Recovery Alliance Initiative
Tom Edwards has extensive experience in the field of addiction recovery and community relations. Tom is the Founder and Board Chair of Recovery Alliance Initiative, a non-profit organization focused on lifelong recovery from substance use disorder. Additionally, Tom has held the title of Community Relations at Pavillon and served as a Board Member at Recovery Communities of North Carolina, where Tom is dedicated to promoting addiction recovery, wellness, and citizenship through advocacy, education, and support. Tom is passionate about creating a culture that supports addiction recovery and believes in celebrating the reality of recovery.
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Recovery Alliance Initiative
Recovery Alliance Initiative Awareness. Collaboration. Advocacy. Action. Goal: to introduce and establish meaningful connections in order to promote awareness and unify points along the continuum of the recovery experience. There are several identified areas of collaborative work, and each state summit will evaluate and adapt to their own needs as well as create state specific projects. What disciplines and systems will be involved? * Collegiate recovery communities/programs * University counseling centers * Graduate training programs * Professional monitoring organizations (overseeing wellness and recovery of physicians, dentists, lawyers, * pharmacists, nurses, etc) * Drug and Vet Courts * Therapists, counselors, advocacy groups and others who work with these organizations and the populations they serve * Law Enforcement * District Attorneys * Government (all levels) Agencies and Departments * Recovery Advocacy Groups * Researchers * Leaders in the Recovery Community, including friends and family * Recovery Schools * Prevention specialists Those involved in the Summits and Projects will: * Develop relationships toward collaboration across systems after the summit * Shape the direction of collaborative work and future Summits * Increase advocacy in your work and across the field, best supporting those we serve * Improve awareness of the philosophies, programs and practices in these allied systems, and benefit from educational efforts and resources