IADDA CEO Sara Moscato Howe
(Chicago, IL) – Illinois drug prevention and treatment advocates, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske will debate the impact of Federal and local initiatives to combat recidivism and substance abuse at a forum in Chicago on Monday, October 17.
The forum, which will include Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association CEO Sara Moscato Howe, will feature two panels that will discuss Federal initiatives in the Chicago area.
Those initiatives include drug prevention programs and drug courts. Panelists will also discuss the successes of local drug treatment and adjudication programs benefiting the health and safety of local communities.
The forum will take place at A Safe Haven, 2750 W. Roosevelt Road in Chicago on Monday, October 17 beginning at 9:00 A.M.
Davis is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives, and lead sponsor of the Second Chance Act, which authorizes federal grants to entities that provide drug treatment, mental health care, housing and jobs for people newly released from prison.
Kerlikowske, who assumed his White House drug czar post on May 7, 2009, has served as Chief of Police in four cities and worked in the United States Justice Department. His longest term as a Chief of Police was between July 2001 and March 2009 in Seattle, Washington.
The panel participants include:
Panel 1
- Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
- The Honorable Paul Biebel, Jr., Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
- Renee Oshinski, Deputy Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12 /Great Lakes)
- Michael Finley, Michael Finley Foundation, NBA Champion 2007 (San Antonio Spurs)
Panel 2
- The Honorable Mattie Hunter, Illinois State Senator – 3rd District
- Neli Vazquez-Rowland, President, A Safe Haven Foundation
- Sara Moscato Howe, Chief Executive Officer, Illinois Alcoholism & Drug Dependence Association
- Joel K. Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Resources Development Institute, Inc.
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