101: Opioid Addiction and How to Make a Difference: A Frank Conversation with Megan Barry

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101: Opioid Addiction and How to Make a Difference: A Frank Conversation with Megan Barry

Past Class

Nashville

100: Music, Literature, Culture, and Politics

Ages

Feb

Thu

06:30

08:00

Schedule Type Title: Weekdays

Schedule Description: Megan Barry uses personal experience to discuss issues surrounding opioid addiction, including actionable ideas to help combat this health crisis.

Sessions: 1

Session Hours: 1.50

USN Evening Classes - Zoom Meeting URL: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96547605226?pwd=TTkvUWtzWnhiRUFjeUJCY252ZDdpQT09 Meeting ID: 965 4760 5226 Passcode: 082458

Instructor/s: Megan Barry

Description

Join MEGAN BARRY, advocate and USN alumni parent, to discuss and explore how shame and guilt impact our ability to address the exploding addiction and opioid crisis. Substance abuse carries a stigma that can cripple a family's capacity to effectively address the issue. Megan will share her personal story and experience, but beyond that, will give participants specific actions they can take immediately to help combat the crisis including instructions on how to obtain and carry NARCAN.

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Instructor Bio

Instructor: Megan Barry

USN alumni parent MEGAN BARRY dedicates her time to speak publicly in this class about her own family’s tragic struggle with addiction. Substance abuse carries a stigma that can cripple a family's ability to address the issue. Megan shares her experiences as well as ideas to help people overcome the shame and guilt surrounding a loved one's addiction. Megan relates specific actions we can take to confront this crisis, including instructions on how to obtain and carry NARCAN for emergency use. Please join her for an honest conversation and a fresh perspective on this urgent health issue that affects us all.

Megan Barry

Megan Barry is the former Mayor of Nashville, TN. She was the first woman to be elected to the office. She is also a former councilmember at-large. Her professional experience includes working as a corporate executive, independent consultant focusing on business ethics and corporate responsibility and as an adjunct professor. She her MBA from Vanderbilt University and currently serves on the board of the Women’s Fund for the Community Foundation. She has previously served on several boards including the YWCA of Middle TN, and the Center for Non-Profit Management. She has been invited to speak at TedX Nashville, the International Women’s Forum, Georgia Pacific, OZY Media, National Overdose Awareness Day and many other organizations. After losing her son to a drug overdose in 2017, Barry is working to combat the opioid crisis and help those struggling with addiction by speaking up and speaking out.

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