that substance misuse can bring first hand as well as the joy that is recovery.

This webinar is part of a series of webinars hosted by the Minnesota Regional ATOD Prevention Coordinaors and the National Marijuana Intitiative (NMI). They are pleased to announce a series of free virtual training sessions focusing a variety of topics associated to marijuana, its potency and public health issues.

These free virtual sessions will last 60 minutes. They will feature speakers and national subject matter experts in their field form HIDTA National Marijuana Initiatives Speakers Bureau. Once you complete the online registration request for any of the sessions, you will receive a confirmation email that you have been accepted into the class. The confirmation email will contain the Zoom connection details.

Learn more

Join the Regional Prevention Coordinators for an in-person workshop with Rebecca Slaby and Anne Phibbs. Rebecca Slaby will present Leading Through Anti-Bias Practices in the morning, and Anne Phibbs will present The Method Matters: Using Storytelling to Create Authentic Community Engagement in the afternoon. In between sessions, a lunch will be provided. This workshop is part of a series of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trainings hosted by the Regional Prevention Coordinators. To learn more about other workshops in this series, go to mnprc.org/trainings

Leading Through Anti-Bias Practices

Leadership that embeds anti-bias practices creates a workplace culture that authentically welcomes, supports, and values people for all of who they are. This workshop will introduce participants to anti-bias leadership practices that affirm healthy complex identities of staff and constituents, model respect and appreciation of differences, and appropriately respond to bias-based mistreatment as it appears in the workplace in order to create equity and belonging for all.

The Method Matters: Using Storytelling to Create Authentic Community Engagement

Organizations need to authentically engage their constituents and stakeholders, but sometimes our very method of engaging can get in the way. In this workshop, we examine how our organization’s assumptions and biases can impede our work in – and with – communities. And we explore the work being done, from community organizations to healthcare to corporations, with storytelling as a method for authentic connection across communities and across difference.

About the Speakers

Rebecca Slaby, Executive Director of AMAZEworks, leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She has provided dozens of workshops and trainings on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype thrmicroaggressions, and other DEI topics and has co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums.

Anne Phibbs, PhD, is Founder and President of Strategic Diversity Initiatives and has extensive experience in training, teaching, curriculum development, and training of trainers, delivering workshops and classes to participants in corporate, government, higher education, nonprofit, healthcare, and faith community settings. Anne served as Director of Education in the Office for Equity and Diversity at the University of Minnesota, where she built a successful diversity and inclusion leadership program with a focus on emotional intelligence (EQ). Anne is an EQ Practitioner certified in the EQ-i2.0 and EQ360 method. Anne earned her PhD in Philosophy and Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota and resides in Minneapolis.

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE is the Founder & CEO of Johnny’s Ambassadors, Inc., which was formed in 2020 after her 19-year-old son, Johnny, died by suicide from a delusional incident after using potent marijuana dabs. Johnny’s Ambassadors work together to educate parents and teens about the dangers of today’s high-THC marijuana on adolescent brain development, mental illness, and suicide.

This webinar is part of a series of webinars hosted by the Minnesota Regional ATOD Prevention Coordinaors and the National Marijuana Intitiative (NMI). They are pleased to announce a series of free virtual training sessions focusing a variety of topics associated to marijuana, its potency and public health issues.

These free virtual sessions will last 60 minutes. They will feature speakers and national subject matter experts in their field form HIDTA National Marijuana Initiatives Speakers Bureau. Once you complete the online registration request for any of the sessions, you will receive a confirmation email that you have been accepted into the class. The confirmation email will contain the Zoom connection details.

Session Description

This workshop will help participants deepen their understanding of how culture influences different communication styles, which can often lead to misunderstanding and conflict. We will examine different intercultural communication styles and learn new strategies for identifying barriers to healthy communication and managing conflict in the workplace. There is no cost for this training.

About the Speaker

Rebecca Slaby, Executive Director of AMAZEworks, leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She has provided dozens of workshops and trainings on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, microaggressions, and other DEI topics and has co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums.

This training is part of a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Series hosted by the Regional Prevention Coordinators. Learn more or register for other trainings in this series at mnprc.org/trainings.

Session Description

This workshop will help participants deepen their understanding of how culture influences the ways in which we experience, engage with, and resolve conflict. We will examine different conflict styles and learn new strategies for identifying barriers to healthy communication and managing conflict in the workplace. There is no cost for this training.

About the Speaker

Rebecca Slaby, Executive Director of AMAZEworks, leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She has provided dozens of workshops and trainings on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, microaggressions, and other DEI topics and has co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums.

This training is part of a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Series hosted by the Regional Prevention Coordinators. Learn more or register for other trainings in this series at mnprc.org/trainings.