In this episode of Our Communiversity Today, Dr. T. Ramon Stuart, President of WVU Tech, welcomes Jay Phillips, Executive Director of Seed Sower, to discuss the ongoing battle against the drug and opioid epidemic in southern West Virginia. The conversation centres on a shared belief that the university and the community are inseparable, working in tandem to address the most pressing regional challenges.

Phillips describes the work of Seed Sower and the practical, day-to-day realities of recovery support in the region, from meeting people where they are to building the long-term relationships that make recovery stick.

Dr. Stuart frames the episode around the question the programme keeps returning to: why not us, and why not now?