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We’ve been hearing from advocates around the country who want to read and discuss books together that are important to the recovery community and our recovery advocacy movement. Through online conversation and the exchange of ideas, we hope that the Book Club will expand our growing advocacy network, strengthening our movement. We invite you to submit a book of your choice to be discussed!
Please click here to order this book through the Johnson Institute. This book is not availabe through other book retailers.*
Click here to join the discussion on Let's Go Make Some History beginning August 1st. Author Bill White will join our online discussion to contribute and answer your questions. Mark your calendar to join Bill White on: August 15, August 22 and August 29!
Submit a book to be discussed for next month!
About Our Online Book Club
Book Club Themes
Writings about long-term recovery.
Books or stories about the power and proof of long-term recovery that cover how recovery has made a difference in people’s lives; what barriers people faced and how they overcame them; and, what their lives are like in long-term recovery. Faces & Voices of Recovery believes that it’s important to strengthen dialogue about the reality of long-term recovery- both its benefits and challenges.
Building our advocacy movement.
Books about mobilizing, organizing and advocacy that will further recovery organizing that may or not come from the recovery movement, but have lessons that are easily applied or analogous to our movement. For example, how to speak out; work with policymakers and the media; build and deliver a message, and more.
Book Club Guidelines
- Anyone can submit a book for the Book Club at any time. Books should fit into one of our book club themes to be considered.
- A Faces & Voices committee will review the suggestions and select the book to be discussed.
- The selection will be announced in the eNewsletter and readers will have two months to read the book before the month-long online conversation begins.
- The online discussion will be moderated and facilitated by Faces & Voices.
Book Club Timeline
Submit your suggestion for books to be discussed at any time by filling out our book submission form. Every two months a new book will be chosen and announced.
June-August
- June 15 - July 31: Read Let's Go Make Some History by William White. Please click here to order this book through the Johnson Institute. This book is not availabe through other book retailers.*
- August 1-31: Discuss Let's Go Make Some History by William White online.
September-November
- September 1 - October 31: Read the book to be announced.
- November 1-30: Discuss book online.
December-February
- December 1 - January 31: Read the book to be announced.
- February 1-28: Discuss book online.
Discussion Board
An online discussion board will be opened on August 1st until August 31 to allow for open discussion of Let's Go Make Some History by William White.
*By purchasing this book through the Johnson Institute, Faces & Voices of Recovery receives a small commission. Thank you for your support.