Community Outreach

The Southern California Addiction Medicine Consortium is committed to engaging with the community to raise awareness about addiction in both adolescents and adults. Explore the informative infographics created by our dedicated team of interns and staff. Additionally, this page highlights various events our team has participated in, including tabling sessions at a community park in East Los Angeles and a training symposium hosted by UC-LEND at the UCLA campus.

Infographics

Information on the Opioid Crisis - available in English & Español:

Substance Use in LGBTQ+ Youth:

Community Outreach

Parks After Dark

In the summer of 2024, our team set up a table at Parks After Dark (PAD) to educate the community about addiction and the opioid crisis by distributing flyers and engaging in conversations with attendees. Parks After Dark is a Los Angeles County initiative led by the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) in collaboration with various County departments and community-based organizations. The program targets areas within Los Angeles County that experience high levels of violence, obesity, and economic hardship.

Learn More About Parks After Dark

Public Health Trainee Symposium 
hosted by UC-LEND/MCH CoE 

The First Annual Neal Halfon Public Health Trainee Symposium, an expansion of the annual event hosted by the UCLA Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence (CoE) and the University of California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (UC-LEND) training programs, featured a poster symposium with students from across UCLA. The event also included a plenary lecture by Dr. Michael Lu, Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, as well as presentations from student researchers. The Southern California Addiction Medicine Consortium had a table at the symposium to provide educational resources to attendees and offer an opportunity to join the Consortium.