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Recovery Ambassador Workshop

March 29, 2008
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
6145 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114
$45 includes lunch and all workshop materials (scholarships available)
Offered in conjunction with the Johnson Institute

Be part of the New Recovery Movement
The New Recovery Movement is an army of people in recovery, their families and allies, who are changing public attitudes towards addiction, treatment and recovery. They see discrimination against people with addiction disease as a civil rights issue and are committed to advocating for fair treatment.

Recovery Ambassadors is a leadership training program designed to change the way Americans view addiction. More than 3,000 Americans that have recovered from alcoholism and other drug addictions are receiving leadership training in this exciting initiative. Recovery Ambassadors training prepares people in recovery, family members and other supporters to advance public understanding and appropriate responses to chemical dependency.

Featured speakers

• Johnny Allem, president of the Johnson Institute
• John de Miranda, board member of Faces and Voices of Recovery
• Renee Zito, director of alcohol and drug programs for the State of California
• Regina Nolte-Ware, a graduate of Second Chance's STRIVE program and member of the board of directors.

All members of the community are invited to come and learn about

• Finding Activists, Learn to "be a detective" and find people like you.
• Building a Message, Learn how your positive message can benefit the entire community.
• Organize Volunteers, Learn how to assess your core organizers into becoming your group's "central nervous system."
• Talk to Policy Makers, Learn why people in recovery can use their special influence to make a positive difference with others. How to prepare for media interviews and how to take advantage of the media's special influence.
• How to Raise Money, Take the fear out of fundraising. Find people with money. Find out what they want to hear. Tell them what they want to hear. Ask for their money.
• Team Renewal, Learn how to fight complacency NOW! Learn how successful groups constantly recruit, train, grow and change with the times.

Sponsors include

• Second Chance
• County of San Diego Alcohol & Drug Services
• Practical Recovery
• Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)
• A New PATH
• The Drug Policy Alliance

Rebecca Williamson will be happy to answer specific questions about the Recovery Ambassador Workshops.

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