Founder and Executive Director
Fireside Project
San Francisco, California
Joshua is a lawyer, risk-reduction activist, and aspiring psychedelic researcher who believes in the power of peer support and the role of support lines as foundational components of an equitable mental-health ecosystem. Prior to founding Fireside Project, Joshua volunteered for many years as a counselor on Safe & Sound’s TALK Line and a psychedelic peer support provider for the Zendo Project. Before devoting his life to the psychedelic movement, Joshua spent more than a decade as a Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, where he focused on suing businesses exploiting vulnerable communities, serving as general counsel to City departments, and co-teaching a nationally renowned clinic at Yale Law School. He also clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and practiced civil litigation at Conrad | Metlitzky | Kane.
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Friday, October 14, 2022
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM ET