BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Burgum are inviting the public to join them for Recovery Reinvented, an event dedicated to eliminating the shame and stigma of the disease of addiction, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Bismarck Event Center. The event also will be livestreamed.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and is open for both in-person and online attendees.

This will be the fourth time the event has been in Bismarck, having also been hosted in Minot last year, once in Fargo, once in Grand Forks and virtually in 2020. The daylong event will feature state and national addiction and recovery experts who will focus on reinventing recovery through the sharing of stories, creating recovery-friendly cultures in the workplace and community, and eliminating the stigma surrounding the disease of addiction.

The keynote speaker lineup is as follows:

– Dr. William Moyers is the vice president of public affairs and community relations at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. He was a keynote speaker at the first Recovery Reinvented conference in 2017.

– Gregory Tatro serves as the co-founder and co-executive director of Jenna’s Promise, a treatment center based in Johnson, Vermont.

– Natasha Silver Bell is the founder and CEO of SilverBell Global, a multidisciplinary approach to recovery. She also is a co-founder of the Inservice Foundation, dedicated to providing mental health support to underserved populations, and Youth Prevention Mentors, empowering and activating young adults through mentorship and risk mitigation.