--RECOVERY MONTH 2008--

ORGANIZING ACHIEVEMENTS
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• Released the first ever “Recovery Bill of Rights,” used in campaigns to empower people seeking recovery and their family members to get the help they need
• Launched Online Advocacy Action Center to inform recovery advocates about current issues and to make activism easier than ever
• Organized a National Call-In Day the day before the House voted to pass the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, generating over 3,500 phone calls to Capitol Hill
• Organized media, letter writing and call-in campaign to VH1 to protest the portrayal of people with addiction on “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS
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• Launched Addiction Recovery Insurance Equity Campaign to end health insurance discrimination against people with addiction
• Launched Recovery Voices Count, the organization’s 2008 Recovery Community Civic Engagement campaign to register voters, educate candidates and get-out-the-vote
• Organized New Hampshire Presidential Town Hall Meeting to educate voters and encourage candidates to adopt recovery-friendly public policies
• Waged a successful 2006 campaign to restore federal funding for the Recovery
Community Services Program
• Secured partial repeal of the ban on federal financial aid to students with drug convictions in coalition with allied organizations.
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~http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/pdf/Publications/LGI_Achievements.pdf
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~http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/