The 2026 Alabama Substance Abuse Youth Summit (SAYS) will take place Monday, March 16, 2026, at Frazer Church, located at 6000 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, AL 36117. More than 350 state and local government agency representatives, law enforcement officers, healthcare and social workers, educators, court officials, child advocates and professional service providers are expected to attend the sixth annual conference.
Below, you will find a link to the 2026 Alabama SAYS registration page and 2026 Agenda. Also available for your review are photos and video from the 2025 conference.
Our mission is to have decision-makers and service providers in the same room at the same time, listening to the same information, in order to forge partnerships, and develop strategies that will better protect Alabama’s youth.
The SAYS conference is free of charge, provides lunch and offers Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Legal Education Units (CLEs) to attendees.
The Alabama SAYS Planning Committee is excited to present this year’s excellent list of subject matter experts and speakers. The list of speakers include a Legislative Panel discussing current and proposed legislation; Jermaine “Tall Cop” Galloway, Founder and CEO of Tall Cop Says Stop; Bill DeMarco, Chief of Innovation Development, Maxwell AFB; and John Langdon, Founder of Whatever it Takes Addiction Prevention. The Alabama Substance Abuse Youth Summit is made possible by a grant from the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association.