This week! Video release of Panel 5: 'Envisioning Harm Reduction Models Outside of Clinical Spaces', plus Q&A for Panel 1

We are excited to share this week’s featured panel, Envisioning Harm Reduction Models Outside of Clinical Spaces.

This panel features the following presentations:

Alan Ashbaugh and Rose Dawydiak-Rapagnani
Reimagining Emergency Mental Health Services: How Psychedelic Support Best Practices Can Reduce Harm and Increase the Personal Value of Psychotic Experiences

Geoff Bathje
Harm reduction in community spaces and clinical spaces as a psychologist and community organizer

Sara Gael
The Zendo Project for Psychedelic Harm Reduction

Jared R Lindahl
Harm Reduction in the Context of Meditation-Related Challenges

Julie Puttgen
Finding Homes for Non-Ordinary States

SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THE PANELISTS
After watching the videos, we invite you to share questions and comments to our panelists via this FORM, which will remain open from Saturday February March 6th-Friday March 12th. The panelists will meet to discuss these questions in mid March and a recording of that conversation will be captioned and posted on the website a few weeks later.

‘RETHINKING PSYCHEDELICS, MADNESS, AND AWAKENING’ PANEL Q&A DISCUSSION NOW AVAILABLE
In early February, the panelists for ‘Rethinking Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening’ gathered to discuss audience questions and comments submitted through our website form. This conversation -- with Nadia Book, Chasse Gibeault, Paul Levy, Skylar Louttit, and Dave Nickles  -- is now available to view HERE. Many thanks to the panelists for their contributions to the conference!

PLEASE DONATE AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
As always, please help us spread the word about the conference using the hashtag #PsychedelicMadness2021.

Please also consider donating to our GoFundMe campaign if you are able. We are deeply grateful to those who already have!

FORMS NOW OPEN FOR THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION PANELS
We encourage you to submit questions related to the following themed Discussion Panels. The speakers will meet in late March/early April to discuss your questions:

Psychedelic Guide and Therapeutic Abuse
The Madness of the Gender Binary
New Forms of Care for BIPOC Communities
Psychiatric Abolition

LOOKING AHEAD….
Next week, on Saturday March 13th we will release the videos for presentation panel 6, entitled ‘Earth Visions, Psychedelics, and Harm Reduction.’ This panel features presentations by Mika Leone, Steven Morgan, Isabel Santis, and Alex Trope.

​Many many thanks everyone, and especially to the captioning team and this week’s presenters: Alan, Rose, Geoff, Sara, Jared, and Julie!
The PMA2021 Organizing Team