ADDICTION: Boston Takes Action
| Date: February 26, 2007 |
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| Time: 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. |
Location:
Massachusetts State House
Beacon Street at Park Street
Boston, MA
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Event highlights
5 pm: Reception – Great Hall
6 pm: Premiere screening of the HBO documentary ADDICTION followed by a panel discussion – Gardner Auditorium
Opening remarks by Secretary Judyann Bigby, M.D., Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Welcome by Kattie Portis, Mayor Thomas Menino’s Substance Abuse Policy Advisor, and John Auerbach, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission.
Panelists will include:
- Edward Bernstein, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University Medical Center;
- Michael Botticelli, Assistant Commissioner, Substance Abuse Services, MA Department of Public Health;
- Lt. William J. Ostiguy, BFD/Local 718 EAP Coordinator, CEAP, and MOAR member;
- Joanne Peterson, Learn to Cope Parent Support Group Founder, and MOAR member
- Moderator: David Rosenbloom, Ph.D., Director, Join Together
Please contact Maryanne Frangules (see below) for more information.
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| Sponsored by: HBO, MOAR (Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery), and State Sens. Gale Candaras and Steven A. Tolman and State Rep. Ruth B. Balser
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| RSVP: 1-877-271-4529 |
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For information, contact:
Maryanne Frangules
[email protected]
617-423-6627 |
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