{"id":5172,"date":"2022-11-04T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/?p=5172"},"modified":"2022-11-06T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T16:45:00","slug":"the-georgia-council-for-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/the-georgia-council-for-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse Is Now The Georgia Council for Recovery: Freedom From Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>BIG NEWS \u2013 MAKE NOTE<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse <\/b><b>Is Now<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>The Georgia Council for Recovery: Freedom From Addiction<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dgd.afz.mybluehost.me\/.website_1e127085\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_A-New-TWO-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_A-New-TWO-.png 940w, https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_A-New-TWO--300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_A-New-TWO--768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_A-New-TWO--610x511.png 610w, https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_A-New-TWO--480x402.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xxxxxxxxmsonormal\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">From Neil Campbell:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xxxxxxxxmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\">The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse came into existence as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) in the year 2000, as a merger between 2 community-based organizations, Mission New Hope and the Georgia Association for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse. \u00a0In 2008, there was a change in leadership and the focus expanded to include the voices of recovery. \u00a0Since then, GCSA has been your exclusive statewide Recovery Community Organization, leading the effort to educate, advocate and create safe and empowering environments that support the dignity and value of what\u2019s right and what\u2019s working with individuals, communities and systems across Georgia.<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xxmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\">It has been our honor, and privilege, to be of service to the Georgia Recovery Community. While we are very proud of the work we have done under the banner:<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\"><b><i>Georgia Council on Substance Abuse,<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\">we have long discussed an organizational name change. Recently, the Biden Administration took actions to remove the word \u201cabuse\u201d from all Federal entities who have that word in their name. We know that with this action at the Federal level, the time is right for us to move forward with a new name because we know that words matter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xxmsonormal\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is with great pride and excitement that I introduce our new name, moving us forward as we increase \u00a0the impact of recovery in our communities through education, advocacy, training and peer recovery support services:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xxmsonormal\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>The Georgia Council for Recovery: Freedom From Addiction<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">We feel this is reflective of who we are and what we do.\u00a0 It&#8217;s inclusive of all types of advocacies (for ourselves, for our peers, and for the system as a whole).\u00a0 It complements the cornerstone of our work over the past 22 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x_contentpasted0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">While our name is changing, our commitment to the recovery is not, we will move forward advocating, educations, providing services, and connection people with peer led recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jeff Breedlove<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chief of Policy and Communications<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Georgia Council for Recovery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">404-615-5735<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">#GARecovers<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG NEWS \u2013 MAKE NOTE\u00a0 The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse Is Now \u00a0The Georgia Council for Recovery: Freedom From Addiction From Neil Campbell: The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse came into existence as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) in the year 2000, as a merger between 2 community-based organizations, Mission New Hope and the Georgia Association [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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