Title
Recovery All Star Awards and Recovery Forum (SAMHSA Sponsored)
City
Seattle
Description
On September 28, 2004 all Washington residents will celebrate the power recovery when they attend an All Stars Awards Ceremony for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Providers that have rendered outstanding service to the community. The annual awards ceremony will be held at the Urban Horticulture Center at the University of Washington and will be followed by a half-day Recovery Forum, featuring, county, local and state leaders and champions of the belief that recovery works. The forum will address some of the key themes in the recovery community and the public at large including destigmatization, trauma and integration. The forum will also offer participants an idea of the latest innovations and will help put a face on the voices of recovery. This is an event not to be missed!
Date
September 28, 2004
Type of Event
Awards Ceremony and Educational Forum
Location
Urban Horticulture Center, University of Washington
Program Agenda
Who Should Participate
Recovery community members, their friends, families, treatment providers, government officials working in the recovery community.
Expected Number of Participants
200 +
Invited Officials/Presenters
Various local, state and national dignitaries
Primary Contact
Roger Goodman
Address
1200 Fifth Ave., Suite 600, Seattle, Washington
Phone Number
206-267-7099
Email Address
rogerg@kcba.org
County Commissioner Proclamation
Port Angeles
County Commissioners will proclaim September as the Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month in Clallam County.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Proclamation
Clallam County Courthouse
Clallam County Treatment Providers
20
Clallam County Commissioners
Florence Bucierka
Dept. of Health & Human Services
(360) 417-2366
fbucierka@co.clallam.wa.us
Secondary Contact
Barbara Uhl Meyer
(360) 417-2417
bmeyer@co.clallam.wa.us
Hands Across the Bridge
Vancouver/Portland
On Labor Day, hundreds of Oregon and Washington residents will celebrate recovery from alcohol and drug addiction when they join hands to span the Interstate 5 Bridge connecting the states of Oregon and Washington. The third annual Hands Across the Bridge event, set for 10-noon on Monday, Sept. 6, with ceremonies on both the Portland and Vancouver sides of the Columbia, kicks off National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Last years event drew around 500 participants whose lives had been touched by addiction and recovery. This years event will be followed by a Recovery Rocks Celebration, with food, entertainment, booths, games and more! This event is sponsored by: The Recovery Association Project (RAP), Central City Concern, Oregon Partnership, Asian/Pacific American Community Support & Service Association (APACSA)
September 6 2004
Washington residents: The Quay 100 Columbia St. Vancouver, WA Oregon residents: Doubletree Jantzen Beach 909 N Hayden Island Dr. Portland, OR
10:00-10:05-Welcome 10:05-10:15-Prayer 10:15-10:25-Address 10:30-10:35-Bridge Song 10:35-10:40-Proclamation 10:40-10:50-Serenity Prayer and Drummers 11:00-12:00-Walk to Bridge RECOVERY ROCKS CELEBRATION!!!
Recovery community members, their friends and families, treatment providers, government officials working in addiction recovery programs
700 - 1000
Rev. Pastor Hardy Rev. Terry Moe Red Land Singers- Native American Drumming Group Other speakers to be announced! Drug Free Workplace Speakers, Tidewater Tug Boats, Oregon National Guard-Counter Drug Team,
Patty Katz, Washington
1701 Broadway #AA, Vancouver, WA 98663
WA-360.903.4645
Patty.katz@apacsa.org
Lousie Wedge, Oregon
1903 SE Ankeny Portland, OR 97214
OR-503.318.0634
lwedge@pointshare.net
Web Site
http://www.rap-nw.org
Community Open House
An Open House for the community and other interested persons. To celebrate National Recovery Month and make people aware of services we offer.
Open House
621 34th Ave
Open House, Facility Tour and refreshments.
Madronna community members.
Local politicians and state officials.
Jeff Bott
206-860-2622
jbott@genesishouse.com
Recovery Month Forum
1. Community Forum to discuss the personal process of Recovery De-stigmatize people in recovery. Celebrate strength, hope and faith, as well as achievments in a community wide forum.
September 24th, 2004
Community Event
The 2100 Building 2100 24th Ave S. Seattle, WA 98144 At Rainier and S. Walker Bus: #7, 9, 42, 48
Events Programs JOIN THE VOICES FOR RECOVERY NOW! COMMUNITY FORUM Friday, September 24th 2004, 3:30 pm 7:30 pm 3:30 pm Welcome & Representative Pettigrews Opening Remarks 3:45 pm Recovery Speaker - Joyce Walker: Stigmas and the journey Keeping focused on recovery 4:10 pm Panel 1: Perspectives of Recovery (3 panelists) Dialogue will be created with regard to recovery as a personal process and how each persons journey can vary based on culture, their meaning of recovery, and the different recovery paths they were chosen. TBA Roxanne White Nhuong Nguyen 4:35 pm 4:45 pm Break 4:45 Panel 2: Allies/Supporters for Recovery (3 panelists) Providers, Ministry, Employers discuss what do they do to support people in recovery? What resources they could you use to keep their support to recovering communities strong? What could we envision together to create stronger support networks for more successes like these? John Taylor - Seattle Conservation CORPS Roberto Gallegos Recovery Centers of King County Pastor Donald Jackson Miracle Temple Ministries 5:10 pm Recovery Speaker Minister Jimmy Davis Christian Restoration Center Shares his personal recovery perspective from drug addiction and incarceration to his religious recovery experience. 5:35 pm Break 5:45 pm Panel 3: Meet the Families - Family members of people in recovery share their experience of how their loved ones recovery impacted their lives and how. Amira Messiah Pam Artisan Panelist TBA 6:10 pm Recovery Speaker 3 Slim Belcher Kent Regional Justice Center One of the first African American counselors in Seattle that substance abusers and inmates could relate to. Currently he is a provider at Kent Regional Justice Center. 6:30 pm DAdre Cunningham The Public Defenders Association How do Buy/Bust Tactics affect our communities? Whats a possible solution? 6:45 pm Willie Rae Robinson Justice Works! What can stop the revolving door from the streets to incarceration and back? 6:55 pm A Taste of Prison Combined skit to show the rates of incarceration, who is incarcerated and what is working to keep people whole and safely journeying to a place of productivity and shows what place harm reduction has in the recovery process for people - Justice Works! and Breaking the Chains Focus on Freedom. 7:15 pm Closing Remarks, mingling, and networking at resource tables 7:30 pm
Special shuttle for homeless substance abusing individuals. People in transition People in recovery specifically from communities of color.
100
State representative Eric Pettigrew. D'Adre Cunningham - The Public Defenders Association - How do Buy / Bust tactics affect our communities? What's a possible solution? More presenters: Joyce Walker, Roxance White, Nhuong Nguyen, John Taylor-Seattle Conservation CORPS, Roberto Gallegos- Recovery Centers of King County, Pastor Donald Jackson- Miracle Temple Ministries, Minister Jimmy Davis-Christian Restoration Center, Slim Belcher - Kent Regional Justice Center, Willie Rae Robinson - Justice Works, Breaking the Chains Focus on Freedom staff and families of people in recovery.
Michelle DiMiscio
2200 Rainier Ave S.
206.322.7061 x243
rachel@pocaan.org
206.322.7061
michelle@pocaan.org
As The Journey Unfolds......Circle of Friends
Spokane/Airway Heights
As the Journey Unfolds, The Kalispel Tribes Camas Institute, Invites You and Your Family and Friends To attend an afternoon of celebration, Commemorating; National Native American Wellbriety Month. Scheduled events include: Opening Ceremony A prayer in honor of our Creator A reading of the Kalispel Tribes proclamation, honoring recovery month A tribal Members recovery story Video Tribal Journey to Tulalip, 2003 Healing Through Unity A pot luck dinner (Please RSVP) with an award for the best Fry Bread The Main dish will be supplied by Camas Institute (Es dumplings & Tim Ps BBQ Salmon) Pot Luck begins at 2:30 pm A wisdom circle, in which we seek feedback from the community on issues related to substance abuse treatment and prevention Closing Ceremony A prayer in which we ask our Creator for Courage, Strength, Wisdom, and Guidance in the upcoming year Honored Guests will include: You and Your Family Tribal Elders, Spiritual Elders, and Tribal Members David C Bonga Esq., President of Camas Institute Events begin at 12:00 pm and end at 6:00 pm on Friday, September 24th. To RSVP for the pot luck, or for more information, Please call 1-800-561-7714 or (509)456-0799. Camas Institute, 934 S. Garfield Rd., Airway Heights, WA 99001
Ceremony/Testimony/Video/Pot Luck/Wisdom Circle
Camas Institute, 934 S. Garfield Rd., Airway Heights, WA 99001
1200 Opening Ceremony A prayer in honor of our Creator A reading of the Kalispel Tribes proclamation, honoring recovery month A tribal Members recovery story Video Tribal Journey to Tulalip, 2003 Healing Through Unity A pot luck dinner (Please RSVP) with an award for the best Fry Bread The Main dish will be supplied by Camas Institute (Es dumplings & Tim Ps BBQ Salmon) Pot Luck begins at 2:30 pm A wisdom circle, in which we seek feedback from the community on issues related to substance abuse treatment and prevention 6:00 Closing Ceremony A prayer in which we ask our Creator for Courage, Strength, Wisdom, and Guidance in the upcoming year
You and your families, Neighboring Tribal Elders and Members, Inland Northwest Community members at Large, Treatment Providers, Probation representatives from surrounding communities, Educators, law enforcement officials and more.
75-100
Dave Bonga, President Camas Institute, Kalispel Tribe, Kalispel Tribal Elders, and community members, Spokane City Counsel, Airway Heights City Counsel, Fairchild Air Force Base Officials.
Joseph Waner
509-456-0799
jwaner@camasinstitute.com
Ricki Haugen
rhaugen@camasinstitute.com
http://camasinstitute.com
Toppenish
Yakama Indian Nation Comprehensive Alcoholism Program is sponsoring a two-day wellness conference
September 1-2, 2004
Conference
20 Gunnyon Road Toppenish 98948
-Healing Across Generations -Healing Grief -How Drugs Keep Their Sobriety -Wellness/Co-Occurring Disorders -Effects of Alcohol on Children and Families -Teach Discipline Techniques -Parents Raising Children with FAS/FAE
200
Patricia Ike
20 Gunnyon Road, Toppenish, WA 98948
(509) 865-5121 x4459
patriciaike@hotmail.com
The Tenth Annual Youth Treatment Conference
Randall
This conference is geared toward alcohol and other drug treatment counselors who work with youth, as well as other interested individuals. The conference registration fee is $85.
Saturday, September 25, 2004 -- Monday, September 27, 2004
Cispus Learning Center, 2142 Cispus Road
100+
Judi Bixby
Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers, Inc., 10322 NE 132nd St., Kirkland WA 98034-2829
(425) 823-3116
bixbyj@lakesidemilam.com
Drug & Alcohol Recovery Month
Cathlamet
I have been asked to give an overview of what Wahkiakum Co. is doing to support Alcohol and drug Recovery Month. What we are doing is offering free assessments to self referred individuals who complete their assessment in the month of September, and running the proclamation in the local paper the Eagle and along with this we are doing a series of 5 articles, one each week that include: September 2nd- The CAGE a quick Alcohol Screening device for self identification of potential alcohol problems. September 9th- Article on FAS to support Sept 9th, FAS Day September 16th-History of treatment in Wahkiakum Co. September 23rd- Overview of our Co-Occurring Disorders Program. September 30th- Introduction of Wahkiakum Chemical Dependency Staff, short Autobiographies. We are happy to support Drug and Alcohol Recovery Month and strive to make everyday Alcohol and Drug recovery day for our clients and their families. We appreciate the opportunity to support Governor Locke and this vital cause. Phillip Bettin, CDP, NCAC II Lead Counselor, Wahkiakum Chemical Dependency
Please see Description of Event
42 Elochoman Valley Rd. Cathlamet, WA 98612
1,700 subscribers to the newspaper
Phillip Bettin, CDP, NCAC II
360.795.8630
bettinp@co.wahkiakum.wa.us
"Straight Talk -- What Recovering Parents Should Tell Their Kids About Drugs and Alcohol"
Claudia Black, PhD, MSW will deliver this public presentation. The focus is to inform parents in recovery regarding communication with their kids about alcohol and other drugs. Parents, counselors, prevention professionals, and the general public are invited. Registration for continuation education credits (2 CEUs) begins at 6:30 PM.
Monday, September 13, 2004, 7 PM to 9 PM
Free lecture
University of Washington Husky Union Building (HUB) Auditorium, Seattle. Directions are located at http://depts.washington.edu/sauf/hub/directions/php or call the Visitor's Center at 206-543-9198. Parking is available at Padelford Hall across from the HUB.
Pamela Buck
The Meadows, 553 West Wickenburg Way, Wickenburg ZA
800-688-3377
pbuck@themeadows.org
Let's Talk! Introducing Friends and Loved Ones to Recovery.
Vancouver
A community forum about the realities of getting help for friends and loved ones involved in substance abuse. You'll hear from professionals and community members that have helped others get into recovery. There will also be a resource fair featuring local resources.
Friday, September 17, 2004; 6-9pm
Community Forum
Southwest Washington Medical Centers Health Education Center (corner of 92nd Ave. and Mill Plain. Park in the parking garage.
Keynote Speaker Panel Guest Speaker Breakout Groups Resource Fair
Panel will be made up of individuals (spouse, friend, faith community, treatment agency, self help group and parent) that will talk about their experience in helping someone into recovery - the challenges and successes.
150
TBA
Pamela Dailey
1610 C St., Vancouver WA
360.397.2130
pamela.dailey@clark.wa.gov
Barbara Gerrior
barbara.gerrior@clark.wa.gov
ACORN Clean and Sober Dance
This is a clean and sober dance for individuals who are in recovery from drugs/alcohol. A live Vietnamese band will be performing.
9/17/04
Clean and Sober dance
International District/Chinatown Community Center 719 8th Ave South
A live Vietnamese band will be performing.
Asian Pacific Islanders in recovery and their family/support persons
Orn Phin
720 8th Ave South, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104
206-774-2428
ornp@acrs.org
Miae Christofferson
8th Ave South, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104
206-774-2425
miaec@acrs.org
Healing Lodge of the 7 Nations 4th Annual Sobriety Pow Wow
Spokane
This event will honor previous board members; have activities for youth such as a tiny tots dance, and a teen dance competition. Dinner will be provided from 5-6pm
9/11/04
5600 8th Avenue
300
George Nethercutt, State Representative
Victor LaSarge
5600 8th Avenue, Spokane, WA
(509) 533-6910 x261
victor@healinglodge.org
