Guest Speakers

    Keli McLoyd

    By Lake Stein 1762 Views
    Keli McLoyd started her guest-speaker presentation by reminding students that addiction in Philadelphia is not exclusively to opioids. Alcohol use …

    Clayton A. Ruley Reflection

    By Lake Stein 817 Views
    Clayton’s visit on Tuesday as the Community Engagement Director of Prevention Point Philadelphia was informative from a public health and …

    An Inside Perspective on Owning and Operating Recovery Houses

    By Laura Smythe 1611 Views
    Barb Williamson, the president of recovery house network Way of Life, came to speak to our class last Thursday about …

    Barb Williamson: owning sober living houses

    By Brianna Cicero 1392 Views
    Barb Williamson had a really inspiring story about how she herself opened a sober living facility after 14 months of …

    Barb Williamson and her journey to becoming a recovery house owner

    By Sydney Schaefer 2329 Views
    With 14 months of sobriety under her belt, Barb Williamson opened her first recovery house. As a person in long-term …
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    ABOUT THIS CLASS

    In this special topics course, a group of students from Temple University’s Department of Journalism in the Klein College of Media and Communication spends a full semester reporting on addiction solutions. Click here to see the syllabus for the Spring 2018 semester, and here to see the syllabus for 2017.

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