 Join Us Contact Us |  | | eNewsletter: April 17, 2008 | Recovery Voices Count
Advocates around the country are gearing up for Recovery Voices Count. Use our new Register to Vote resource in your campaign. The PRO-ACT Journal describes how PRO-ACT, The RASE Project, Message Carriers and PRO-A are coming together to work on Recovery Voices Count in Pennsylvania. Advocates in Pennsylvania have been active during the primary there. Learn more.... Science of Addiction & Recovery trainings
Register today! and join us at our Science of Addiction & Recovery training in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 26th sponsored with the DC Recovery Community Alliance. The training will be rolling out across the country, featuring trainer Flo Hilliard, with the next one scheduled for June 7th in Detroit, Michigan. Learn more... Congressional action to end insurance discrimination
Members of Congress are back in Washington, DC and one of the issues that remain on the table is resolving differences between House- and Senate-passed bills to end insurance discrimination facing people with mental illness and addiction. Use our Sample Op-Ed to place an article in media outlets in your community urging Congress to act this year. The Second Chance Act Signed Into Law
President Bush signed the Second Chance Act into law on April 9th. The new law will help States and localities better address the needs of individuals reentering the community from the criminal justice system. A broad-based coalition of law enforcement, religious, addiction prevention, treatment and recovery and civil rights organizations joined a bi-partisan group of US Senators and Representatives to make this important victory possible. Learn more... Resources
Life Beyond Treatment: Focusing on Recovery is a joint project with The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), the State Associations of Addiction Services (SAAS), and Faces & Voices of Recovery to educate state legislators and legislative staff about recovery-oriented systems of care for people with addiction. "Restoring the Right to Vote" is a new report from The Brennan Center for Justice which presents a rationale for the automatic restoration of voting rights for all individuals upon release from prison. Mutual Support Resources Guide: Check out our guide to mutual aid or support resources that is updated on a monthly basis by Ernie and Linda Kurtz. Many of the groups in this comprehensive guide offer both face-to-face meetings and some form of online participation. A special thanks! to Ernie and Linda for all of their work in maintaining the Guide!
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