This term’s Access, Belonging, and Connection speaker will be addressing stigma. Now, as members of our profession we are all too familiar with stigma. Stigma from outside of recovery or harm reduction work throws up many roadblocks in our attempts to advocate, create programming, or even exist on campuses. But what about stigma we carry within our profession or our own personal recovery journeys? How do these forces interfere with our mission to champion recovery in collegiate settings and create cultures which are recovery affirming? These are the points I hope we all get to explore with Dr. Witte throughout her talk, “Stigma and Substance Use: Building Bridges Not Walls.”