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“No one is more deserving of a recovery advocacy lifetime achievement award than Don Coyhis. Don’s efforts through White Bison have been the heart and guiding star of the new…
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Stigma Reduction Through Contact Strategies
Justice Ginsburg’s observation offers observed testimony to the power of contact strategies—public disclosure of personal stories by individuals who share a concealable stigma for purposes of changing social attitudes and social policies.
Recent blogs on this site have featured Bill White’s Blasts from the Past. Also profiles from our Recovering Moms who are in the know and in the now. I contribute from my lived experience of the past and relate it to the now. I noted that an event would be held in the future—January 24— in Los Angeles, featuring a Recovery Ambassador training followed by a dinner and gala fundraiser. Faces & Voices of Recovery is working on a web site page for and about recovery ambassadors after the L.A. training. We can spotlight all who have taken the training who are now leading recovery advocacy efforts as recovery ambassadors or as recovery carriers. Recovery carriers? Read on for more…
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Addiction is a deadly epidemic affecting every community across our great nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more Americans die each year from drug overdoses than in…
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At the very tail end of 2023, we saw some movement in Congress that could bode well for the future of policies which advance recovery support services. The Senate HELP…
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In a world where hope can feel hard to come by, and the road to recovery often seems winding and uncertain, there are organizations that stand out as guideposts offering…
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Our History Faces & Voices of Recovery was founded in 2001 at the Alliance Project’s Faces & Voices of Recovery Summit in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Summit was the culmination…
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Membership Makes the Movement We are you. Changed for the better through recovery from substance use and other disorders. We may come from diverse places and paths, but we share…
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