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MOAR  and  Friends  2020  Boston  Policy  Dialogue  for  2021 
To Invest in Quality Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery 
Faces and Voices for Recovery
“Visible, Vocal, Valuable, Virtual”
	
	Coping with COVID 19: Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery 
 Monday, March 23rd          6:00 to 7: 45 PM
      6:00 PM - Welcome to All; with Thank You to You by Maryanne Frangules, 
                                        MOAR Executive Director
      6:10 PM - Let’s Offer Some Spirituality 
                      with Father Joe White, Roman Catholic Archdiocese Recovery Services 

       6: 15 PM - Hear from Individual in Recovery –  Berto Sanchez, BPHC Overdose Prevention
    
      6:20 PM – Meet Deirdre Calvert, BSAS/DPH Director – State of State

      6:30 PM – Recovery Coaching introduced by Kim Krawczyk, MOAR Recovery Coach Supervisor 
                   Windia Rodriguez, Partners Health Care 
                   Katie O’ Leary, North Suffolk Mental Health Association 

      6:40 PM – City of Boston Recovery Services, Jennifer Tracey and Brendan Little –
                               State of The City 
      
      6:55 PM-  SOAR: Speaking Out for Addiction Recovery with Kirsten Doherty Building
             A SAMHSA RCSP – Recovery Community Services Program- Statewide Network
•	STEPRox Recovery Center
•	The Phoenix- Rise, Recover, Live 
•	Devine Recovery Center
•	St Francis House
•	North Suffolk 

      7:05 PM – Tom Coderre, SAMHSA New England Rep 
 
      7:10 PM – Representative Marjorie Decker,
                          Mental Health Substance Use Recovery Chair 

      7:15 PM – Senator John Keenan, Mental Health Substance Use Recovery CoChair  
                          Abby Kim, 

  7:20 PM - Hear from Treatment Providers and People Who are Experiencing Homelessness
             Emily Stewart, CASA Esperanza, CEO Andrea Farina, St Francis House 

7:30 PM – Hear from Helen Connolly, a Community Coalitions perspective
                Allston Brighton Substance Use Task Force Director 

7:35 PM – Dialogue with Direction with Directory of Resources             

  7:55PM - Summing It Up with Action!

The Long and Short Term Steps and Goals 

•	What is in place to spread prevention, support for persons in recovery 
•	How do we practice social distancing when we are in a world calling for social inclusion?. How to help those who are sick and homeless?
•	What does treatment look like now? 
•	What resources are available?
•	Impact on and of Recovery Centers 
•	Impact on Prevention and Coalitions
•	What legislative action do we need? 
•	What about protective garments?
•	What about Medication Assisted Treatment and Recovery  

  
   Long term     
Building The Means for Boston and Beyond with Action!
•	At Least 5 More Peer Recovery Centers as we SOAR building a                          Network of Recovery Community Organizations 
•	Enhance Role of The Recovery Coach, The Hospital, The Community
•	Improved Access to Treatment, The Full Spectrum
•	Enhancing Section 35 with treatment and recovery
•	Rehab vs Prison for Relapse when a Person is in Treatment
•	Support for ATR – Access to Recovery 
•	Value Role of Medication Assisted Treatment and Recovery
•	Increased Access to Recovery (ATR/STR) programs, Family Recovery, 
                  Recovery Centers, Workforce Development 
•	Building a Voice – Recovery Coach, MAT, Behavioral Health Prevention, Section 35    

   Join MOAR again on March 31, MOAR North Shore
                   April 6, MOAR Boston Action for Recovery
                   April 13, Statewide Town Hall Meeting 

                                                  Questions: Maryanne Frangules   
                                                    Maryanne@moar-recovery.org