NDLA ORGANIZERS FORUM: Chronic Pain, Opioids, and Disability
1-2 pm Eastern time, 12-1 Central time, 11-12 Mountain time, 10-11 am Pacific time
Call-in: 1-515-739-1285
Chronic pain is a major issue for many disabled folks. In light of recent efforts to curb opioid abuse and overdoses, people with chronic pain have been facing increasing barriers to adequate pain management. This call will talk about the major issues people with chronic pain are facing right now and how the disability community can better advocate around these issues. September is Chronic Pain Awareness Month, so it’s an important time for us to learn what actions we can take in our communities.
Speakers:
Eiryn Griest Schwartmann, Chronic Pain Advocate
Sarah Blahovec, National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) Disability Vote Organizer and Chronic Pain Advocate
Lindsay Baran, Policy Analyst and Chair of NCIL’s Chronic Pain/Opioids Task Force
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The Organizer’s Forum has a call on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 1-2 pm EST (10-11 am PST).
NOTE: We have a listserv for discussion on these issues. It’s organizersforum@yahoogroups.co
Background:
The Organizing Workgroup of the National Disability Leadership Alliance hosts these calls the third Tuesday of every month as a resource for disability organizers, in an effort toward building the organizing capacity of the disability community across the country. They generally follow the format of a Welcome followed by 2-3 experts in a given area speaking for a few minutes on their experiences, advice and challenges. The calls include a 20-30 minute question and answer period.
To ask questions via CART: Sign-in to the Chat function on the right side of the transcript and type your question. One of the call facilitators will read out any questions posted there.
Because we want to maximize the generously donated CART services, we will begin the call promptly at 1pm and end the call promptly at 2pm (eastern time).