c/o Boston
ASAP 3rd floor 30 Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108
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 i Court Disagrees with CORI Lifetime Career
Barriers – Stay Posted!
First Annual Statewide
Membership Meeting –
Worcester - September 10, 6:30 to
9 PM,
Thayer Auditorium, Community
HealthLink
with MA DPH Commissioner Howard Koh and
Rep. Ben Swan,
~ October 29 ,5:30,Club
Drugs –Signs, Symptoms, Strategies for Families
with Tina Murphy,
from The District Attorney’s Office,
Phoenix House
iLowell ~ September
12, 10:00 AM –3:00 Pm, Events Room,C1,
Music at the Gazebo,
sponsored by AdCare Hospital, at Tewksbury Hospital
iBoston ~ September 12,
3:30 PM, Atrium 1, Faulkner Hospital
October 3, 3:30 PM, Atrium
1, Faulkner Hospital
iNew Bedford ~ September 21,
10:00 Am to 12 PM, Reflections Open House
497 Bellville
Ave., sponsored with AdCare Hospital
iWorcester ~ October 23, 6:45
PM, AdCare Hopital , Room B,107 Lincoln
St.
September is National
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Theme: “We Recover
Together: Family, Friends, and Community”
Celebrating The Positive Value of Recovery to Society!
State House Date : September 26, 2001, Boston
Recovery Walk, Meet at City Hall Plaza, 8:00
AM
State House Proximity, 9:00 Am, Greetings, City of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
and Boston favorite,
Jimmy Tingle (schedule permitting)
And H. Westley Clark, MD,
JD, Director:Center of Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Deborah Klein
Walker, Associate Commissioner, MA Department of Public Health,
Acting Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Director, The Improbable Players, Policymakers, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Families, Friends, and Community
1 to 3 PM Town
Meeting Dialogue: Let’s Work Together to
Make The
.
CSAT
National Treatment Plan to Change The Conversation about Addiction
Treatment/Recovery Work facilitated
with the above by Judah Abdul
Dorrington, MS and LaVerne Saunders, MS with policymakers, providers, and
YOU-
persons in recovery, friends, family, community
Breakfast & Lunch Sponsored
by AdCare Hospital & MA Behavioral Health Partnership
CSAT National
Treatment Plan is being Introduced
to Change The Conversation about Addiction
The Voice of Recovery is Needed to
Influence The National Treatment Plan,
To Create
Change in Attitudes – Convincing the public that recovery is possible to reduce
stigma and
discrimination of people in recovery
No Wrong Door for Treatment – Referrals to treatment from any
point of the
healthcare, criminal justice, social service system.
Commitment to Quality – Training of professionals
representative of our diverse
culture, responsive to people searching for recovery
Genuine Partnerships –
Strengthening relationships with treatment, research,
recovery
community, --- and all communities
to improve
treatment and policies.
Investment for Results – Development of a
standard insurance benefit package.
MOAR Friends Sponsored
Recovery Month Events
for You to Attend
Tewksbury Hospital Campus
Events
9/13
- Substance Abuse Lecture
Series, MOAR information distributed
9/21
- Improbable Players, 7PM-8:30 PM, Old Chapel
Sober Dance at Old Chapel to
Follow with MOAR Sponsorship
9/24
- Campus Open House – One day
during week
Springfield Events by
SOURCE* with MOAR Sponsorship
9/6
- Mayor Albano Proclaims
September to be Recovery Month
He is joined by
Chicopee and Holyoke Mayors.
9/8
- The Body and Recovery
– Free Health Checks at Ames Dept
Store, Chicopee
9/15 -
The Mind and Recovery - School System Presentations at Holyoke Mall
9/27-
The Social Aspects and Recovery – Support Services Dialogue, Tower
Square,
Springfield, 9 Am – 2 PM
For these events- please call
Delinda, at 413-782-7221
SOURCE=Saving Others Utilizing
Resources Collectively for Empowerment
New Bedford Events
9/26- New Bedford Candle Light Vigil
9/28- Prevention and Education Partnership
Luncheon - Wamsutta Club
New
Bedford Educational Television – Cable Access- Septemner 2001
September
All Month Long, What is MOAR,
NEAAR, Recovery Month ---
Starring Carl Alves, Dana Moulton,
Maryanne Frangules
for New Bedford Activities-
Please Call Carl at 508-997-905
Other Celebratory Events
9/14-
Recovery Home Collaborative Luncheon- Florian Hall, Dorchester
9/25-
Mental Health Substance Abuse Corporations of MA – Annual Meeting
MOAR Meeting Participants have been Planning Recovery Month
August 1 & 29 Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain attendees: Paul Carey, Greg Arsenault, Daniel Page, Jennifer Tripp, Jim La Prade, Ray Hoitt, R. Joshua Fulton.
Rodney Hart, Johnny Lelly, Elaine Appel, Roger Cram, Kattie Portis, Amos Marshall,
Dana Moulton, Karen Pressman, John Frazier, Tom Delaney, Joe Kelleher,
Valerie Hobson, Linda Carter
August 2 & 30, Phoenix House, Springfield, Donna Rivest, Tanyss Martula,
Diane Kurtz, Bill Sciturro, Neal Gaer, Bob Pisani, Ruth Jacobsen Hardy,
Karen Sullivan, Michael Donohoe, Nicole Roccapriore, Jodi Lucci, Michele Herbert,
Delinda Baymon- Dykes, Elaine Clarke, Chris Sears
July 24 & August 29, Worcester, Rich Harris, Margot Matthews, Ray Kosinski, Jeffrey Silkman, Dana Moulton, Joseph Martoccio, Rahim Al-Kaheem, Sheila Brousseau, Karen Hill, Autumn Choate, Debbie Bratton, Linda Lavalee, Laurie Chinko, Kevin Soucy, Michael Faunce, Stephen Hokawson, Cornell Reed, Donaeo Lucia, Pamela Moore, Rob Chilson, Pete McConville, Joe Carron, Maureen Buxton, Robert McGrathm, Bonnie Bruen, Patrick Smith, Buddy Brousseau, Joe Morin, Jack Maroney,
July 20, Lowell, Greg Baker, Janice Archer, Pierre Descoteaux, Noreen Mainguy,
Tricia Wood, Lisa Clark, Ken Powers, Dana Moulton, Mike Descoteaux
August 15, New Bedford, Denise Mandy, Frank Ferraro, David St.Cyr, Glen Crowley, Edward O’Neill, Robert Ewing, Robin DeForest, lauren Cresta, Angelika Goucher, David Walsh, James Eddy, Robert De Faria, Linda Demers, Claudia Jones
People in Recovery, Families, and Friends
Please Come!
All of the follwing have support from CSAT, AdCare Educational Institute,
Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, MA Department of Public Health
We thank Faulkner Hospital, Boston ASAP, Lowell House, Community HealthLink,
Phoenix House, Reflections. Tewksbury Hospital, AdCare Hospital for many
accomodations
A note of thanks to Sameem Associates for producing the
Recovery Month Educational Brochure with support from our many sponsors.
The Faces and Voices of Recovery: Visible, Vocal,
Valuable
We Recover Together:
Families, Friends, and Community
We can address the issues facing people in recovery, inclusive of families and friends in community. The concerns: Adolescent and Family Recovery Services, The CORI (Criminal Offender Report Information), ~ Affordable, safe, sober housing,
continuum of care access, insurance coverage, anonymity and advocacy,
So---Please come to:
First Annual MOAR Meeting
Organizing Statewide
Individuals
in Recovery, Families, and Friends Welcome
No Fee- Light
Refreshments, sponsored by AdCare Hospital
Keynote speakers: Deborah Klein
–Walker,Associate DPH Commissioner
David Mulligan-Stonehill College,
Public Policy Associate Professor
An Opportunity to Speak
to The Issues and Strategize The
Plans
Voices and Faces of Recovery –
Visible, Vocal, Valuable
Worcester - September 10, 6:30
to 9:00 PM,
Thayer Auditorium, Community HealthLink
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___________________________________________________________________
MOAR Recovery
Month Sponsored Events
People in Recovery,
Families, and Friends Please Come!
September 12- Tewksbury Hospital – Events Room C1- 1O AM,
A MOAR Gathering with
Music at The Gazebo Follows
sponsored by AdCare Hospital
September 19- MOAR and Phoenix
Academy- celebrate with
an Open House Joined by
MA DPH Commissioner, Howard
Koh, MD & Representative Ben Swan
1-3 PM, 33
Mulberry Street, Springfield
September 21-MOAR,
Reflections, AdCare Hospital
Celebrate with
an Open House at Reflections
Joined by Policymakers and
Friends, 10-Noon,
497
Bellville Ave, New Bedford
You
are wanted to Celebrate Recovery Month!
MOAR Sincerely, Maryanne Frangules, MOAR Project
Coordinator, 617-423-6627
Funding The MOAR News mailing 8/30//01 edition, is from MOAR fundraising activities, separate from project funding. MOAR , is a NEAAR affiliate, grantee # 1KD1TI11642 through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, USDHHS. and receives funding 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 the agency. CSAT/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/SAMHSA nor MA DPH/BSAS