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SUMMARY:Recovery Month 2025 Kickoff Luncheon!
DESCRIPTION:SAMHSA and it’s national and local partners such as Faces & Voices of Recovery and DC Recovery Community Alliance are once again relentless with their objective to stamp out substance use disorders and they have proven that acknowledgement and recognition are key to this major effort. That is why on Thursday\, September 4\, 2025 at Union Station in Washington\, D.C.\, Faces & Voices of Recovery and Mobilize Recovery hosted the Recovery Month Kick-Off Luncheon. With numerous guest speakers such as Anna Jones\, a Faces & Voices Board Member and Community Liaison at Community Bridges\, Inc. and Congressman Paul Tonko\, New York’s 20th Congressional District and Co-Chair of the Congressional Addiction\, Treatment\, and Recovery Caucus\, the event was well-received by the community\, federal and local partners\, and their sponsors. \nThe two-hour event spotlighted the continual strides made with the power of recovery and celebrated with the Ramstad/Kennedy Award those individuals who have demonstrated their fierce leadership in support of recovery efforts made nationally and locally. \nWell done Faces & Voices of Recovery and Mobilize Recovery and thanks to DC Recovery Community Alliance for your consistent participation in special events like the National Recovery Kick-Off Luncheon. \nDC Recovery Community Alliance\nPeer Operated Center\n5656A 3rd Street\, NE\nWashington\, DC 20011\n(202) 916-5592
URL:https://dcrecovery.org/event/recovery-month-2025-kickoff-luncheon/
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SUMMARY:Mobilize Recovery - Women's Empowerment 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join DC Recovery Community Alliance and their faithful community partners at the 2nd Annual Women’s Empowerment Summit on September 18\, 2025 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. The event will be held at DC Recovery’s Peer Operated Center located at 5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E. Washington\, D.C. 20011. \nThe Speakers and Community Partners’ mission is to inspire those who are on their journey and provide these heroes with the resources they need to live full\, productive\, and healthy lives. \nDC Recovery Community Alliance\nThe Peer Operated Center Hall\n5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E.\nWashington\, DC 20011\n(202) 916-5592\nwww.dcrecovery.org
URL:https://dcrecovery.org/event/mobilize-recovery-womens-empowerment-2025/
LOCATION:DC Recovery Peer Operated Center\, 5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E.\, Washington\, DC\, 20011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Recovery Forum: Avenues To Recovery
DESCRIPTION:  \nOn September 23rd from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm\, The Opioid Response  Network (ORN) in partnership with The Recovery Advocacy Project and Mobilize Recovery hosted a regional summit at the historical Miracle Theatre located at 538 8th Street\, S.E. Washington D.C. 20003. \n\n8:30am – Check In\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:00am – 9:30am\nDr. Barbara Bazron\, Director\, DC Dept of Behavioral Health\nOpening Remarks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:30am – 10:50am \nDr. Deborah Rose\n\n\nNeurobiology of Addiction: Understanding the Brain to Support Recovery\n\nThis talk will discuss the brain-based mechanisms that drive addiction and influence the path to recovery. Dr. Deborah Rose\, a behavioral neurologist\, breaks down how changes in reward\, stress\, and executive function circuits contribute to compulsive substance use\, and how those same circuits can be reshaped through treatment\, connection\, and recovery. The goal is to offer a deeper understanding of what people struggling with addiction are up against\, and how we can better support their recovery. Addiction is not a failure of willpower\, but a treatable brain disease with multiple pathways to healing.\n\n\n\nBreak – 10mins\n\n11:00am – 12:20pm\nDr. Shekila Melchior\nA Somatic Approach to Treating Co-Occurring Disorders\n\nThis session explores how somatic approaches can enhance treatment for individuals navigating substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Attendees will learn how the autonomic nervous system shapes symptoms and how trauma manifests in the body. The presenter will introduce Somatic Experiencing as a modality\, with an emphasis on integrating somatic practices into culturally responsive care. Participants will also engage in brief experiential activities to gain practical tools for supporting clients on their healing journey. \nLunch 12:20 – 1pm  \n1pm – 2pm\nAnna Mable Jones\, Donald Whitehead and Mark Lassiter\nRecovery Panel: Avenues to Recovery \nBreak – 10mins \n2:10pm – 2:45pm\nLive Long DC\nOpioid Strategy Group Lead Reports \n2:45pm – 3pm\nChad Jackson \n\nOpioid Abatement\, Innovations in Recovery \n\n\n\n \n3pm – 4pm\nPaolo del Vecchio\, former Director\, Dept of Recovery\, SAMHSA\nRecovery Finds A Way\n\nHope is the catalyst of our individual and collective recovery journeys.  How can we nurture and grow hope for those we work with and for ourselves particularly during challenging times?  How can we model and mentor others to foster hope and recovery?  Are there universal and selected approaches with specific populations?  This session will explore these and other questions in an interactive and narrative format.  Find out how you can keep hope alive!\n \n4pm – 4:30pm\nOpioid Response Network \nClosing Remarks
URL:https://dcrecovery.org/event/recovery-forum-avenues-to-recovery/
LOCATION:Miracle Theatre\, 538 8th Street\, S.E.\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Variety Show - Nella B. and The Noise
DESCRIPTION:    \nThey performed!!! The great blues band Nella B. and The Noise tore the roof off at Raisin’ da Bottom’s Variety Show at DC Recovery Community Alliance. If you missed it…you missed it Saturday\, September 27th. Their blues vocals\, the guitar-playing\, the keyboarding\, the drumming\, and the bass playing were all exceptional! Just check out this video of one of their jazzy performances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPp8AjbQXXk. \nTobal daGriot (Raisin’ da Bottom) is working hard to get them back because the audience had an amazing time and is already asking for their return so don’t miss out. The doors open at 4:00 pm and showtime is from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. So\, when they return come grab a seat! Grab some snacks! And\, bring your fellowship and blues swag deeply rooted in the Chicago-Mississippi-St. Louis-Memphis-Nawlins blues vibe. \nHope to see you soon! \nPresented By: Raisin’ da Bottom Productions \nHosted By: Tobal daGriot \nVariety Show Location and Sponsored By:\nDC Recovery Community Alliance\nThe Peer Operated Center Hall\n5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E.\nWashington\, DC 20011\n(202) 916-5592\nwww.dcrecovery.org \nUpcoming 2025 Variety Shows\nThe last Saturday of every month. \nTo accomplish such meaningful purpose while uplifting one another is always the way to go.
URL:https://dcrecovery.org/event/the-variety-show-nella-b-and-the-noise/
LOCATION:DC Recovery Peer Operated Center\, 5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E.\, Washington\, DC\, 20011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mobilize Recovery - Pathways To Recovery
DESCRIPTION:Join DC Recovery at their Peer Operated Center for “Pathways To Recovery”\, a Mobilize Recovery Day of Service event. This event is in honor of National Recovery Month and spotlights those who are empowered to promote change and advancement for the community through their expertise on substance use disorders and full-term recovery. \nDC Recovery Community Alliance\nThe Peer Operated Center Hall\n5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E.\nWashington\, DC 20011\n(202) 916-5592\nwww.dcrecovery.org
URL:https://dcrecovery.org/event/20784/
LOCATION:DC Recovery Peer Operated Center\, 5656-A 3rd Street\, N.E.\, Washington\, DC\, 20011\, United States
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