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 - May 3, 2010
Call for Nominations for Board of Directors
Faces & Voices Board of Directors’ nominating committee is calling for nominations for service on its board. The deadline for applications is Saturday, May 15, 2010. Application materials are now available. Learn more…
Criminal Justice Commission bill introduced
H.R. 5143, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act to create a bipartisan, blue-ribbon commission to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the entire criminal justice system and offer concrete recommendations for reform within 18 months was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Take Action! Learn more…
Young People and Recovery
A federal Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs is holding listening sessions around the country to develop federal youth policy. This is an important opportunity to educate federal agencies about policies to support young people seeking and in recovery. Learn more…
Recovery Community Organization News
Find out how Advocates for Recovery – Colorado (AFR) showed a powerful documentary, Lost in Woonsocket, eleven times in two weeks across the state of CO. You can bring the film to your community this fall. Learn more…
Rally for Recovery! 2010
We’ve heard from many groups around the country who have exciting plans for September 25, 2010 Rally for Recovery! and Recovery Month events. Email us to join our monthly organizing calls and learn about ideas for building your event this year! Learn more...
Peer Recovery Support Services
Faces & Voices Executive Director participated in a recent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) meeting on Workforce Development and did a presenation on The Role of Peers in Behavioral Health Workforce Development.
Resources
Reflections: Ernie Kurtz on the History of AA, Shame, and Storytelling with Bill White is a new 90-minute DVD featuring nationally-recognized educator Ernie Kurtz. Video clips from the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Center production can be viewed and there’s ordering information here.
The federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) meeting on Behavioral Health and Information Technology (Health-IT), including information on federal privacy protections under 42CFR Part 2 is now available.
Making Progress Toward Increasing Funding for Advocacy, Community Organizing and Civic Engagement by Melissa Johnson in Responsive Philanthropy (Fall 2009) is an interesting article that found the most common roadblock encountered by foundation leaders that prevents them from supporting direct policy engagement efforts of nonprofits is a widely held misperception that advocacy is the same as lobbying.
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