eNewsletter - January 19, 2007
New Mid-America RepresentativeFaces & Voices of Recovery welcomes new board member Judie Didriksen as our Mid-America regional representative. Judie is very active in the Missouri Recovery Network and will be taking the place of Jim Russell, who has served as the representative for the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma for the past two years. Thanks to Jim for his service and welcome Judie!
Make sure you’re heard! Sign up for Faces & Voices’ Recovery Advocacy Webinar SeriesEditorial Boards – Media Outreach Nuts and Bolts is the first in a four-part series of “webinars” where you will have the opportunity to listen and participate in exciting online, hour long recovery advocacy trainings. The first will be on Saturday, February 3rd. More…
Campaign to Insure Mental Health and Addiction EquityRepresentatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) have launched a nationwide tour, “The Campaign to Insure Mental Health and Addiction Equity.” The first stop is at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island on January 16th more…
Rally for Recovery! Mark your calendar for the 2007 Rally for Recovery! on Saturday, September 15th. This year Faces & Voices has produced a Rally for Recovery! logo that you can you can use in your organizing more…
Improving access to buprenorphineThe number of buprenorphine patients that individual doctors may treat in their medical offices was increased from 30 to 100 as part of a new federal law reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). More…
Resources Understanding Addiction is a satellite/webcast airing Thursday Jan. 25, 2007 from 1-2 p.m. by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). The broadcast will feature interviews with Faces & Voices of Recovery board member and People Advocating Recovery in Kentucky’s Mike Barry more…
Recovery Art Gallery. The Addiction Treatment Forum (AT Forum) has issued a call for Artists in Recovery to display their work at the new AT Forum “Recovery Art Gallery.” AT Forum is looking for contributions from persons in recovery from addiction to display their artistic creations in a new website gallery. More…
2007 Faces of Recovery Calendar. St. Joseph’s Healthcare, in conjunction with Greater Macomb (Michigan) Project VOX, has created a calendar featuring local people from all walks of life who are in long-term recovery. The calendar demonstrates that recovery is possible and it’s happening every day. More…
Recovery Radio: FOXO (Fraternal Order of X-Offenders) On the Radio. “Breaking the Cycle” can be heard every Sunday on Station WOLB 1010 AM in Baltimore, MD from 2:00-4:00 pm. More information on the programs that provide the Voice of the Voiceless can be found here. Recovery Radio: StreetMasters "People Helping People" airs in Washington, DC every Saturday on im4radio.com WFLO from 10:00am-12 noon with host Butch Jamieson. More information can be found here.
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