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…
|
Recovery Voices Count teleconference June 3rd
Sign up today for the June 3, 2010 teleconference on the Recovery Voices Count campaign. Hear about successful 2008 campaigns and how to incorporate voter registration, education and get-out-the vote in your 2010 activities. Learn more…
Recovery Project Delegate deadline extended to Monday
Applications are due Monday, May 31st for the 2010 A&E Recovery Project Delegate program. You can apply here. The program honors people in recovery from every state and the District of Columbia. Learn more...
Thinking about language at SAMHSA – your thoughts?
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Administrator Pamela Hyde is asking for your thoughts about the language that is used to talk about addiction and recovery. Check out What’s in a Term? Considering Language in Our Field, read about some of the terms that she’s heard so far, and be part of the dialogue about language by giving her your thoughts and ideas.
Run for Recovery/Run for the Children
We’re partnering with the National Association for Children of Alcoholics for the second year as charity partners in the Marine Corps Marathon and Marine Corps 10K on October 31, 2010 in Washington, DC. We’re excited to be partnering with the DC Recovery Community Alliance, Washington, DC’s recovery community organization. Find out more here.
Resources
Maintaining Resiliency and Sustaining Recovery: Ensuring That Recovery Lasts a Lifetime , the May 2010 Recovery Month web cast, features A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., Deputy Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Alexandre B. Laudet, Ph.D., Addiction and Recovery Scientist; and James Smallwood, Founder/CEO, The Choice Is Yours, Inc.
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) has launched a new web site.
SAMHSA’s 10 Strategic Initiatives: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Administrator Pamela Hyde and senior SAMHSA staff briefed advocates earlier this week on the 10 Strategic Initiatives that are being developed by the agency.
Support Faces & Voices of Recovery today!