Speaker(s):

Matthew Lynn

Danny Granger

Rachel Davidson

Presentation Description: This closing session will inspire and encourage you!  It will remind you why you do what you do each and every day.  Matt, Danny, and Rachel will each talk about how recovery peer support helped change their life.  Matt will share his experience with a peer who worked in the  EPICC program;  Danny will share how a peer working in the Recovery Community Center helped transform his life; and Rachel will share how a peer working in recovery housing helped her on her path to recovery.

Objectives:

• Each panel presenter, in their own words, will share their lived experience and describe how peer support assisted them in their recovery journey
• Discuss the importance of person-centered, recovery focused peer support
• Discuss the various settings in which peers are working and making a difference
• Inspire hope and offer living proof of the transformative power of recovery