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Clothed in dress pants, sundresses and fancy shirts, 106 people walked down the center aisle of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries auditorium Friday to celebrate a new beginning

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July 2, 2009

Welcome to new Board members, Fourth of July and health care reform, 2009 Teleconferences, Rally for Recovery!, Resources, learn more...

 

Recovery Advocacy Toolkit: Making Our Voices Count

includes media outreach templates, event organizing “how-to” materials and many other resources. Lean more…
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eNewsletter - July 24, 2008

Recovery Symposium video

A video of the May 2008 Recovery Symposium, "Aligning Contexts, Practice, and Concepts to Promote Long-Term Recovery: An Action Plan" is now available from the Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA). You can download and listen to individual speakers including Bill White; Faces & Voices board members Betty Currier and Phil Valentine; researchers including Advisory Board member Alexandre Laudet; local, state and federal officials; treatment providers and others. Thanks to IRETA and the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center for making the event and video possible.

Rally for Recovery

On September 20, 2008 recovery community organizations and our allies will be hosting walks, rallies and other events to put a face and a voice on recovery and register voters as part of our Recovery Voices Count campaign. Register your event with us and get a free Rally for Recovery banner and check out the events in September near you!

July 31 deadline for new award

The Recovery Month Planning Partners have established an award in the names of Congressmen Jim Ramstad (R-MN) and Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to honor a Single State Agency (SSA) Director for his or her leadership in advancing recovery in their state. Learn more...

"Bradley Quick Experience" Radio Interview

Thanks to host Bradley Quick for a recent radio interview with Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery's (CCAR) Phillip Valentine and Faces & Voices' Pat Taylor. Listen here.

America Honors Recovery Honorees announced

Congratulations to Faces & Voices board chair Merlyn Karst and board member Betty Currier on their 2008 America Honors Recovery award from the Johnson Institute. Also to the other honorees - Steve Brugge, Robert Carter, Carol Colleran and C. West Huddleston! Learn more...

Resources

Find Recovery Housing! is an exciting new web resource from the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) that helps people find the recovery housing they need. There's a database of recovery housing, a consumer's guide to recovery housing, trainings and a host of critical resources. Check it out!

Audioconference Series: Exploring Recovery-Based Care for Addiction is now available online. Three audioconferences featuring Bev Haberle from PRO-ACT in Philadelphia, PA; Dr. Westley Clark and other speakers in a collaborative project with the National Conference of State Legislatures, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, State Associations of Addiction Services and Faces & Voices of Recovery.

Art of Recovery Expo will be held on September 20 in Scottsdale, Arizona as part of Rally for Recovery. Free and open to the public, the event will feature Todd Crandall, founder of Racing for Recovery, and author Gary Stromberg.

Recovery Radio Live is for families and friends of those in need of help to recover from addiction and the enormous number of people already in recovery. The on-air "home group" serves the recovery community at home, at work and on the road. Founder and host Ricky Leigh can be heard live on Saturday afternoons from 2-4 pm EST from Miami on WTFL-AM 850 and listeners streaming the show in more than 120 countries on. Learn more...

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