| Start Date: | 2/13/2019 | Start Time: | 3:30 PM |
| End Date: | 2/13/2019 | End Time: | 5:00 PM |
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Event Description
Check out “From Bois Sauvage to Philadelphia: The Impact of Addiction on Families” on Wednesday, February 13, at 3:30 p.m. in the James E. Marks Intercultural Center (3225 Arch Street). This is one of several upcoming "One Book, One Philadelphia" events at Drexel.
Addiction is a force shaping the experience of every family member in Jesmyn Ward’s novel “Sing, Unburied, Sing.” The ravages of drug addiction on fictional Bois Sauvage, Mississippi are in many ways similar to those in Philadelphia. Panelists, including students and faculty experts from Drexel’s Departments of Community Health and Prevention, Behavioral Health and Addiction Counseling, and Criminology and Justice Studies will explore questions such as: How do the generational and systemic traumas of poverty and racism drive addiction? What are the consequences of criminalizing addiction? How can approaches to treatment and law enforcement be reconceived to address whole-family wellness?
Please email jkrohn@drexel.edu to RSVP or for more information. |
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Location:
James E. Marks Intercultural Center
3225 Arch Street |
Special Features:
Free Food |
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