The Recovery Bill of Rights
is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Learn more…
Training: 2009 Recovery Advocacy Teleconference Series
This year Faces & Voices of Recovery is hosting four recovery advocacy teleconferences to help you hone your skills. These one-hour interactive teleconferences will give you useful information and a chance to ask our experts questions. After you register, you will receive a toll-free number to call in and listen to the teleconference and a PowerPoint presentation before the teleconference.
All teleconferences are recorded so that if you miss one, you can listen online. If you aren't able to make our next two, please let us know and we'll send you a link to the recorded teleconference once it's available. We will also be posting additional background information and resources for each session online!
Click on the icons below to listen to our previous teleconferences and to follow along with the PowerPoint presentation!
August 18th: Young People in Recovery
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July 28th: The Recovery Bill of Rights
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July 14th: National Health Care Reform
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June 30th: Building Bridges to Long-Term Recovery
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Faces & Voices 2009 Recovery Advocacy Teleconferences
Register today for our free teleconferences by clicking on the links below.
- June 30th: Building Bridges to Long-term Recovery: Mutual support groups/Peer and other recovery support services/Clinical treatment services, their differences and relationships
- July 14th: National Health Care Reform
- July 28th: The Recovery Bill of Rights: How to Use it in Your Community
- August 18th: Young People in Recovery: Recovery Schools and Other Supports
Also check out:
- Faces & Voices Rally for Recovery Teleconferences
- Know Your Rights: Anti-Discrimination Laws Protecting People with Alcohol and Drug Problems and Criminal Records webinars
- Faces & Voices of Recovery’s 2008 Teleconferences
- Faces & Voices of Recovery’s 2007 Teleconferences
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Building Bridges to Long-term Recovery: Mutual support groups/Peer and other recovery support services/Clinical treatment services, their differences and relationships
This teleconference aired on June 30th. If you missed it, you can still listen to a recording and follow along with the powerpoint presentation by downloading the files below.
An opportunity to better understand the differences and relationships between mutual support groups; peer and other recovery support services and clinical treatment services and how to fit the pieces together to make it possible for people to sustain their recovery.
Speakers:
- Beverly Haberle, Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT)
- Phillip Valentine, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
- William White, Chestnut Health Systems
Teleconference Files:
- PLAY THE AUDIO PORTION OF THE TELECONFERENCE HERE
- PowerPoint presentation: Building Bridges to Long-Term Recovery (PPT, 3.12MB)
Click here to download as PDF (1.25MB) - Peer Based Addiction Recovery Support (2 MB)
Beverly Haberle is the Executive Director of the Bucks County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the Project Director of the Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT).
Phillip Valentine is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR).
William White is a senior research consultant at Chestnut Health Systems/Lighthouse Institute.
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National health care reform
July 14, 2009, 3:00-4:00p.m. Eastern
This teleconference aired on July 14th. If you missed it, you can still listen to a recording and follow along with the powerpoint presentation by downloading the files below.
As Congress debates reforming the national healthcare system, what does it mean for people seeking recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, their families and loved ones? What are the key issues, who are the decision makers and what opportunities lie ahead to advance recovery?
Speakers:
- Carol McDaid, Capitol Decisions
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Download the PowerPoint presentation as a PPT or PDF file:
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PPT File (1.4 MB)
PDF File (808 KB)
Carol McDaid serves as Principal at Capitol Decisions, Inc. and is the chair of Faces & Voices of Recovery’s board of directors.
Gabrielle de la Gueronniere serves as the Deputy Director for National Policy at Legal Action Center
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The Recovery Bill of Rights: How to Use it In Your Community
July 28, 2009, 3:00-4:00p.m. Eastern
The Recovery Bill of Rights is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction. Find out how advocates in Kentucky and Ohio are using the Recovery Bill of Rights to inform the recovery community and mobilize support for policies that support long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.
Read more about the Recovery Bill of Rights on our web site.
Speakers:
- Mike Barry, People Advocating Recovery
- Donna Conley, Ohio Citizen Advocates
- Pat Taylor, Faces & Voices of Recovery
Teleconference Files:
- PowerPoint Presentation: The Recovery Bill of Rights: How to Use it in Your Community (PPT, 2.90MB)
Click here to download as a PDF (PDF, 7.62MB) - Audio mp3 (6.35MB)
Mike Barry is the Executive Director of People Advocating Recovery, Kentucky’s statewide recovery community organization.
Donna Conley is the Executive Director of Ohio Citizen Advocates, Ohio’s statewide recovery community organization.
Pat Taylor is the Executive Director of Faces & Voices of Recovery.
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Young People in Recovery: Recovery Schools and other Supports
August 18, 2009, 3:00-4:00p.m. Eastern
There are a growing number of opportunities for young people in recovery to find support in their community. They are speaking out about their recovery experiences and participating in Innovative peer-to-peer supports; sober social activities and recovery high schools and colleges. Learn about what it means to be a young person in recovery and the supports that are helping youth sustain their recovery.
Speakers:
- Greg Williams, Connecticut Turning to Youth and Families (CTYF)
- Monique Bourgeois, Association of Recovery Schools
- Lora Passetti, Chestnut Health Systems
Teleconference Files:
- PowerPoint Presentation: Young People in Recovery (PPT, 2.90MB)
Click here to download as a PDF (PDF, 2.37MB)
- Central High's Peer-to-Peer Program Video
Greg Williams is Co-Director of Connecticut Turning to Youth and Families and a young person in long-term recovery from drugs and alcohol since the age of 17.
Monique Bourgeois is the Executive Director of the Association of Recovery Schools.
Lora Passetti is the Research Projects Manager at Chestnut Health Systems
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CHECK OUT:
Faces & Voices Rally for Recovery! Teleconferences
Faces & Voices of Recovery hosts monthly conference calls where advocates learn from one another about how to organize rallies, gain media exposure to their work, conduct voter registration drives, and other activities. If you’d like to be part of the organizing network teleconferences, please email us.
Know Your Rights: Anti-Discrimination Laws Protecting People with Alcohol and Drug Problems and Criminal Records webinars is a five-part series from the Legal Action Center on:
- Employment Discrimination Against People with Alcohol/Drug Histories
- Housing, Health Care, and other Forms of Discrimination Against People with Alcohol and Drug Histories)
- Medication-Assisted Treatment: Special Anti-Discrimination Issues