Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
An Affiliate of NEAAR, New England Alliance
for Addiction Recovery, A CSAT Recovery Community Grantee
c/o
Boston ASAP 3rd
floor 30 Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108
July 11, 2001
MOAR News at a
Glance
h MOAR Website http://www.neaar.org/moar/- Pictures Wanted!
h MOAR’s Diane Kurtz ,Tanyss Martula, present at CSAT RCSP Forum –Great!
h MOAR co-sponsors W MA SA Counselor Forum on Youth – October
12
h CSAT National Recovery Month Planning – www.health.org/recoverymonth/2001
h NEAAR
Recovery Celebration- Jiminy Peak- Hancock, MA – November 2-4
h Recovery Movement - Organizing for a National Voice- October 5
–7, Minneapolis
MOAR
Meetings and Events at a Glance
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State and Regional Recovery Month Planning –SAVE These Dates!
State House Date : September 26, 2001
First Annual
Statewide Membership Meeting – Worcester - September 10
Theme: “We Recover
Together: Family, Friends, and Community”
iSpringfield – Help Plan Public forums Forum- August 2,
5:30 to 7:15 PM,
Phoenix House, 5 Madison Ave
iLowell ~ Housing, Coalition Building,- July 20, 10:30 AM, Tewksbury
Hospital
Lowell Day Festivities, -July 27- All day, Merrimack St.!!
iBoston ~ Recovery Month Planning - August 1, 3:30 PM , Atrium II,
Faulkner
iNew Bedford ~Recovery Month Planning,July 25, 5:30
PM,Reflections, Bellville Ave.
iWorcester ~ Speaker:
Joe Cannon, Rural Housing Services
Improvement,
July 24, 6:45 PM to
8:10 PM, AdCare Hopital cafeteria, 107 Lincoln
St.
MOAR Members become NEAAR Recovery Cosmopolitans
Janice Archer, Pierre Descoteaux,
Tom Dunham, John Bove, Dana Moulton attended The NEAAR Recovery Community
Leadership Track at The New England Institute For Addiction Studies Summer
School, Bowdoin College, New Brunswick, Maine.
They learned from the masters----Tom Hill, New York’s Speak Out Group ~Recovery Advocacy; Jeffrey Blodgett, The Alliance Project~Recovery Message; William White, Slaying of The Dragon author~Recovery
History; James Gorske, AdCare Educational Institute,~Recovery Conference Planning---all with enthusiasm!
Women in Recovery were celebrated, aside from The
Recovery Track, Judah Abdul Dorrington
and LaVerne Saunders facilitated an inspiring Harvest of Recovery.
Diane Kurtz and Tanyss Martula
presented a very impressive Parent
Support
Group presentation at the last
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Recovery Community Support Project Grantee
Workshop, Voices Creating Choices, Communities Creating Change, Washington DC. This was a great opportunity for our MOAR members to experience
the three years, NEAAR, has participated in the CSAT project---with the
empowerment of the many voices of recovery.
A national recovery summit will be held October 5th- 7th
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by the Johnson Institute.
MOAR
Members Develop Regional Activity for Recovery Advocacy
MOAR
Worcester June 26th
attendees:Rich
Harris, Daniel Concepcion, Dave Canning,Harry Cally, Steve Bilodeau, Leona
Toedt, Brian Muse, Mike Faunce, Linda Lavalle, Kevin S, Ronald Luce, Pete
McCourville, Bob Chileo, Sheila Brousseau, S. Horanson,Robert McGrath, Theresa
Mendes, Rodan Latino, Christine Hill, Robin Barrett, Rodney Andrews, George Kelley, Pamela Moore, Joe
Morin, Rahim Al-Kaheem, Joanne Keenan, Dana Moulton, Ray Kosinski. Members looked at ways to advocate for
recovery-and positive recovery environment, as in safe, affordable
housing. Issues: CORI checks ruling out
for many loans and subsidized housing, besides jobs. People agreed about need
to develop strategy from voter registration, recovery wellness, housing
education, and advocacy skills. There was a consensus that a smaller group
should meet to help draw up strategy—and to keep our goals doable. Attendees thanked Rich Harris for scheduling
Joe Cannon for the next meeting: July
24th, 6:45 PM, AdCare Hospital.
MOAR New Bedford Meeting June25th– The issue of CORI took precedence for many
attendees.Claudia Jones, Joe Sims,
Manny Martinez, Robert Morercy, Robert Faria, Skip Jason, Mark Harmon, Jose
Martinez, Charles Smith, Ulysse Lapointe, David Duschene, Bruce Espey, Gene Skidmore, Kelly Sousa, and Joe
Sousa regarding impact on careers and housing, despite the fact they are in
recovery. Enhancing their own voice,
celebrating recovery, educating policymakers about addiction recovery appeared
paramount. Thus, a decision was made to look at the possibility of scheduling
at Reflections, an open house for Recovery Month, with opportunity for
discussion
Note:
Same day meeting got MOAR an invitation to participate in local access
television
program to publicize Recovery Month,
Annual Recovery Month Luncheon, and adolescent recovery support
network. Thank you!
MOAR Springfield Meeting
June 28th Attendees,
Pete Crumb, Diane Teta, Tanyss Martula, Mike Donahoe, Diane Kurtz, Melanie
Loval-Dielson, Bill Sciturro, Bob Pisani, Maryanne Frangules reviewed participation of its members at The
recent RCSP Conference- Diane Kurtz, Tanyss Martula, Bob Pisani as wonderful
demonstration of membership empowerment – of the work they have done to build the parent Support
Group. They got many questions of how
to----and how The Parent Support Group serves to teach parents signs, symptoms
of use, self care---and then some will ready themselves for public education to
do MOAR. Members reviewed Recovery Month Planning for The State House. An
afternoon public forum with focus on The National Treatment Plan drew a very
positive response. Discussion moved to
A W MA Recovery Month activity, such as a Phoenix Academy Celebration, Recovery
Walk, and a local hospital grand
rounds. Peter Crumb thanked MOAR
supporting The October 12 Adolescent Focused Western MA Substance
Abuse School Counselor’s Association Conference
July 11 Boston
Attendees Kick Off Recovery Month Planning--- September 26!
Joe Kelleher, John Frazier, Susan Decolaines, Dana Moulton, Tom Delaney, Amos Marshall, Linda Carter, Jim Carroll, Lisa Clark, Greg Arsenault, John MacIsaac, Marc Bell, Yvette Benton Hill, Karen Pressman and Maryanne Frangules reviewed date – September 26- for State House Recovery Day Celebration. CSAT Director Westley Clark to keynote one MOAR time! The Improbable Players will perform again! A Public Dialogue inviting communities to utilize the CSAT Sponsored: Changing The Conversation: The National Treatment for Addiction Treatment Recovery. Our Recovery Month Brochure design brainstormed. Matt Green of Sameem Associates leads this effort. Members reviewed revised mission/vision statement by Joe, Susan, Dana, and Greg with suggestions---to be reviewed by you!
MOAR Takes on Adolescent
Recovery Support Issues as a Major Focus
MOAR has been attending three regional – Boston, Worcester, and Florence youth focused human service interagency meetings across the state. The focus is to derive an interagency approach towards addressing the gaps in services with a working continuum of care. Parent support group and school counselor participation in The Florence meetings have brought a real hands on approach to the issue. In fact, Diane Kurtz , W MA Parent Support Group volunteer facilitator and Bob Pisani, Phoenix Academy Director will come to the Worcester meeting. Maryanne Frangules is working with DYS Coordinator Tricia Woods to start a Lowell meeting. You are invited.
Tanyss Martula
attends National Co-Occurring Disorders Meeting
Tanyss
Martula, West.MA MOAR member, attended a Washington, D.C, June 5th SAMHSA meeting of about 25 consumer
advocates from all over the U.S. The session was called "Consumer,
Survivors, Persons in Recovery and Family Members Discussion Groups" (from
the areas of both addiction and mental health). The first part of the
five hour meeting focused on the use of the Internet as a tool for
recovery/advocacy organizations as well as for helping recovering people seek
information and resources. An energetic discussion ensued around the table.
Approximately 5 "best"
Internet sites were also critiqued by the participants and it was noted that
links to information on addiction should be added to the depression web sites.
Consensus: it is human beings in relationship that create healing and
recovery and technology is limited. The facilitated meeting allowed
participants to share responses re: consumer involvement in managed care and state health care reforms.
Barriers to consumer involvement were discussed and activities, as MOAR's
Recovery Day, that build consumer participation/reduce stigma.
On that note, MOAR thanks Tanyss, Joe
Kelleher, and John Frazier for representing MOAR at conferences and activities
sponsored by MBHP-The Partnership,
EAPA, CASA , and New England Problems on Compulsive Gambling Conference.
A MOAR significant
issue: Movement to change the current CORI regulations is positive.
So You are MOAR wanted,
Maryanne Frangules, MOAR Project Coordinator,
617-423-6627, MOARFran@aol.com
Funding
The MOAR News mailing, 07/11 edition, is from
the MOAR membership organization fundraising activities MOAR , is a NEAAR affiliate, grantee #
1KD1TI11642 through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, USDHHS and receives support from MA DPH/BSAS through AdCare Educational
Institute. The contents are
solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official
views of CSAT/Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment/SAMHSA and MA DPH/BSAS.
MOAR Sincerely, Maryanne Frangules, MOAR Project
Coordinator, 617-423-6627
Funding The MOAR News mailing, 03/09 edition, is from MOAR fundraising activities MOAR , is a NEAAR affiliate, grantee # 1KD1TI11642 through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, USDHHS. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the agency. CSAT/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/SAMHSA