Metro-Atlanta Recovery Walk and Rally
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09/12/2009 10:30 AM
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09/12/2009 6:00 PM
In keeping with the spirit of the great Dr. King and his passion for leading civil rights marches and rallies, the Metro-Atlanta Recovery Connection (MARC), a coalition of recovery community organizations, treatment centers, healthcare organizations, service providers, and advocacy groups, will lead a group of people in recovery, their family members and allies on a one (1) mile Walk for Recovery. The walk will begin at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Site, located at 450 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA, and end with a rally in Central Park, located at 400 Merritts Street.
More than 1,000 individuals from Metro-Atlanta's 12-step, medication assisted, and faith-based recovery communities will participate in the walk. The rally will include an additional 500 homeless substance users, many of whom will be in search of recovery programs and treatment options.
The primary planners of this event include:
Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc.
Making A Way Housing, Inc.
Angel Food Ministries
Fulton County Reach for Wellness
Fulton County Behavioral Health
Careplus Healthcare
U-hope Community Development Center
The Living Room
Center for Black Women's Wellness
Studio 8166
Sermons Serves
Intelligent Communications
Covenant Community
Every Women Works
Cafe 458
Healing in his Wings
The Salvation Army
DeKalb County Community Service Board
DeKalb County Board of Health
Clayton Center
SisterLove
Southeast Addiction Technology Center
Georgia Council on Substance Abuse
Office of Addictive Diseases
DHR - Division of MHDDAD
WestCare Georgia
NAESM
RISE (HIV Anonymous)
Q Clinical Research
Location:
400 Merritts Street
Atlanta,
GA
30303
United States
The walk will begin at the National Historical Site located on Auburn Avenue just west of Boulevard. We will walk to Central Park located off Boulevard just north of Ralph McGill. The rally will be in Central Park.
Type of Event:
Recovery Walk followed by a Recovery Rally
Program Agenda:
Our program will begin with a Recovery Walk at 10:30 am. We will walk to Central Park where our rally will begin at 12:00 pm. The rally will end at 6:00 pm.
We will provide free t-shirts to the first 1000 participants (walk or rally), free food and drinks for all participants, and we will provide free HIV testing and health screenings (i.e. STD, blood pressure, diabetes, hepatitis C, cholesterol, etc.). The rally will also feature recovery speakers, music and dancing, raffles, prizes, giveaways, a kids zone, and lots of family fun!
Invited Officials/ Presenters:
We have invited key elected officials including Mayor Shirley Franklin, Fulton County Commissioner Nancy Boxhill (District 6), City Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2), Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards (District 7), Eldrin Bell, Chairman of Clayton County Commission, and DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson.
Expected Participants:
1,000
Invited Participants/ Audience:
We are anticipating a crowd of more than 1000 people in recovery, in addition to family members, allies and treatment/mental health professionals.
We have partnered with several metro-Atlanta homeless shelters and soup kitchens and through our partnership with local churches, we plan to bus more than 500 homeless men, women, and children to our rally.
Primary Contact:
Elizabeth Thompson
377 Westchester Boulevard
Atlanta,
GA
30314
United States
404-799-9652
Secondary Contact:
Bruce Lanier
3423 Covington Drive, Suite B
Decatur,
GA
30032
United States
404 289-0313
Website:
http://www.metroatlantarecoveryconnections.org
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