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Event: Faces & Voices of Recovery’s 2005 Rising! Recovery in Action Summit
News and Information
Thanks to everyone who helped make the 2005 Summit such a success! 250 recovery advocates came to the nation’s capitol and we've put together critical information from the summit to help you with your recovery advocacy efforts. Below you will find links to videos, photos and remarks that we hope will inspire you in the years to come! During September, members of the US House of Representatives spoke on the floor of the House about addiction recovery. Here are their powerful remarks.
Tuesday, September 6th
Opening
Where Do We Go From Here?
Roundtable – The State of Addiction Recovery
- Research: Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (presentation) (audio)(video)
- Practice: H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, CAS, FASAM, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
- Ivette Torres, M.Ed. M.S., Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) spoke in place of Dr. Westley Clark (video)
- Public Opinion: Allan Rivlin, Peter D. Hart Associates (presentation) (video)
- Q&A (video)
State Level Recovery Advocacy Campaigns: Building a National Movement (video)
- Michael Barry, People Advocating Recovery (Kentucky)
- Samantha-Hope Atkins, We Recover (Louisiana)
- Wendell Howell, Addictions Coalition of Delaware
- Phillip Valentine, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
- Moderator: Paul Samuels, Legal Action Center
Celebrate Recovery Entertainment (video)
- Masters of Ceremonies: Marty O'Brien and Joe Powell
- Will Richey, Lyrical Evangelist
- The Hero's Journey, Joe Powell and Will Richey
- SHARE: Songs of Hope Awareness and Recovery for Everyone
- Veronica Uss, Torch ceremony (handout*)
Wednesday, September 7
Recovery Advocacy Strategy Day (agenda and handouts)
Wellstone Action took participants through the steps of planning a campaign, getting out their message, and building alliances to mobilize greater support for recovery. There was lots of fun “hands-on” practice like actually staging a press conference and developing a public service television ad. People worked in small teams in this action-oriented strategic planning and skill building session, working on real issues.
Recovery Month Baseball Game: Washington Nationals vs. Florida Marlins
Thursday, September 8
Linking Across Regions and the Nation
- Johnny Allem, Johnson Institute (remarks*)
Regional Meetings
Recovery Month Luncheon on Capitol Hill (click here to see the video webcast)
- The Honorable Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
- The Honorable John Dingell (D-MI)
- Dr. Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- The Faces & Voices of Recovery:
- Charlotte Wethington
- Tom Gilbert
- Walter Ginter
- Susan Masara
- Mark Helijas
- Robyn Leary
- Joel Hernandez
Faces & Voices of Recovery would like to express our gratitude to the following organizations and individuals for their generous gifts of support to our scholarship fund. Their support and the support of local organizations and institutions made it possible for addiction recovery advocates to come together at the Summit. Thank you!
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), Capitol Decisions, Johnson Institute Foundation, Legal Action Center, Christine Lubinski, Join Together, NAADAC: The Association for Addiction Professionals, and the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. We would like to give special thanks to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the Betty Ford Center, Bradford Health Services, the Caron Foundation, the Hanley Center, the Hazelden Foundation and the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation for their significant support.