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UMADAOP 2016 CONFERENCE MAGAZINE
Akron UMADAOP
(330)379-3467
JOHN WOODS Executive Director of New Perspectives, Minneapolis, Minnesota EVA DEVAUGHN CEO/Co-founder of Eva Life Giver, Baltimore, Maryland JESSICA HORNE Executive Director of Cleveland UMADAOP, OHIO 44 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: LIVES LOST Drug and opioid overdose deaths increase in 2014 LASTING IMPACT UMADAOP leaders look back on how the state conference has evolved AMERICA’S PSYCHOLOGIST Renowned psychologist to speak at UMADAOP conference 52 TRIBUTES - Amad-Charles Keith Thompson - Jacqueline Rios-Jackson 58 AWARDS - John Edwards, Sr. - Nereida Diaz
Cincinnati UMADAOP
(513)541-7099
6 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 9 YOUTH PREVENTION Youth led expositions 10 WELCOME LETTERS - Myrtle Boykin-Lighton - Tracy J. Plouck - William M. Denihan 14 KWABENA NIXON Speaking to our future 18 YOUTH PREVENTION LEADERS - Dajue Newell - Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word - Carl Zaire - Joziah Shipp 22 HEALING FOR ALL Dr. Gainers & addiction counseling 26 BLACK BUTTERFLIES UMADAOP’S apparel company 28 CRYSTAL OERTLE How UMADAOP saved her life
Cleveland UMADAOP
(216)361-2040
Columbus UMADAOP
(614)227-9694
Dayton UMADAOP
(937)276-2176
Hispanic UMADAOP
(216)459-1222
Lima UMADAOP
(419)222-4474
Lorain UMADAOP
(440)246-4616
Mansfield UMADAOP
(419)525-3525
Toledo UMADAOP
(419)255-4444
Youngstown UMADAOP
(330)743-2772
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