Conference Agenda

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Monday, October 13, 2025

4:00pm - 6:00 pm

Registration & Check-in

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM - DECC

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

7:30am

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits Open

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

9:00am

Welcome & Keynote: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma: Understanding Cultural Scripts and Attachment Styles to Increase Impact

Stacey Diane A. Litam, PhD

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

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PATCH: Peer-to-Peer Workshop

PATCH Youth Council

Room 205

10:30am

Break, Exhibits Open

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

10:45am

Meet Your Region Networking

meet in HARBORSIDE BALLROOM to find your region

11:45am

Lunch, Exhibits Open

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

12:45pm

Room 302

900 SECONDS: Big Impact in Just 15 Minutes

Angela Graham and Brina Ellison - Hubbard in Prevention, Minnesota Suicide Prevention Regional

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Room 204

Addressing Risk Factors for Youth Substance Misuse on the Road to Prevention Success

Kris Reed - Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center

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Room 202

Community Walk

Nicki Linsten-Lodge, Melissa Perreault, and Laura Bennett - Pine River Backus Family Center, Polk County Public Health, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St Louis Community Health Board

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Room 203

The Minnesota Prevention Alliance Foundation (MPAF) and Supporting Cannabis Use Prevention Practices in Schools

Laura Daak and Ken Winters - MPA Foundation, Oregon Research Institute (MN location) & Research Advisor, MPAF

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Room 205

The Power of Peer Connection in Substance Misuse Prevention

Morgan McCorkell, Briggs Helmers, and Clare Striemer - Martin County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

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1:45pm

Break, Exhibits Open, Refreshments available

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

2:00pm

Room 202

An Updated Resource for Prevention Professionals: How the New Substance Use in Minnesota (SUMN.org) Website Can Help You Find Your Community Data

Jacquelyn Freund - EpiCog

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Room 203

Speaking of Cannabis: Collaborating Regionally and Messaging Purposefully on a Campaign for Prevention

Jenna Olson, Mary Parsatoon, Andrea Orest, Maggie Myers - Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis Community Health Board, Cook County Public Health and Human Services, St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services

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Room 302

The PAUSE Process: Strengthening Protective Factors Through Connection

Merri Guggisberg - MKG Parent Coach

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Room 204

What Does NOT Work in Substance Misuse Prevention

Kris Reed - Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center

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3:00pm

Break, Networking & Exhibits Open

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

3:15pm

Room 202

Fear Appeals in Prevention: Considerations and Alternatives for Working with Youth and Partners

Madeline Bremel - Minnesota Prevention Resource Center

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Room 302

The Youths: Building Upstream Solutions Through Youth-Led Prevention, Leadership, and Belonging

Staci Allmaras - Lakes Country Service Cooperative

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Room 205

IGNITE-IFY Youth Transformation

Megan Jenson and Karen Pifher - Creating Community Consulting

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Room 203

Upstander Behavior: Being More Than a Bystander

Nicki Linsten-Lodge, Laura Bennett, and Gina Schoenfeld - Pine River-Backus Family Center, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St Louis Community Health Board, Project Turnabout

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Room 204

Introduction to the Minnesota Prevention Alliance (MPA) Coalition and the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Grant Program

Laura Daak and Angela Graham - Minnesota Prevention Alliance (MPA), Hubbard in Prevention (HIP) Coalition

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Room 203

Leading from Within: Aligning Leadership + Values to Transform Communities

David Anderson - Metro State University

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Room 202

Rethinking the Mock Crash: Unintended Harm, Unclear Impact

Patti Smith - Kanabec County Community Health

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4:15pm

Social Hour sponsored by Charlie Health and Recovering Hope Treatment Center

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM and FOYER

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

8:00am

Breakfast, Exhibits Open

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

9:00am

Keynote: Linking Risk and Protection Through the Social Determinants of Health

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

Albert Gay, MS

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10:30am

Break, Exhibits Open

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

10:45am

Room 203

An evolving industry: New trends and marketing strategies of the tobacco industry

Molly Schmidtke - Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota

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Room 204

Beyond the Principal's Drawer: Using Vape Waste as a Catalyst for Policy Change

Willow Anderson and Elyse Less - Public Health Law Center, Tobacco-Free Alliance

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Room 302

Synergy in Prevention: How the Communities That Care Model Complements the Strategic Prevention Framework

Lil Pinero and Shonee Phillips - Minnesota Department of Health

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11:45am

Lunch, Exhibits Open, Prizes

HARBORSIDE BALLROOM

12:45pm

Room 202

Breathe Easy: Policies for Smokefree Outdoor Spaces

Willow Anderson and Katie Engman - Public Health Law Center, Association for Nonsmokers

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Room 202

The Changing Landscape of Smoke-Free Housing in Minnesota

Alexandra Eberhart and Jaclyn Frank - Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota

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Room 302

Getting in the Weeds: Cannabis Landscape in Minnesota, Emerging Products, & Upstream Prevention Efforts

Heidi Glesmann and Ilizah Woodward - Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Cannabis Management

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Room 202

No Constitutional Right to Smoke or Toke: Debunking "Right to Smoke" Claims and Empowering Public Health Advocates to Strengthen Smoke-Free Laws

Marisa Katz - Public Health Law Center

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Room 204

Protecting Youth from Commercial Tobacco: The Ball is in Your Court

Rachel Callanan and Kathleen Stapleton - Public Health Law Center, Public Health Law Center

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Room 203

Shaping the Narrative: Statewide Cannabis Prevention Messaging

Jade Hipp and Rosemary Ugboajah - Minnesota Department of Health, Neka Creative Inc.

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2:15pm

Goodbyes, Nametag drop-off, grab a snack and hot apple cider before you go!

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