The 2022 ‘We Heart You: Recovery In Our Community’ event is what started it all.

Our first We Heart You Recovery in Our Community event.

On March 30, 2022, we hosted the first ever ‘We Heart You: Recovery In Our Community’ event in Oshkosh, WI. It connected the recovery community to the broader community. The incredible team of volunteers brought together over 350 individuals, nonprofits, and businesses. This event was about listening, learning, building community, and standing together.

“Fall in love with your story.”

-Lauren Sisler

Lauren Sisler engaging crowd at we heart you event

The ‘We Heart You: Recovery In Our Community’ event was about giving people in recovery a platform. A platform to speak and share their story in a room where it would be welcomed. It was a place where the broader community came to listen, learn, connect, and share resources. The event bridged the gap between the local recovery community and the rest of the community. Many attendees said it was the most heartwarming event they had ever attended! Many people with lived experience showed the courage to get on stage and share a piece of their story, which provided hope and a sense of not being alone. People in recovery left knowing they were in a community that cared, and volunteers, professionals, family members, and the general community left feeling energized to see how they could do more to help. What we all witnessed that day was a little bit magical. It was our county on its best day.

Welcome, Kick-Off & Lauren Sisler Keynote Speech


Mental Health & Substance Use Breakout Session


Addiction is a Disease Breakout Session


Connection to Recovery Breakout Session


This is what coming together looks like.

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.”

- Mahatma Gandhi