Many Paths One Destination 14th Annual Conference: Celebrating Recovery

This is the 14th year of our annual event, at our usual location in San Jose. We’ll also have a live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/manypathsonedestination for those that can’t attend. We have seven awesome guest speakers touching on a broad range of recovery-based topics. Some will be sharing their experiences with art, music, dance, and entertaining as it relates to recovery. We’ll have information tables and representatives representing a variety of recovery groups and organizations. We’re ready to go and hope you will be joining us!

Our Speakers:

Salvador Gaeta/Los Improviders (Live music performance):
Los Improviders is group of Bay Area musicians that love to improvise their sets. They play in the moment without rehearsal which allows a rare freedom of expression to unfold during their shows. Their founder Salvador will share how music and art has been a outlet and path to recovery.

Gabrielle Antolovich
Board President for the Bille DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center. Her talk will discuss her discovery of her identity as LGBTQ+, and overcoming obstacles in recovery.

Mustafa Kahn
Mustafa is the head of the SF chapter of Daybreaker, a wellness community & sober morning dance party inspiring happiness online and in 28 cities around the world.

Kelly Taaffe
Kelly Taaffe is a graduate of the University of Illinois, the lead copywriter at Box, Inc., and a published children’s book author. Kelly will share her experience with art as a path to recovery.

Garry Johnson
Garry is a nurse, professor and comedian, working in bars, clubs, hospitals and homeless shelters. Garry will share his experiences navigating difficult situations in venues where temptations are everywhere!

Thomas Tran
Thomas Tran is a Bay Area representative of Recovery Dharma, and will discuss the peer led movement that uses traditional Buddhist teachings in recovery.

Craig Hinkley
Addiction is a family disease. Craig will discuss Nar-Anon – a 12-step program for family and friends of addicted loved ones – and share his experience, strength and hope of the Nar-Anon program.