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Carrie Blake selected as RI Delegate for the A&E Recovery Project

Carrie Blake will join delegates from across the country and thousands of others at the 2010 Rally for Recovery "hub event" in Philadelphia on September 25th. This year’s hub event is being hosted by PRO-ACT, a southeastern Pennsylvania recovery organization, and is sponsored by A&E. Carrie is the former director of RICARES, and she was instrumental in helping to develop MARCAP, which is the RI Chapter of the National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery Advocates. Carrie has made numerous presentations on recovery topics throughout New England, including several programs inside the correctional facility, as well as co-presented at the AATOD Conference on "Reawakening The Creative Spirit in the Opioid Dependent Person." Carrie and four other RI recovery advocates--Dan Fitzpatrick, Gail DeWitt; Neil Corkery and Lori Dorsey--were nominated to represent Rhode Island by a local three-person panel, including a representative from BHDDH (formerly MHRH), one from Faces & Voices, and last year’s RI delegate, Jim Gillen of The Providence Center. All nominees meet A&E’s criteria for a delegate: they exemplify long-term recovery, help raise awareness that recovery works, and share their perspectives and stories of recovery. A&E made the final selection from among this talented and dedicated group of advocates. All will be recognized at the RI Rally for Recovery on September 11th. Be sure to come and help us congratulate them!

Link to A&E’S Article

 

 

Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to Join Rally Lineup of Speakers

Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has graciously accepted our invitation to participate in the RI Rally for Recovery and joins a growing list of impressive speakers. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President, was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation’s drug control program. Learn more about Director Kerlilowske. You will not want to miss him!

Link to National Drug Control Policy

 

 

The 2010 Recovery Quilt will be on display at the following sites:

Coventry Senior Center: August 11 - 17

St. Ann's Church, Cranston: August 18 - 25

West Warwick Senior Center: August 25 – September 2

Miriam Hospital: September 3 – September 10

Recovery Rally, Roger Williams Memorial National Park: September 11

Nickerson House: September 14 - 21

Friendship Café, Friendship St., Providence: September 24