Breaking the Cycle: Purpose, Power and Prevention: How reimagined youth engagement is a driver to promote healthy decision-making and to prevent opioid use, with Dr. Bruce Purnell. • Explore how environmental factors influence youth identity and behavior, specifically in the DC context. Discover how trauma reshapes belief systems. Highlight how the deployment transformation-based youth engagement informs youth psychological development and deters opioid use.

Date: May 22nd, 2026

Time: 1200 PM – 2:00 PM EST

Location: 371 Morse St NE Washington, DC 20002 ANC5D – Community Room

RSVP: email robertsmith@sashabruce.org