eNewsletter - April 13,2007

Job Opening at Faces & Voices of Recovery
Faces & Voices is pleased to announce a new position as Administrative Assistant made possible by the generous support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and our members. The application deadline is Tuesday, May 1st.

Sign up for our Webinar on Peer Recovery Support Services!
On Saturday April 21st, Faces & Voices is sponsoring an hour-long recovery advocacy training on peer recovery support services. We’re excited to have Tom Hill, Bev Haberle and Patty McCarthy as speakers for this session, where you can listen and learn about the innovative programs building communities of recovery across the country. Please sign up by Friday, April 20th. More...

TAKE ACTION ON THE SECOND CHANCE ACT TODAY!
There’s an April 16th deadline for US Representatives to sign up as co-sponsors of The Second Chance Act, which was bottled-up at the end of the last Congress. Use Faces & Voices of Recovery’s new Online Advocacy Action Center for contacting your US Representative to ask him or her to co-sponsor the Second Chance Act of 2007, H.R. 1593 by Monday, April 16th.

Name changes proposed for key federal agencies to help reduce stigma
Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) joined other members of Congress to introduce a bill that “is a small but important step towards stripping away the social stigma surrounding the treatment of diseases of addiction," according to Biden. Under the bill, S. 1011, The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) would become the National Institute on Diseases of Addiction, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) would be renamed the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health. more…

RESOURCES
Researchers at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice in Newark, New Jersey are conducting a research project which is designed to collect stories of healing and transformation from about 500 people across the country including people in recovery from addiction. More…
The Substance Abuse Policy Research Program is accepting applications for small grants (under $100,000) with a May 8, 2007 deadline. An initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation more…
The Second Road is an online community for the tens of millions of people affected by addiction. A pre-release site includes film clips of just a few of the individuals who have told their recovery stories, many of whom are part of the Faces & Voices network of recovery advocates. More…

Faces & Voices of Recovery launches our membership campaign! Join now!

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