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When:
November 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2020-11-18T12:00:00-08:00
2020-11-18T13:00:00-08:00
Where:
Virtual Event
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Peer Recovery Center of Excellence

This webinar will explore the use of community asset mapping as a strengths-based approach to identifying the human, material, entrepreneurial and other resources in the community that support a life in recovery for everyone. Participants will learn how to tap into underutilized resources and bring people together for a common cause. This interconnectedness begins on the individual level and expands to the neighborhoods and communities where people live, including identifying the natural helpers so vital to sustaining long-term recovery.

One hour of NAADAC CEs available for each webinar
Speakers: Kristen Aja, Senior Project Coordinator, Faces & Voices of Recovery
Kristen Aja is a Senior Project Coordinator at Faces & Voices of Recovery where she works primarily on expanding and supporting recovery community organizations across the nation. As a training and technical assistance professional, she has provided instruction on a wide range of topics related to recovery community organizations and recovery support services. Kristen has been involved in peer-based recovery for over a decade. Shortly after she began her own recovery journey, she joined a community team that opened the 11th recovery community organization in the State of Vermont. In 2013 Kristen was hired at the Vermont Recovery Network and held various positions over the years supporting peer recovery support services at the 12 recovery community organizations around the state. She has extensive experience in peer recovery support services program design and implementation, training and workforce development, data collection and outcome measures, collaborations with stakeholder

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