SSSP Drinking & Drugs Division Meeting August 5, 2022 12:30-1:30pm PDT 2022 Meeting - August 5-7, 2022 Theme: The Sociological Reimagination: From Moments to Momentum Friday, August 5 8:30am – 10:10am Session 001: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Drug Use Stigmatization, Normalization, and Myths Room: Bunker Hill Friday, August 5 12:30pm – 2:10pm Drinking and Drugs Divisional Meeting (Open to SSSP Members) Room: Bunker Hill Friday, August 5 2:30pm – 4:10pm Session 018: Opioids, Chronic Pain, and Disability Room: Crocker Friday, August 5, 6:30pm – 7:30pm Welcoming Reception (Open to SSSP Registrants) Location: Noé Terrace Saturday, August 6, 10:30am Session 048: CRITICALDIALOGUE: Researchers with Lived Experience and Participants as Research Partners Room: Museum B Saturday, August 6, 12:30pm Session 054: Overdose Risk Reduction in an Era of Fentanyl Room: Crocker Saturday, August 6, 6:30-9:00pm Drinking & Drugs Division sponsored reception and awards ceremony held offsite and jointly sponsored with ASA Drugs and Society. Monty Bar, 1222 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Sunday, August 7, 8:30am Session 074: CRITICALDIALOGUE: Stigmatized and Criminalized Existence Room: Museum B Sunday, August 7, 10:30am Session 082: CRITICALDIALOGUE: 50th"Anniversary" of the Racist War on Drugs Room: Museum B The chair reviewed this 2022 panels and encouraged members to attend. SSSP Updates News from the Division of Chairs Meeting The chair reviewed news about SSSP learned in the morning chairs meeting: hybrid task force, options for division business meetings, etc. Sociologists in the Public Square SSSP’s mission includes advancing sociological research while also promoting the contributions and uses of sociology in society. This site will showcase members' non-peer reviewed writings, legislative testimony, media appearances, podcasts, op-eds, letters to the editor, and blog writings in local, state, national, and international arenas. Allow us to highlight and celebrate your recent achievements in the public square. Please email the relevant information, including links, to the GRA & Webmaster at ssspgra@utk.edu. The chair informed members of this new initiative. SSSP Anti-Harassment Policy If you are a member of the SSSP, or considering membership, please read this policy carefully. We want to assure members that we will do what we can to provide them with a safe environment in which they will be free to pursue their intellectual interests and engage other members in spirited, stimulating, and productive intellectual exchanges. Click here to view the SSSP Statement and Policy against Discrimination and Harassment. Click here if you would like to make an ANONYMOUS report regarding behavior that violates the anti-harassment policy. See the policy to make a formal report and additional reporting options. The chair reminded members to review the anti-harassment policy. Search for the New SSSP Executive Officer Application Deadline: October 15, 2022 Learn more here. The chair informed members of the EO search. Division Administration Membership: Steady around 100 from 2017-2019. Dropped to 72 during 2020, but all divisions were down. We are back to 105 as of July 13, 2021. As of April 2022, ~93 members. Newsletter: We need to prepare a newsletter. * We can pay a newsletter editor, but only after they have edited 2 newsletters. * Tasha Purdue, University of Southern California Social Media: We have a Twitter and Facebook account. @ssspdd * Andrew Burns (LSU graduate student) 2022 Awards Bruce D. Johnson Student Paper Award: No winner Committee: Aukje Lamonica, Dina Perrone, David Frank Junior Scholar Award: No winner Senior Scholar Award: No winner Thank you to the Elections Committee: Jason Ford, Suzi Walters, Kathryn Nowotny The chair advised on division updates. 2023 Committees We need volunteers for the following committees: * Student Paper Award – Kat Albrecht, Tasha Purdue (chair), Joshua Stout * Junior Scholar Award – Dina Perrone, Suzi Walters, Kathryn Nowotny The chair got volunteers for 2023 committees. 2023 Conference Sessions Theme: Same Problem Different Day: Recognizing and Responding to Recurring Social Problems, Shirley A. Jackson, Portland State University, SSSP President (2022-2023) * Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, 73rd Annual Meeting, August 18-20, 2023 * The Call for Papers will be available in mid-October. * See full theme statement here * “Over the last several years, conversations about how the world is changing have been accompanied by the revelation that we seem to be going backwards rather than forwards or that things are changing too quickly, or are changing for the worse. Protests and counter-protests abound in response to mobilization related to Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, immigration, vaccines, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and abortion, to name just a few. Sociologists study the negative and positive ramifications of social change, but are we doing enough to share this information with non-sociologists, particularly those who might benefit today as well as in the future?” * “Therefore, this year’s conference is a call for sociologists to embark upon deep introspective research into where we are, where we have been, and how we might truly progress structurally and culturally as we engage the future. If we are serious about engaging in public sociology, then we must reach out and speak out to the media on topics and in arenas where we have been absent or silent.” The chair reviewed the conference theme for next year. Sessions: * 11 Total Sessions o 3 Drinking and Drugs sponsored sessions o 7 co-sponsored sessions o 1 virtual session * Types of Sessions o Regular * 4 papers and a discussant or 5 papers with no discussant o Papers in the Round * 4 papers with an established scholar as a discussant o Critical Dialogue * up to 8 authors with short (5 minute) presentations * SSSP has really encouraged sessions to use Critical Dialogues in the past, especially for thematic sessions, as it allows for more participants The chair reviewed the types of sessions allowed. The membership brainstormed the following ideas: Jessica Frankeberger (organizer) – roundtables (solo) Joshua Stout (organizer) – “Failed Wars” - Social Problems Theory Joshua Stout (organizer) – Recovery and Harm Reduction Advocacy Movements – Community, Research, and Development Julie Roddy & Nick (co-organizers) – “Belly of the Beast”: Challenges of Working with the System – Crime & Juvenile Delinquency Kathryn Nowotny & Esme Ramirez (co-organizers) - Gender and Substance Use - Gender Kat & Drew Burns (co-organizers) - Moral Panics: New Drugs, Same Market – Social Problems Theory Lalo Valdez (organizer) - (Re)Emerging Ideologies, Political Polarization, and Drug Policy – Law & Society, Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Leslie Wood - (Re)imagining Drug and Alcohol Recovery (solo) Alice Cepeda & Sarah Cunningham (co-organizers) - Housing, Evictions, and Displacement of People Who Use Drugs – Poverty, Class, and Inequality Teby Seebolo (organizer) - Lingering Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Alcohol and Drug Use – Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Drew Burns (organizer) - Re(Medicalization) of Drugs - Society and Mental Health Division Sponsored Projects Julie ideas: Developing community and political relationships Grant writing