“It’s a hard film. It’s an honest film. It’s a film that America needs to see,” said McMillion Sheldon, the documentary’s director and one of its three producers. In Feb. 2016, she and her husband, Kerrin Sheldon, temporarily relocated from Charleston to near Grafton to begin filming at Jacob’s Ladder Rehabilitation Center in Aurora. Dr. Kevin Blankenship, a retired ER …
2018 Alaska Prevention Summit
Join the conversation! The Summit will focus on primary prevention and include topics such as protective factors, the power of assets, and adverse childhood experiences. Come to the table to learn more about what it means to foster a healthy, resilient community! This event will take place Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 8:00AM-5:30PM at the Glenn Massay Theatre in Palmer, Alaska. …
Women Veterans- Understanding Reactions to Trauma and Developing Stress Resiliency
Join Dr. Vanessa Meade, the Alaska Area Health Education Center, and the Rural Veterans Health Access Program on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 5:00-6:00pm via webinar. The purpose of the webinar is to help women veterans and those that support them to understand the mind/body connection of traumatic experiences and to identify and share resources related to developing resiliency in our …
AK Regional Hospital attacks addiction problem with new service
Alaska Regional Hospital hopes a hospital bed and caring staff will help cut down on the state’s substance abuse problem, which has been blamed for a spike in crime around Anchorage. “And this is an extremely non-judgmental environment. You come here for us to take care of you and we don’t care about your past. We don’t have to. We …
Free Training: Soldier’s Heart
Soldier’s Heart is an interactive educational training conference, developed by veterans, that aims to reduce the symptoms of PTSD and aid in suicide prevention among veterans, first responders, and their families. It is not a medical or diagnostic program. The training will take place July 26th-August 1st, 2018. For more information, click here.
2nd Annual Veterans’ Appreciation Bike & Car Show
The 2nd Annual Veteran’s Appreciation Bike and Car Show will be held on Saturday, July 28, 10-2 at the Alaska VA, 1201 N Muldoon Road. The show is open to the public, and the clinic will have services available to veterans on site. For more information, click here.
35th Annual Rural Provider’s Conference
The Native Village of Tanacross and RurAL CAP cordially invite you to the 35th Annual Rural Providers’ Conference (RPC) in Tanacross, Alaska at July 9-13, 2018. The Rural Providers’ Conference (RPC) is an annual gathering of substance abuse service providers, youth, Elders and family members interested in celebrating and encouraging the continual growth of the Alaska Native Sobriety Movement. This …
Cloudace Global Relay Run
24 hours. 24 time zones. 24 stories. Join On for seriously the world’s longest global relay run. Join Recover Alaska’s Executive Director, Tiffany Hall, who will be serve as representative for Alaska’s time zone in this global run. For the most demanding runner, the new Cloudace will launch on June 21. We invite you to join us on an epic …
‘The Anonymous People’ screening at new teen center
Cordova Family Resource Center and B.I.O.N.I.C. Youth, with Recover Alaska, hosted a film screening of “The Anonymous People” on Friday, May 25, 2018. The film, followed by discussion, intended to reduce stigma around addiction and recovery, and highlight broad social and health consequences of alcohol misuse. Read more here.