Health & Wellness: Pride in Wellness Workshop - February 2023
Join the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce Health & Wellness Committee for our quarterly Pride in Wellness Workshop. This workshop will focus on the Fentanyl Crisis/Epidemic. We will also be hearing a deep dive into Narcan. What is it? How does it work? Where can you get it? And What happens after it's been administered? This event event will be held on Zoom!
REGISTER HERE!
REGISTER HERE!
Speakers will be Jose Flores with Sage Recovery and Dr. Jeremy Kenter with Ally Medical.
Jose Flores spent almost 13 years incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, for burglary,
robbery, and substance related charges. Jose spent 8 of those years in solitary confinement and was
released in January 2012. Jose currently works with the State of Texas in addressing the opioid epidemic
and assuring that those individuals with opioid use disorder receive prevention, treatment, and recovery
support services. He is a strong advocate for individuals living with substance use and mental health
conditions and conveys his own lived experience to any environment, to break the stigma of the
formerly incarcerated. Jose is also a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Internationally Certified
Alcohol & Drug Counselor, Substance Abuse Professional, Internationally Certified Criminal Justice
Addictions Professional, Justice Involved Re-Entry Peer Specialist, and Community Health Worker. Jose is
a graduate of the San Antonio College where he earned an Associates of Applied Sciences in Human
Services w/ a Specialization in Addictions Counseling, as well as The University of Texas A&M-San
Antonio, where he earned a B.A.A.S in Social Sciences.
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