SUNY Morrisville students to host community forum on opioid crisis, Narcan training
NORWICH – The SUNY Morrisville Human Services Institute will present a community forum on the opioid crisis followed by Narcan training, both of which are free and open to the public, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday on the Norwich Campus.
"This may save someone else's life," said one of the organizers of the forum, SUNY Morrisville student and Human Services major, Gannon Rockwell. "Living in a small community we tend to feel like we are sheltered from the opioid epidemic; the reality is that we aren't."
The forum will take place in the community room, #132A and B of Follett Hall on the SUNY Morrisville Norwich Campus. Light refreshments will be served at 1 p.m., before the student organizers of the forum present statistics and introduce six panelists who will be speaking during the forum.
The community forum is being organized by four students: Rockwell, SUNY Morrisville Nursing major Mariah Nguyen, and Oxford High School and SUNY Morrisville students Genevieve Gorman and Allison Paster.
A panel of six speakers will address the opioid crisis from a variety of perspectives, including medical and psychological expertise, therapy for active and recovering addicts, as well as from the perspective of parents affected by the crisis. Each panelist will speak for 15 minutes, Gorman said, and a Q&A session facilitated by the students will follow.
"I would say that people should definitely go even just to know a little bit more [about the issue] and widen your scope on how big of a deal it is," said Gorman. "Even I didn't realize how much it impacted our county, how much of a problem it is here."
After the Q&A session, Narcan training provided by Mark Blakeslee, SUNY Morrisville Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at 4 p.m. Paster said it's becoming more and more common for campuses to encourage their students to undergo Narcan training, just like one might undergo CPR training.
Narcan, a brand name for naloxone, is a medication that works to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses. For those interested in attending the Narcan training, the students ask that you RSVP in advance by contacting adjunct professor Jane Coddington at coddinja@morrisville.edu or janecoddington@gmail.com.
For those who attend, Paster said, "I would hope people will be more aware that this is a real issue, and will be more aware of the impact [opioids] have on you, not only physically but mentally, and not only on yourself but on everyone around you, either directly or indirectly."
For more information about SUNY Morrisville's Human Services Institute, contact Dr. Julie Burton, Assistant Professor of Social Science and Coordinator of the Human Services Program, at (607) 334-5144 ext. 5043.
"This may save someone else's life," said one of the organizers of the forum, SUNY Morrisville student and Human Services major, Gannon Rockwell. "Living in a small community we tend to feel like we are sheltered from the opioid epidemic; the reality is that we aren't."
The forum will take place in the community room, #132A and B of Follett Hall on the SUNY Morrisville Norwich Campus. Light refreshments will be served at 1 p.m., before the student organizers of the forum present statistics and introduce six panelists who will be speaking during the forum.
The community forum is being organized by four students: Rockwell, SUNY Morrisville Nursing major Mariah Nguyen, and Oxford High School and SUNY Morrisville students Genevieve Gorman and Allison Paster.
A panel of six speakers will address the opioid crisis from a variety of perspectives, including medical and psychological expertise, therapy for active and recovering addicts, as well as from the perspective of parents affected by the crisis. Each panelist will speak for 15 minutes, Gorman said, and a Q&A session facilitated by the students will follow.
"I would say that people should definitely go even just to know a little bit more [about the issue] and widen your scope on how big of a deal it is," said Gorman. "Even I didn't realize how much it impacted our county, how much of a problem it is here."
After the Q&A session, Narcan training provided by Mark Blakeslee, SUNY Morrisville Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at 4 p.m. Paster said it's becoming more and more common for campuses to encourage their students to undergo Narcan training, just like one might undergo CPR training.
Narcan, a brand name for naloxone, is a medication that works to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses. For those interested in attending the Narcan training, the students ask that you RSVP in advance by contacting adjunct professor Jane Coddington at coddinja@morrisville.edu or janecoddington@gmail.com.
For those who attend, Paster said, "I would hope people will be more aware that this is a real issue, and will be more aware of the impact [opioids] have on you, not only physically but mentally, and not only on yourself but on everyone around you, either directly or indirectly."
For more information about SUNY Morrisville's Human Services Institute, contact Dr. Julie Burton, Assistant Professor of Social Science and Coordinator of the Human Services Program, at (607) 334-5144 ext. 5043.
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