About
Presentation Overview
Both Alliance for Recovery Centered Organizations (ARCO) members and non-members are invited to submit presentation proposals for 90-minute session blocks.
Faces & Voices of Recovery encourages professionals specializing in addiction and co-occurring disorders from assorted organizations and disciplines to submit their proposals.
- Presenters receive a complimentary full access conference registration. Presenters interested in supporting America Honors Recovery Gala Dinner (AHR) will need to purchase this ticket seperately.
- Presenter names and credentials will be promoted on our website and in applicable electronic marketing materials.
- Presenters get a meaningful opportunity to demonstrate their expertise to other industry professionals.
- Ample networking opportunities.
To be considered, presenters must:
- Have professional qualifications in good standing with their professional regulatory board (if applicable).
- Be subject matter experts in their respective fields.
- Have experience training on the subject of the session.
Faces & Voices of Recovery request that presenters refrain from using stigmatizing terminology. Examples include:
- Instead of addict, please use person with a substance use disorder.
- Instead of alcoholic, please use person with an alcohol use disorder.
- Instead of drug/substance abuse, please use substance use or misuse.
- Instead of clean or sober, please use not actively using substances or in recovery.
Session
Focus Topics
We encourage proposal submissions from new voices and emerging recovery leaders spearheading changes in recovery spaces, the recovery movement, and recovery systems.
All proposals will be assessed through a social justice lens for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Covers state or federal policy and advocacy, community outreach, civic engagement, inclusive advocacy efforts, and skills-building.
For this focus area, presenters may cover what harm reduction looks like in their community, evidence-based best practices, and relevant trends.
Topics include things like racial disparities in recovery outcomes, outreach to LGBTQIA+ communities and other historically underserved populations, and how recovery spaces don't always align with access for people living with disabilities.
Presenters are encouraged to submit creative ideas around addressing organizational capacity building, such as board development, organizational policies and procedures, effective partnerships, participatory processes, and data collection and reporting.
Evaluating and sustaining organizational wellness is an essential practice when it comes to the longevity and legacy of any organization, so topics in this focus area may include compassion fatigue, employee wellness, organizational succession planning, and financial sustainability.
Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs) and their peers have developed creative approaches to peer recovery support services (PRSS) when it comes to wider-reaching inclusivity, so we expect to hear about peer ethics and supervision, role clarity within systems of care, rapport-building, and interpersonal skillsets.
Submit Your
Proposal
Please submit your proposal no later than March 31, 2025.