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Recovery Community Organization Toolkit Resources
The Faces & Voices of Recovery website is home to a number of resources of interest to recovery community organizations and their leaders, including:
Association of Recovery Community Organizations
http://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/arco/index.php
The Association of Recovery Community Organizations at Faces & Voices of Recovery (ARCO) brings established as well as new and emerging groups together to build the unified voice of the organized recovery community by leveraging the profile and unifying force of Faces & Voices. ARCO unites and supports the growing network of local, regional, and statewide recovery community organizations - linking recovery community organizations and their leaders with local and national allies, and provide training and technical assistance to members. ARCO also hosts an annual Executive Directors Leadership Academy, a three-day conference open to the executive directors of member organizations that provides top-level non-profit recovery leadership support and training. Membership is open to any recovery community organization that is led and governed by the recovery community, and engages in advocacy, public education, and/or provide peer recovery support services.
Webinars
Faces & Voices has hosted recovery advocacy teleconferences every year since 2007, each focusing on different topics:
2011 Recovery Advocacy Teleconference Series
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/
trainings
_events/
webinars_2011/2011_teleconference_series.php
2010 Recovery Advocacy Teleconference Series
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/trainings_events/
2010_teleconference.php
2009 Recovery Advocacy Teleconference Series
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/trainings_events/
2009_teleconference.php
2008 Recovery Advocacy Teleconference Series
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/trainings_events/
2008_teleconference.php
2007 Recovery Advocacy Teleconference Series
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/trainings_events/
webinar.php
Our Stories Have Power - Recovery Community Messaging Training
http://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/trainings_events/
media_trainings.php
This DVD presents the Faces & Voices of Recovery Community Messaging Training, which teaches people in recovery and their family members to tell their recovery stories to people in the media as well as the general public in a clear and credible way that will help move the recovery agenda forward.
Resource Guides
Guide to Mutual Aid Resources
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/resources/support/
index.html
The Faces & Voices Guide to Mutual Aid Resources is a one-stop resource for people in or seeking recovery from addiction, their families and friends, and for addiction treatment and allied healthcare professionals for information on online and in-person mutual aid groups.
Online Recovery Resources Guide
http://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/resources/links.php
Faces & Voices maintains an online guide to recovery-related resources, including federal agencies, medication assisted recovery organizations, and other national organizations (some of which are also listed individually in this Toolkit).
Publications
Advocacy with Anonymity
http://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/publications/
advocacy_anonymity.php
Advocacy with Anonymity is a publication of Faces & Voices of Recovery, The Johnson Institute, Join Together and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. It teaches recovery advocates how to speak out publicly without compromising the principles of a 12-Step recovery program in which they may participate.
Recovery Bill of Rights
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/campaigns/
bill_of_rights.php
The Recovery Bill of Rights is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. It was developed and adopted by Faces & Voices of Recovery’s board of directors and has been endorsed by allied national organizations.
Recovery Voices Count: A Guide to Non-partisan Civic Engagement
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/campaigns/
recovery_voices_count.php
The Faces & Voice Guide to Non-partisan Civic Engagement provides recovery community organizations with tools to help register and educate voters, and to encourage voter participation by people in recovery, their families, friends and allies.
Other Publications
http://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/publications/other.php
Faces & Voices maintains an online listing of publications from Faces & Voices and others on a variety of recovery-related topics, including recovery community organizations, employment, incarceration and reentry, restoration of voting rights, peer and other recovery support services, and drug courts.