c/o Boston ASAP 3^rd floor 30 Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108

June 6, 2001

h MOAR Website http://www.neaar.org/moar/- Pictures Wanted!

h MOAR applied with NEAAR for CSAT RCSP Grant

h MOAR’s Diane Kurtz and Tanyss Martula to Present at CSAT RCSP Forum

h MOAR co-sponsors W MA SA Counselor Forum on Youth – October 12

h CSAT National Recovery Month Planning – www.health.org/recoverymonth/2001

i NEIAS Summer School- Recovery Community Track- June 10-15

i CORI - Public Health Council Continues Emergency Regulations for 3 Months.

h CASA Day, June 15, U. Mass Boston, call Joe Kelleher, 617-332-8118

h NEAAR Recovery Celebration- Jiminy Peak- Hancock, MA – November 2-4

h Recovery Movement - Organizing for a National Voice- October 6 –8, Minneapolis

i Springfield – Help Plan Public forums Forum- June 28, 5:30 to 7:15 PM, Phoenix

House, 5 Madison Ave.

i Lowell ~ Housing, Coalition Building,- July 20, 10:30 AM, Tewksbury Hospital

i Boston ~ Recovery Month Planning - July11, , 3:30 PM , Atrium II, Faulkner

i New Bedford ~ MOAR Strategic Planning, June 27, 6 PM, Reflections, Bellville Ave.

i Worcester ~ Major Focus: Housing– Refreshments sponsored by AdCare Hospital.

Tuesday, June 26, 6:45 PM to 8:10 PM, cafeteria, 107 Lincoln St.

May 31, Springfield – Focus – Educating Communities, Making Change

Bill Sciturro, Diane Kurtz, Tanyss Martula, Ruth Jacobsen Hardy, Pete Crumb, George Thorn, Peggy Thorn, Karen Sullivan, and Maryanne Frangules followed up on community education and forum planning, Reviewed recent visit to a local hospital and college. This led to how "confidentiality"- the laws and confusion about laws to protect the patient can potentially harm a person struggling for recovery. Plans were made to follow up on "confidentiality" education and possibly include in The Western MA School Counselors Conference that MOAR will co-sponsor. The conference will actually be a

public forum based on the work of The SA Interagency Youth Task Force. Issues: Treatment gaps, Insurance Coverage, Crisis Team deficits, community linkages, education, advocacy, stigma. Everyone wanted to include policymaker education training. We reviewed possibilities of a Phoenix Academy Open House Forum.

Joe Kelleher, John Frazier, Ellen Radis, Susan Decolaines, Dana Moulton, Tom Delaney, Amos Marshall, Daniel Page, Lisa Edgerly, Greg Arsenault, John Kohler, and Maryanne Frangules reviewed tentative date – September 26- for State House Recovery Day Celebration. The Improbable Players will perform again! Maybe a Town Meeting in the 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.

Attendees: Kenneth Studman, Art Stone, Kelly Sousa, Joe Sousa, Joan Goding, Robert Faria, Manuel Martinez, Robert DeForest, Sharon Silvia, Moe Courtney, Edward O’Neill,

James Hunter, James Costello, Paul Pare, Michael Rodrigues, Amanda O’Malley, Stacie O’Donnell, Joseph Stack, Daniel Watson, Moe Hebert, and Sharon Richards highlighted issues; CORI, housing, criminal justice, youth, and transitional supports. They want

to Change the Conversation about addiction positively reinforcing recovery support

services as a value to society. Next meeting: June 27^th, Reflections, 6 PM. start planning!

Rich Harris, Isabella Arce, Pamela Mason, Tricia Wood, Rahim Al- Kaleem, Deborah Bratkon, Keri A Screz, Linda Lavallee, Cornell Reed, Steve H, Mike Faunce, Peter Mcconnell, Donna Lercer, Lori Achin, Bob Chilson, Autumn Choate, Joe Carrons, Bonnie Jean Bruen, Stephen Hokanson, Fred Raposa, Ray Kosinski, Leona Toedt, Steven Bilodeau, Robert Mcgrath, and Francine Harrison took the lack of safe,

supportive housing as the number one priority issue. Rahim emphasized the need to develop a social action plan. Thus, please come to June 26^th, 6:45 PM, AdCare Hospital.

Congressman Meehan’s office represented by assistant Bernadette Vasda , Lowell Sun, Latino Community News, Broadband TV were there for this Seminar! Representatives from housing coordinators, planners, and finance concerns facilitated a dialogue with Janice Archer, Pierre Descoteaux, Julia Sheehan, Asst BSAS Regional Director Jim Cremer, Ivelisse Alvarado, Daniel Roman, Karen Wheelden, Linda Estrella, Terry Prew, Lynn Sousa, Wendy Silverstei, Kim Fontz, Kathleen Walton, Ken Powers, Jackie Caron, Amelts Reilly, Allen Carol, Karl Johnson, Kathy Cuddi, Laurie Callahan, Jones WMF, D Farro, Vicki Fanney, Kasey Caillat, James McLaughlin, Jose Rodriguez, Margaret Chung, Bonnie Spicer, Christa McCaskell, Annie Sayers, Charlotte Herman, Dan Tibbetts, Sharon Gianakas, Debbie Murphy, and Kiki Shin. See Resource Flyer----and now – we need to find a way to create housing. This meeting was followed up with a Roundtable Discussion June 6^th and Youth Fair. July 20^th – Strategy Session/ Come!

You are MOAR wanted,

MOAR Sincerely, Maryanne Frangules, MOAR Project Coordinator, 617-423-6627