By Kiera Riley and Sam Ellefson | State Press
A tawny glow covered the hotel conference room — light from the wall sconces bounced off the plush cerulean and cream carpeting and reclined across brown suede tablecloths.
At one end of the room, two groups of 12 chairs sat vacant. At the other, six tables with parallel seating lay in wait.
Jon Udell and Mike Robinette waited too. With two laptops at the ready, the duo prepared for the next person to walk through the room’s double doors, take a seat and fill out a form with the potential to drastically change their lives.
“The clinics reinforce how different it is to know something in the abstract than it is to speak with people face to face who have lived the experience,” Udell said. “The specifics always stand out and are appalling.”
