Last Updated: 12/11/04

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       Changing community attitudes regarding alcohol and other drugs

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Greater Flint Project Vox, Inc. revises mission and vision statements

Mission: Speak out about the public health crisis of the disease of addiction to alcohol and other drugs and to end the stigma of, and discrimination toward, people afflicted with these diseases.

Vision: To achieve sensible public health strategies and social understanding of these diseases resulting in a just response to this crisis, emphasizing the availability of medical and mental health services for addicts and their families.

 

bullet  Nominations to Faces & Voices of Recovery Board of Directors

Faces & Voices of Recovery invites and encourages interested individuals to apply for a position on our Board of Directors.

 

bullet Speaker Training

Greater Flint Project Vox, Inc. is offering training classes to anyone interested in developing oral presentation skills and knowledge of computerized equipment used in the delivery of PowerPoint presentations. Click above to learn more.

bulletFlint Project Vox, Inc.

Flint's Board of Directors assembled an Ad Hoc committee for the purpose of reviewing community initiatives for Flint Project Vox, Inc.  The committee is comprised of Vox advocates and members of the Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force from the Greater Flint Health Coalition.  Keep posted for more news.

 

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Message from Advocates in Marquette

Advocates from Marquette,  Michigan are alive and swinging.  Click above to read the exciting  recovery news in the UP.  From Hometown parades to Celebrate Recovery Walks in Lansing, these folks are on the move!  

bulletProject Vox Guest Writer

In her newest article, it's a good Life, Pam Heany shares her insights regarding our culture that encourages the use of addictive products yet penalizes those who acquire the disease.   

bullet Soberfest '04  Pictures 

They're Here!  Pictures of the 2004 Soberfest and Recovery Walk can know be seen by clicking above.  Soberfest organizers claim best year ever with over 1200 visitors.

 

bulletBusiness Cost Calculator

Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC, provides research-based information and tools to help curb the avoidable health care and other costs associated with alcohol use and improve access to treatment for Americans who need it.  The website offers a calculator for employers who want to know the extent of the problem and their cost for untreated addiction.

www.ensuringsolutions.org

 

bullet Action Alert

Ask your representative to not support HR 52: the proposal to reduce the beer tax by 50 percent.  Take action by clicking on the following sites: 

Selecting the following will take you out of the Project Vox website. 

Legislative Action: http://capwiz.com/jto/home/

State Action:

http://www.jointogether.org/sa/action/state/mi/

 

"The community cannot support what it cannot see"!

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