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May 7, 2008
Recovery Voices Count, Science of Addiction & Recovery, June 18th Reception Learn more...
Rising! Recovery in Action
Rising! Recovery in Action is Faces & Voices of Recovery's publication. Each issue highlights the expertise of recovery advocates. Learn more...
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eNewsletter - May 7, 2008
Pennsylvania advocates making Recovery Voices Count!
Over the past six weeks, recovery advocates in Pennsylvania have been successful using the Presidential Primary there to register voters and raise awareness of issues important to the recovery community as part of the Recovery Voices Count project. Learn more...
Job opening at Faces & Voices
Jared Hess is leaving Faces & Voices to accept an exciting position as Legislative Assistant in the Governmental Affairs Office at the American Bar Association later this month. He's played an invaluable role in our growth and development over the past year and will be missed. Thanks so much to Jared for his service and willingness to share his story of long-term recovery in the media and at events such as the Recovery Month press conference.
We're looking for someone to take his place. Here's a job description. The deadline for applications is May 19th.
Science of Addiction & Recovery trainings
Register today! and join us at our Science of Addiction & Recovery "Train the Trainer" in Detroit, MI on June 7th sponsored with the Detroit Recovery Project, NCADD-Greater Detroit Area, Brighton Hospital and Greater Macomb Project Vox. The training will be filmed as it rolls across the country and features trainer and recovery advocate Flo Hilliard. Learn more...
Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community reception
Join us in Washington, DC on June 18th as we honor Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) as the recipient of the 2008 Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community Award.
FAVOR SC updates
Recovery advocates in South Carolina took the case for repeal of the state's Alcohol Exclusion Law to legislators last month and will be holding their annual statewide conference on May 24, where Faces & Voices National Field Director Tom Coderre, will be one of the speakers.
Support the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant
Faces & Voices has joined allied national organizations to sign on to a letter supporting the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The deadline for your organization to sign on is Tuesday, May 13. Learn more...
Resources
May 2 Recovery Symposium in Philadelphia: Over 250 representatives from the recovery community, public and private addiction treatment providers, governmental agencies and others gathered for "Aligning Concepts, Practice and Contexts to Promote Long-Term Recovery: An Action Plan." Here's a link to many of the materials that were distributed at the meeting, including the outlines for a Science of Recovery research agenda. Coming soon: a video that you can download and watch and listen to the day's speakers, including Bill White, CCAR's Phillip Valentine, PRO-ACT's Bev Haberle, Friends of Recovery New York's Betty Currier, Lisa Mojer-Torres, CSAT Director Westley Clark, and many more!
It's All in the Journey A Magazine of Recovery's latest issue includes an interview with Victor Cappocia, director of the Open Society Institute's Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap initiative.
Recovery Community Centers: Many states are thinking about funding recovery community centers. Here's information about how New York state is exploring how to move forward. The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Division of Prevention and Recovery Bureau of Recovery Services has issued a request for information on Recovery Community Centers.
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