2008 CFC# 12486 
eNewsletter
December 24, 2008
Recovery Voices Count Wrap Up; Moments of Clarity; 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 - August 5, 2008
Faces & Voices Board of Directors
Faces & Voices board of directors met for a three-day retreat in Washington, DC at the end of July to map out our activities and strategies for the next year and elected new officers: Carol McDaid to serve as Chair; Mike Barry as Vice-Chair; Phillip Valentine as Treasurer and Betty Currier as Secretary. They joined other board members in thanking Merlyn Karst for his service as board chair at the board's fourth annual retreat. Thanks to our Advisory Board members for their service and to retiring board members Johnny Allem, Mick Carnett, Anara Guard, Tom McHale, William Moyers, Don Rothschild, David Taylor and Ron Williams.
Book Club: Let's Go Make Some History
Discussion is underway through the month of August on Let's Go Make Some History. Mark your calendar to join author Bill White online on August 15, August 22, and August 29! Find out more about the Book Club, including how to participate and submit your suggestions.
Recovery Voices Count
Ohio Citizen Advocates (OCA) took Recovery Voices Count to women at the Franklin Pre-Release Center in Columbus, Ohio. "This is the first time we have had the opportunity to take voter education inside the prison system," said Donna Conley, CEO of Ohio Citizen Advocates. A Special Edition of the organization's newsletter describes its nonpartisan civic engagement campaign that includes plans to register 1,0000 new voters from the recovery community in time for the November election; publish a Voter Guide and educate candidates for public office. Check it out!
Ending Insurance Discrimination
A compromise bill to end insurance discrimination facing people with addiction and mental illness will be back on the agenda when members of Congress return to Washington in September. When the US Senate failed to pass the tax extenders bill that included the "parity" compromise in late July, Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) said, "the vote today was strictly about the main Learn more...
Resources
Recovery Talk is hosted by longtime journalist Robyn Leary. The half-hour show is dedicated to resilience in recovery and focuses on health and medical topics, new science technologies, advances in trauma research, public policy, addiction treatment, recovery advocacy, veterans' affairs, family courts, anti-violent-crime strategies, domestic violence resources, and more. The latest interview is with Faces & Voices board member John deMiranda.
The Soros Justice Fellows program's deadline for applications is September 24, 2008. There are two programs: Advocacy Fellowships and Media Fellowships. Learn more...
Generational Patterns of Resistance and Recovery Among Families with Histories of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems: What We Need to Know is a new publication by Bill White and Rita Chaney that focuses on the experiences of individuals seeking or in recovery and their families.
Job Opening - The Justice Policy Institute is looking for an Executive Director to work in Washington, DC. Learn more...
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