America Honors Recovery Awards
Nominations now being accepted for the 2010 America Honors Recovery Awards! Learn more...
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. Learn more…
Training: Our Stories Have Power...A Media Workshop for Recovery Advocates
Find out how to use Faces & Voices of Recovery’s messaging to advance our recovery advocacy agenda!
Growing numbers of people in recovery and family members are talking about their recovery – to family members, employers and friends – and in the media. Sometimes they are giving “human interest” to a story or creating media stories because of the work that they are doing in their communities. The media help us reach policy and decision makers; educate the public and recruit new members to our growing movement.
Faces & Voices has trained over 3000 people to use our recovery community messaging. We are producing a video of the training that will be released in spring 2010. A DVD will include all of the training materials below plus examples of people telling their stories. Stay tuned!
Until then, we want to share the updated training materials with you:
- Powerpoint Presentations:
- Recovery Messaging
- Tip Sheet for Media Interviews
- Questions and Answers
- Family member worksheet
- Person in recovery worksheet
- Congressional Quarterly article
We will be scheduling Our Stories Have Power trainings in summer/fall 2010.
Media directly affects how people feel, think, and act. Sharpen your skills as a recovery communicator, strategize with other recovery leaders, then take home new tools that you can use in your community.
Here's what people are saying about our trainings...
- "Great format, great material, great facility and host." - Roger Maryatt
- "This training will be a powerful tool in expanding our advocacy potential and success." - Betty Currier
- "...this was a very informative training for media, especially the focus on the one voice message of "Long Term Recovery Works and I am a living example." - Carl Matthews
- "As intended, it will be useful with the media - but I believe it will be useful, as well in working with government groups, treatment providers, etc - techniques for conveying your message, staying on track, using bridging statements to steer conversation. Thanks." - Anonymous