Southeastern’s LION UP Recovery recently held the first Louisiana Recovery Capital Conference. The inaugural conference focused on topics related to substance misuse, treatment, and recovery, as well as looked at sustainable collegiate recovery programming at institutions across Louisiana. The conference also included continuing education opportunities for counseling and other mental health professionals.

Journalist and author Sam Quinones, author of The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, was the featured keynote speaker.

“This was the first time offering a conference around building recovery capital and looking at sustainable solutions for people in our community who choose to live a life in recovery,” said Assistant Director of LION UP Recovery and Intervention and Conference Chair Annette Baldwin.