eNewsletter
June 14, 2010
America Honors Recovery awards announced; 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. Learn more…
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eNewsletter - August 6, 2009
Rally for Recovery! - September 12, 2009
Recovery Month is just around the corner and recovery community organizations and allies are planning hundreds of events – walks, rallies, concerts, picnics and town hall meetings – where tens of thousands of people will put a face and a voice on recovery. This year, as part of Faces & Voices Rally for Recovery! on September 12th, A&E’s Recovery Project’s Brooklyn Bridge Recovery Rally will be the national hub event. Learn more…
National Health Reform Heats Up: Take Action During the August Recess
There are a few short weeks ahead when Members of Congress will be home to hear from constituents about critical issues including national health reform. So far, all of the healthcare bills or proposals require the inclusion of addiction and mental health benefits. However, we need to make sure that those provisions stay in any health reform proposal and that the hard won victory on parity is carried over into health reform so that more Americans can get the help they need to recover. Take a minute to find out about recent developments and use our Online Advocacy Action Center to contact your Senators and Representative. Use our Town Hall meeting guide to find out and attend a Town Hall meeting and check out our new health reform resource page. We’ll keep you posted about further developments.
Watch the Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community Award video
Listen to and watch speakers at The Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community Award reception. Thank you to Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske; PRO-ACT’s Allen McQuarrie; Alicia Hernandez, sister of the late Joel Hernandez; Chris Matthews of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC; and Carol McDaid, board chair of Faces & Voices of Recovery. Watch here
2009 Recovery Advocacy Teleconferences Underway!
Sign up today for the last in this year’s teleconferences on August 18th – Young People in Recovery. If you missed our recent teleconferences on The Recovery Bill of Rights; Health Care Reform; and Building Bridges to Long-Term Recovery, you can listen online and get background materials here.
Run for Recovery, Run for the Children
Faces & Voices is excited to partner with the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) on this year’s Marine Corps Marathon. We hope that you can join us in Washington, DC as a runner or volunteer this October. Register with us today!
Resources
Lost in Woonsocket to hit the road! The producers of the award-winning film Lost in Woonsocket are now booking a fall 2009 - winter 2010 cross-country tour of the film featuring Normand Cartier , who found and has sustained his recovery since the film was made. Normand's an insipiring speaker who will be on hand to speak after the film is screened. Are you interested in hosting a FREE screening? Learn more…
Mutual Support Resources Guide . Check out our comprehensive guide to mutual aid or support resources that is managed and updated on a monthly basis by Lora Pasetti and Bill White. Many of the groups in this comprehensive guide offer face-to-face meetings and some form of online participation.
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