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May 7, 2008
Recovery Voices Count, Science of Addiction & Recovery, June 18th Reception Learn more...
Rising! Recovery in Action
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eNewsletter - April 1, 2008
Faces & Voices Board of Directors
Call for Nominations
Faces and Voices' nominating committee has called for nominations for the Board of Directors. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 7th. A job description and nomination form are now available. Learn more…
Faces & Voices trainings
Register today! and join us at our 2008 Science of Addiction and Recovery training in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 26th sponsored with the DC Recovery Community Alliance. The training will be rolling out across the country, featuring trainer Flo Hilliard, with the next one scheduled for June 7th in Detroit, Michigan. Learn more…
Listen to our recordings of the recovery advocacy teleconferences on Recovery Community Centers: Anchored in the Recovery Community.
Congressional action to end insurance discrimination
Twenty five US Senators wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, asking that the Senate finish the long overdue work started by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and the late Senator Paul Wellstone in 1996 to end the discrimination against people with mental illness and addiction.
SAMHSA Data Strategy
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Data Strategy for fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2011 for the first time includes collecting data on individuals in recovery. Learn more…
Resources
AlcoholAnswers.org features a new local resources page that allows visitors to enter their zip code to find information on local treatment providers, mutual support meetings and other resources.
Restoration and Recovery, The Neuroscience of Joyful Recovery! is a training sponsored by the NET Institute later this month.
In On Borrowed Time, Urban decline moves to the suburbs [link to article that I sent to you that should also be posted on the web site] Mike Gecan of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) describes new alliances that are forming in community organizing efforts, including the recovery movement on Long Island.
Brian’s Foundation helps students on the road to recovery pay for college. Brian Montes’ family started a foundation in his name that will be awarding two $1,000 scholarships to applicants from a Livonia, Michigan school who have completed at least one year of continuous recovery from addiction. Learn more…
A New Prescription for Health, a radio show with Dr. Richard Gracer, will feature Faces and Voices’ National Field Director, Tom Coderre this Thursday morning. Click here for more information and to listen live this Thursday at 8 AM Pacific Time.