August 23, 2020

The Community Engagement and Empowerment Team of NC DHHS DMH DD
SAS, in Partnership with the Recovery Concepts Community Center (RC3) and
the Wilson County Substance Prevention Coalition are pleased to offer an online
training on the Reduction of Stigma in our Communities!

Reducing Stigma: September 9th 3:00 PM — 4:00 PM

This training is to facilitate an open dialogue on the need to reduce stigma in society. Core concepts from this training include recognizing stigma and its effects/impact on individuals and the importance of using “person first, recovery-oriented
language”. Discussion topics will cover the definition and the three elements of
stigma, how discrimination and stigma affect everyone in the community, and
ways we can work towards reducing stigma.
Registration is required to participate in this training.

Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/ReducingStigma-0909

To request reasonable accommodations please contact Kate Barrow by email at
katherine.barrow@dhhs.nc.gov