2022 Alliance for Wisconsin Youth Prevention Conference
June 8-9, 2022


Alliance for Wisconsin Youth: 
Connections for Change Virtual Prevention Conference

Not your typical conference...but an experience!

The Alliance for Wisconsin Youth is a program of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Care and Treatment Services, in the Bureau of Prevention Treatment and Recovery 

Details


Join the AWY Connections for Change Virtual Conference on June 8-9, 2022!

Don't miss your chance to participate in networking breakout sessions with prevention coalitions across the state. We anticipate session will be filled with bold conversations, helpful insights, and innovative strategies to inspire your work and impact your prevention efforts.  

Conference also includes nationally recognized keynote speakers who will help reinvigorate your passion and refresh your spark for prevention activities!

Keynote speakers include:

  • Dr. Joe Sanfelippo
  • DJ Vanas, Author and Owner of Native Discovery Inc. 
  • Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC 

Registration Information 

Registration is closed. 

To read session descriptions, please click the grey drop-down menus below. 

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 

 10-11:15 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Keynote: Keeping the Fires Lit

Presenter: D.J. Vanas, Internationally Renowned Speaker

Description: We all start our careers and new jobs with a blazing desire to serve and make a difference. Over time, through overwhelm, setbacks and stress, your people can face burnout. Suddenly, your team is no longer fighting to make a difference but fighting only to make it to the weekend. So how do you get that fire back? In this powerful program, D.J. will reignite the spark of purpose, passion, and performance in your teams by sharing an arsenal of ways to get and stay motivated, inspired and combat stress. To create success within our tribe, we must first be able to take excellent care of ourselves and keep our own fires lit. After all, motivation is not automatic – it must be done on purpose, with purpose, and D.J. will show you how. Get ready to look at your life and career in a whole new light!  Internationally renowned speaker D.J. Vanas is a tribally-enrolled member of the Odawa Nation, a decorated former Air Force captain, and bestselling author of The Tiny Warrior. As a military officer, he worked in the highly complex arena of space warfare, partnered with companies JPL, Aerojet, Hughes Aircraft and Aerospace Corporation. Today, D.J. brings warrior insights to organizations across the country, with clients including Subaru, NASA, Indian Health Service, Intel Corporation, USAA, Mayo Clinic, P&G, Accenture, the US Air Force and Army, Walt Disney World, Costco, and the US Secret Service. He combines decades of relevant and entertaining stories to deliver unforgettable presentations that empower audiences to make their mark.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn the dynamics behind burnout and how to prevent it.
  2. Understand stress, how to actively manage it, and how to make it work for us.
  3. Explore ways to create a nurturing, motivating environment that sustains us.

Biography: Internationally renowned speaker D.J. Vanas is a tribally-enrolled member of the Odawa Nation, a decorated former Air Force captain, and bestselling author of The Tiny Warrior. As a military officer, he worked in the highly complex arena of space warfare, partnered with companies JPL, Aerojet, Hughes Aircraft and Aerospace Corporation. Today, D.J. brings warrior insights to organizations across the country, with clients including Subaru, NASA, Indian Health Service, Intel Corporation, USAA, Mayo Clinic, P&G, Accenture, the US Air Force and Army, Walt Disney World, Costco, and the US Secret Service. He combines decades of relevant and entertaining stories to deliver unforgettable presentations that empower audiences to make their mark.

 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Plenary: Office of Health Equity: Building Capacity to Advance Health and Wellness for All

Presenters: Shireen Ohadi-Hamadani and Elena Haasl

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Describe the Department of Health Services current health equity initiatives. 
  2. Identify resources and tools for advancing health equity and inclusion in your community.

 1-1:45 p.m. | Wed. Networking Sessions: Cannabis, CBD and Delta Products, Alcohol, and Tobacco/Nicotine

Let's Talk About It: Cannabis/CBD/Delta Products 


Facilitators:
Annie von Neupert, REACH Calumet County, Annie Short, HMC-Substance use Prevention Coalition, and Chris Wardlow, Catalpa Health

Discussion: Identify what coalitions are seeing in their communities as well as learn of efforts to monitor and impact issues that coalition members are taking to address this substance. 

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Learn about current local conditions around Cannabis, CBD, and Delta Products.
  2. Engage in guided discussions to determine actions coalitions can take to monitor and address the impacts from this substance.

Let's Talk About It: Alcohol 


Facilitators: Maureen Busalacchi, Director of Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, Comprehensive Injury Center, Medical College of Wisconsin; Betsy Roesler, Partners for Prevention Coalition of Richland County

Discussion: Learn about strategies recommended from the SCAODA report (Moving Forward: Policies and Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Excessive Alcohol Use in Wisconsin) and discuss with coalitions opportunities and challenges of implementing strategies to reduce alcohol use in their communities.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn about the SCAODA report and identified policies and strategies to prevent and reduce excessive alcohol use. 
  2. Engage in guided discussions to determine opportunities and challenges to implement policies and strategies to reduce alcohol use within Wisconsin communities.

Let's Talk About It: Tobacco/Nicotine


Facilitators: Charlie Leonard, City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance and Charmaine Swan, Tobacco Control Northwest Wisconsin Lung Health Alliance

Discussion: Learn about the current landscape regarding tobacco and nicotine products, while discussing and learning from others’ strategies to implement to reduce tobacco use within your community.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn about current tobacco laws, policies, and trends.
  2. Engage in guided discussions to determine opportunities and challenges to implement policies and strategies to reduce tobacco use within Wisconsin communities.

 2-2:45 p.m. | Wed. Networking Sessions: Coalition Survival Tips Through a Pandemic, Engaging Youth in Coalition Work

Let's Talk About It: Coalition Survival Tips Through a Pandemic


Facilitators: Dorothy Chaney, Wisconsin Community Health Alliance and Annie Short, Northeastern WI Area Health Education Center

Discussion: When the pandemic hit, many coalitions suffered. Some coalitions continued with limited work and others kept pressing on. No matter your coalition status, what was evident is the need for structure, communications, and work plan to keep moving forward. Learn about what is needed and from others how they managed and are moving into action post pandemic.

Learning Objectives: 
  1. Learn key pieces needed for a solid coalition. 
  2. Learn from others how to manage and thrive during and after a pandemic. 

Let's Talk About It: Engaging Youth in Coalition Work


Facilitator: Ellen Henry, Franklin Volition Coalition

Discussion: Learn from each other how to recruit, engage, and retain youth in coalition work.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn how to recruit, engage, and retain youth for coalition prevention efforts. 
  2. Identify new ways to engage youth into your coalition work.

​Thursday, June 9, 2022 

 10-11:15 a.m. | Opening Keynote: The Impact of 30 Second Moments



Presenter:
Dr. Joe Sanfelippo, BS, MS, Superintendent, Fall Creek School District

Biography: Dr. Joe Sanfelippo is the Superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Fall Creek, WI...home of the Fall Creek Crickets. The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Joe holds a BA in Elementary and Early Childhood Education, an MS in Educational Psychology, an MS in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in Leadership, Learning, and Service. Joe co-hosts the Hacking Leadership Podcast and co-authored The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story, Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in a Digital Age, and Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader by the US Department of Education in 2016. Education Dive named Joe 1 of 5 K-12 Administrators to watch in 2018 and their National Superintendent of the Year 2019.


Learning Objectives:

  1. Engage participants and help them understand they are never "JUST" anything, regardless of their role in the organization.
  2. Help participants through a process that promotes RECOGNIZING the greatness around you, and EXTENDING the greatness around you.
  3. Develop a process to live with INTENTION and find more value in your job.

 

 11:15 a.m.-12 p.m. | Thur. Networking Sessions: Opioids, Stimulants

Let's Talk About It: Opioids


Facilitators: Emma Madura, Walworth County Drug and Alcohol Coalition and Judi Zabel, LaCrosse County Health Department

Description: This session will discuss opioid prevention strategies that WALCODAC has been working on over the past several years.

Learning Objectives: 
  1. Learn about opioid prevention. 
  2. Engage in guided networking with coalitions.

Let's Talk About It: Stimulants


Facilitator: Rose Baier, Chippewa County Criminal Justice Services Director

Learning Objectives: 
  1. Learn about stimulant prevention. 
  2. Engage in guided networking with coalitions.

 12-1 p.m. | Lunch 'n' Learn: The Therapeutic Benefits of Humor in Prevention


Presenter:
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, International Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, Author, Co-Founder, Serenity Academy of Chicago

Biography: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean, and British Islands. Mark is the author of five books which all focus on behavioral health.  Mark has been a certified addictions counselor for 34 years. He has received numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois Addiction Counselor Certification Board and the Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the Social Work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago Alumni. Mark is co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. He is past president of the board of the Illinois chapter of NAADAC. He has had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work.

 1-1:45 p.m. | Thur. Networking Sessions: Cannabis, CBD and Delta Products, Alcohol, and Tobacco/Nicotine

Let's Talk About It: Cannabis, CBD, and Delta Products


Facilitators:
 Annie von Neupert, REACH Calumet County, Annie Short, HMC-Substance use Prevention Coalition, and Chris Wardlow, Catalpa Health

Discussion: Identify what coalitions are seeing in their communities as well as learn of efforts to monitor and impact issues that coalition members are taking to address this substance. 

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Learn about current local conditions around Cannabis, CBD, and Delta Products.
  2. Engage in guided discussions to determine actions coalitions can take to monitor and address the impacts from this substance.

Let's Talk About It: Alcohol 


Facilitators: Felice Borisy-Rudin, Policy Analyst for Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, Comprehensive Injury Center, Medical College of Wisconsin and Betsy Roesler

Discussion: Learn about the current landscape regarding tobacco and nicotine products, while discussing and learning from others’ strategies to implement to reduce tobacco use within your community.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn about the SCAODA report and identified policies and strategies to prevent and reduce excessive alcohol use. 
  2. Engage in guided discussions to determine opportunities and challenges to implement policies and strategies to reduce alcohol use within Wisconsin communities.

Let's Talk About It: Tobacco/Nicotine


Facilitators: Charlie Leonard, City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance and Charmaine Swan, Tobacco Control Northwest Wisconsin Lung Health Alliance

Discussion: Learn about the current landscape regarding tobacco and nicotine products, while discussing and learning from others’ strategies to implement to reduce tobacco use within your community.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn about current tobacco laws, policies, and trends.
  2. Engage in guided discussions to determine opportunities and challenges to implement policies and strategies to reduce tobacco use within Wisconsin communities.

 2-2:45 p.m. | Thur. Networking Sessions: Opioids, Stimulants

Let's Talk About It: Opioids


Facilitators: Emma Madura, Walworth County Drug and Alcohol Coalition; Judi Zabel, LaCrosse County Health Department

Description: This session will discuss opioid prevention strategies that WALCODAC has been working on over the past several years.

Learning Objectives: 
  1. Learn about opioid prevention. 
  2. Engage in guided networking with coalitions.

Let's Talk About It: Stimulants


Facilitator: Rose Baier, Chippewa County Criminal Justice Services Director

Learning Objectives: 
  1. Learn about stimulant prevention. 
  2. Engage in guided networking with coalitions.

2022 AWY Prevention Conference Presenters

 ‭(Hidden)‬ Biographies

Rose Baier
Rose Baier has worked in the Criminal Justice Services area for Chippewa County for the past 25 years.  In her role as CJS Director, she has been instrumental in creating the Front-End Intervention (FIT) Program for adults and other diversion programs, along with coordinating the Take a Stand Against Meth Campaign in the County. 

Felice Borisy-Rudin
Felice is the Policy Analyst for the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project. She has a JD from the University of Wisconsin Law Schoola dn a PhD in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins. Felice has experience as a municipal prosecutor, municipal judge, and village trustee. Before joining WisAPP, she practiced law as a civil practice attorney. 


Maureen Busalacchi 
For more than twenty years, Maureen Busalacchi has been a leader on public health policy issues and currently serves as co-chair of Wisconsin Public Health Association Policy and Advocacy Committee. In addition, Maureen served as Executive Director of Health First Wisconsin, formerly known as SmokeFree Wisconsin. Recently, she served Chair of the ad hoc Workgroup on Alcohol Prevention for the State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse to develop evidence-based recommendations to reduce excessive alcohol abuse.

Charlie Leonard
Charlie (they/she) has been working as the coalition coordinator for the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance in the Public Policy Institute of Community Advocates since March of 2021. CoMTFA serves the LGBTQ+ community in Milwaukee and as a former smoker and openly queer person, they have loved the opportunity to serve their community in a meaningful way.

Emma Madura
Emma Madura has been working in the social services field for the last eight years. Previously, she worked in corrections and child protective services in Milwaukee County. Emma currently works with the Walworth County Family Drug Treatment Court program. She has a Bachelor degree in criminal justice and a Master's degree in social work. She is licensed as an Advanced Practice Social Worker and a Substance Abuse Counselor. Emma has been working with the Walworth County Drug and Alcohol Coalition for the past two and a half years.

Mark Sanders
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean, and British Islands. Mark si the author of five books which all focus on behavioral health.  Mark has been a certified addictions counselor for 34 years. He has received numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois Addiction Counselor Certification Board and the Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the Social Work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago Alumni. Mark is co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. He is past president of the board of the Illinois chapter of NAADAC. He has had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work.

Dr. Joe Sanfelippo
Dr. Joe Sanfelippo is the Superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Fall Creek, WI...home of the Fall Creek Crickets. The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Joe holds a BA in Elementary and Early Childhood Education, an MS in Educational Psychology, an MS in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in Leadership, Learning, and Service. Joe co-hosts the Hacking Leadership Podcast and co-authored The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story, Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in a Digital Age, and Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader by the US Department of Education in 2016. Education Dive named Joe 1 of 5 K-12 Administrators to watch in 2018 and their National Superintendent of the Year 2019.

D.J. Vanas
Internationally renowned speaker D.J. Vanas is a tribally-enrolled member of the Odawa Nation, a decorated former Air Force captain, and bestselling author of The Tiny Warrior. As a military officer, he worked in the highly complex arena of space warfare, partnered with companies JPL, Aerojet, Hughes Aircraft and Aerospace Corporation. Today, D.J. brings warrior insights to organizations across the country, with clients including Subaru, NASA, Indian Health Service, Intel Corporation, USAA, Mayo Clinic, P&G, Accenture, the US Air Force and Army, Walt Disney World, Costco, and the US Secret Service. He combines decades of relevant and entertaining stories to deliver unforgettable presentations that empower audiences to make their mark.

Annie von Neupert
A
nnie von Neupert, Certified Prevention Specialist, has actively supported Calumet County, Wisconsin’s efforts to reduce substance misuse for 3 years as REACH Project Coordinator.  REACH, a Drug Free Communities funded coalition is on a mission to reduce alcohol and substance misuse.  Annie, a servant leader at heart has always centered her career on serving others.  In her spare time, Annie is active as the secretary of the local booster club, supporting her farming roots and loves watching dog videos, particularly anything with poodles.  

Chris Wardlow
Chris Wardlow is a Prevention Specialist with Catalpa Health and is contracted to Outagamie County. Chris is a longtime member of the SCAODA Prevention Committee and had the privilege of chairing the ad-hoc committee that produced the SCAODA report "Marijuana in Wisconsin: Research-Based Review and Recommendation for Reducing the Public Health Impact of Marijuana (2016)."

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Certificates of Completion

​Participants will be emailed a Certificate of Completion indicating their participation in the 2022 Alliance for Wisconsin Youth Prevention Conference. Questions or concerns can be directed to uwspce-conf@uwsp.edu.

Conference Gift Boxes​​

The first 200 people to register will receive a Conference Gift Box full of snacks and goodies, delivered to your door.  Please make sure the mailing address listed at registration is where you would like your gift box mailed. 

Contact Information


For questions about registration, contact UWSP Continuing Education at uwspce-conf@uwsp.edu or call 715-346-3838.   

For questions about conference content, please contact preventionandrecovery@marshfieldclinic.org                            

Cancellation Policy


Cancellations & Substitutions: Full refunds granted upon receipt of written request to uwspce-conf@uwsp.edu can be requested up to Friday, June 3, 2022. No refunds will be offered on or after Saturday, June 4, 2022. Substitutions can be made at any time, but no-shows will be responsible for the full fee.