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Join us for our spring career fair
This is a recruitment event that connects local and regional agencies with students who are seeking career opportunities.

Women, people who become pregnant and their children have not been spared from the opioid crisis in the United States. In the last 20 years, maternal mortality rates in the United States increased. Deaths related to suicide and overdose may be the leading contributors to maternal mortality up to 1 year postpartum. Relatedly, parental drug use is a frequent driver of child welfare involvement with the number of cases increasing as the opioid crisis expands.

This presentation aims to review the historical and present context that drives the continued crisis for women, birthing people, and their children, and offers hope and solutions to reverse the tide to save lives and break the intergenerational cycles of harm and loss. Discussed will be the current evidence-based recommendations to care for pregnant and postpartum women, people and their children, along with ways to facilitate collaboration and inclusion to promote positive mother/birthing parent and child outcomes.

The most severe harms from climate change fall disproportionately upon underserved communities. Join us for a conversation with industry experts and hear how communication practitioners are handling the climate crisis that is affecting so much of the Western United States.

Design Group is an ENR Top 100 Engineering Firm that focuses on finding cutting edge solutions to the toughest engineering problems. Meet us to learn more about our national full service Design-Build engineering firm, out people-centric culture, and how we can build a better world, together.

Debra Gonsher Vinik, PhD, is a film producer, writer and director who has produced and written 21 documentaries, including six Emmy winners. Dr. Gonsher Vinik’s newest feature film, Attention Must Be Paid: Women Lost in the Opioid Crisis, explores the stories of women who are battling opioid use disorder (OUD) and are casualties of this neglect.

PROGRAM

Christiano Rodrigues and Christopher Wilson will present three duos for violin and marimba, including the music of Astor Piazzolla, Gabriela Ortiz, and David P. Jones.