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eNewsletter - September 17, 2009
Rally for Recovery!
All across the country people in recovery, family members, friends and allies Rallied for Recovery! on Saturday, September 12 as part of Recovery Month! An estimated 70,000 people participated in events that spanned the nation. In New York City, over 10,000 people walked across the Brooklyn Bridge as part of A&E’s Recovery Project. The rally featured delegates from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. New York Governor David A. Paterson, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske, National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Director Westley Clark and other dignitaries as well as a performance by Smokey Robinson.
“We know that recovery is a reality for more than 20 million Americans,” said Faces & Voices board chair Carol McDaid. “Our focus today and every day is on the rights of those in or seeking recovery. We’re working to make Recovery Voices Count.”
Rally participants in New York and around the country called on their elected officials in Washington, DC to enact national health reform that supports opportunities for more Americans to find long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. A special thanks! to Faces & Voices volunteers Tom Stanitis, Maria Braeckel and Katie Layton for staffing our Advocacy Action Area at the Brooklyn Rally.
During the Brooklyn rally, groups around the country called in to report on the turnout at their events (and the weather!) – 5,000 people in Richmond, VA where local sheriffs judged a Barbeque Cook-off; 1,000 people in South Carolina at a Livingston Taylor concert; 2,000 people at the Miami Beach Rally for Recovery and 625 people in Columbus, Ohio. We’ll have more details on these and other events in early October. Please send us your photographs, news articles and video clips so that we can record the history that is being made!
We'll be posting more soon and don't forget to send us your photos, media, video, and more!
Recovery Delegates and advocates walk across the
Brooklyn Bridge on September 12th
Faces& Voices Advocacy Action Area at the Brooklyn
Bridge Rally
In The Rooms 5K Walk in South Florida
In the Rooms Rally for Recovery!