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BHS/AWARE News
*Remember that September is National Alcohol
and Drug Addiction Recovery Month! Below is a list of Los Angeles area
communities that will proclaim September as National Alcohol & Drug
Addiction Recovery Month:
September 1, 2003
The White House
President George W. Bush August
2003 State
of California
Governor Gray Davis
September 2, 2003 Los
Angeles County Los
Angeles Board of Supervisors August
2003 City of
Los Angeles Mayor
James K. Hahn June
2003 City of
Pomona Mayor
Edward Cortez August
25, 2003 City of
Hawthorne Mayor
Larry Guidi May 5-7, 2003, BHS/AWARE members made our first trip to
Washington DC. Members visited the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the offices of
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, 35th District, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher,
46th District, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, 34th District,
Congressman Xavier Becerra, 31st District, Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez,
39th District, Congresswoman Jane Harman, 36th District, Congresswoman
Juanita Millender-McDonald, 37th District, and Congresswoman Grace
Napolitano, 38th District. - - - - - - - - Wednesday July 1, BHS/AWARE
members visited Nam Le, Senior Field Representative of Assembly Member
Mervyn Dymally, 52nd District. Assembly Member Dymally, and Representative
Le were both invited to attend the rally at the Board of Supervisors office
on September 2, 2003, when the Board of Supervisors will proclaim September
2003 Recovery Month. Le will assist in contacting Mayors Eric
Perrodin of Compton, and Gene Daniels
of Paramount, to request they proclaim September 2003 Recovery Month
in their cities. - - - - - - - - Monday July 7, BHS/AWARE
members visited Mayor Edward Cortez of Pomona. He had already received his
Recovery Month Kit from Health and Human Services and did a proclamation
declaring September as Recovery Month during a June 2003 council meeting.
Mayor Cortez was invited to attend the Rally at the September 2, 2003 Board
of Supervisors meeting. - - - - - - - - Rally For Recovery Tuesday September 2, 2003,
BHS/AWARE celebrated National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month with
a Rally at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in Downtown Los Angeles.
The Rally was sponsored by SAMHSA, Behavioral Health Services, Tarzana
Treatment Centers, Cri-Help, and the California Association of Alcohol and
Drug Program Executives, and was the official SAMHSA event for Los Angeles.
Guest speakers included: Dr. Westley Clark, Director of the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment Henry Lozano, Commissioner, President's Advisory
Commission on Drug-Free Communities Pablo Catano, Field Deputy for Senator Edward Vincent Supervisor Yvonne Burke, 2nd District Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, 3rd District Patrick Ogawa, Director, Alcohol and Drug Program
Administration, Los Angeles County Wayne Sugita, Chief Deputy Director, Alcohol and Drug
Program Administration, Los Angeles County Larry Gentile, President/CEO, Behavioral Health Services,
and Chairman, County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission Al Senella, Chief Operating Officer, Tarzana Treatment
Centers, and President, California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program
Executives.
Above: Henry Lozano, Dr Westley Clark, Supervisor
Yvonne Burke, Al Senella, Pablo Catano, and Larry Gentile at the rally.
Above: attendees of the rally. The Rally was hosted by William Davis and Rodger Rhodes, Co-chairs of So Cal
AWARE. The rally was attended by over 10 Los Angeles County Drug and
Alcohol Treatment Programs. Along with the guest speakers, numerous
recovering and other individuals spoke in celebration of National
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. The event was covered by
channels 2, 4, and 11.
Above: William Davis and Rodger Rhodes.
At 1:00 pm, everyone moved inside the Kenneth Hahn Hall of
Administration where the Board of Supervisors proclaimed September as
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Los Angeles County.
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Director of Public Health and Health Officer,
County Dept. of Health Services, and Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, Director and
Chief Medical Officer, County Dept. of Health Services, joined the Rally's
dignitaries while William Davis and Rodger Rhodes accepted the
proclamation.
Above: Rodger Rhodes, William Davis, Henry Lozano, Dr.
Jonathan Fielding, Supervisor Yvonne Burke, Dr. Westley Clark, Al Senella,
Larry Gentile, Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, and Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors proclamation.
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Above: attendees at the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors proclamation.
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- - - - - - - - On Wednesday September 3, AWARE members went to Sacramento
where they attended "September is Recovery Happens Month!" a rally and
activities at our State Capital to celebrate and kick off Recovery Month
in Sacramento. BHS/AWARE members visited Tera Diaz, Representative for
Senator Debra Bowen, District 28, Andrew M. Langley, Legislative Assistant
for Assembly member Gloria Negrete McCleod, District 61, and Senator Betty
Karnette.
Above:
BHS/AWARE members Margaret, William, Michelle, Keith, and Sheila at our
CA State Capital.
Above:
BHS/AWARE members William, Margaret, Keith, and Sheila at our California
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