The Rebirth
A Veterans Day Celebration
exploring Psychedelic Medicine
Friday, November 11, 2022 | 4pm | Austin, TX
As a country, we are failing those who have sacrificed the most. Conventional treatments are not adequately helping our veterans. Join us this Veterans Day as we examine the role psychedelics may play in healing our wounded brothers and sisters.
A screening at the Stateside Theatre of the documentary film From Shock to Awe, which details the lives of US combat veterans and their transformational healing journeys with alternative medicines, will be followed by a panel of experts discussing the urgent need for veterans to have access to these life-saving treatments.
After the panel, we will walk a few blocks over to famed music club Antone's, where we will enjoy food and drinks with music by Buenos Diaz Band and DJ Johnny Hendrix.
Event proceeds will go to Heroic Path to Light, an organization dedicated to the healing journeys of veterans and first responders. The nonprofit partner for the event is the SIMS Foundation, which provides mental health and substance use recovery services for musicians, music industry professionals and their dependent family members.
4 –7pm at Stateside Theatre
• Screening of the documentary film From Shock to Awe
• Panel discussion with Ian Benouis, Greg Fonzo and Amy Rising on the topic of veteran access to psychedelic medicine, and moderated by Ethan Rocke
7pm–close at Antone’s
• Food, drinks and music from Buenos Diaz Band and DJ Johnny Hendrix
Please note that the Stateside Theatre maintains a clear bag policy.
Panel
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Ian Benouis
Ian Benouis is a West Point graduate, former US Army officer and Blackhawk helicopter pilot who participated in Operation Just Cause in the Republic of Panama. He is the General Counsel for the Mission Within and co-founder of the Church of Psilomethoxin. He has been working with veterans and earth medicines over seven years and has taken veterans to Peru and Mexico for healing.
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Alex Dominguez
Alex Dominguez is a lawyer and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for House District 37. During his time in office, Alex has worked on increasing access to education and employment opportunities for veterans. He has served on numerous boards and councils in the Rio Grande Valley, including the Brownsville Economic Development Council, CASA of Cameron and Willacy Counties, and Los Diez Education Foundation, which raises scholarship funds for first generation college students. Alex is a graduate of Rice University and the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
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Greg Fonzo
Greg Fonzo, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and co-director of the Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy at Dell Medical School.
Fonzo’s ultimate goal is to improve clinical care for individuals living with stress-related affective disorders by discovering how current treatments work, who is best suited to receive a particular treatment and why and designing novel mechanism-focused interventions targeted to engage specific brain circuits of interest. His vision is for every individual to receive an effective, individually tailored, biologically informed evidence-based treatment.
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Amy Rising
As a Veteran Healthcare Advocate, Amy Rising has excelled in legislative consulting for the past twelve years. Her passion to help fellow veterans heal is what led her to start advocating for veteran's healthcare in 2010. As a legislative consultant, Amy has delivered pro-cannabis votes, as well as aided Congressional members and their staff develop legislative strategy around cannabis healthcare for veterans. Collectively, Amy has helped provide access to care to over a million veterans in the states of New York and Delaware.
Amy served in the US Air Force from 2001 until 2005. She was stationed at the 15th OWS at TACC headquarters as a meteorologist from 2002 to 2005. She holds a BS and a MPA from Park University.
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Ethan Rocke, Moderator
Ethan Rocke is a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning photographer and filmmaker.
After serving with the Army's 101st Airborne Division, he enlisted in the Marine Corps as a combat correspondent. Ethan’s career as a “storyteller of Marines” culminated with his final assignment as Public Affairs Chief at the Marine Corps Motion Picture and Television Liaison Office in Los Angeles, where he served as a consultant on dozens of television shows and documentaries and several feature films.
