Our director of faith-based initiatives Dr. Monty Burks is on the panel with Jeffrey Allen from West Virginia and Greg Delaney from Ohio. #TnTogether
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We’re talking about the role of faith-based organizations in tackling addiction with @leagueofcities. Our moderator this morning is Heidi Christiansen from @PartnersforGood. #TnTogetherpic.twitter.com/PAfsKWrBzu
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Allen: Create space to listen. Outreach to the faith community has to be organic.
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Allen: Listening sessions did 3 things: Created opportunity to be heard and hear from each other, opportunity to voice concerns, and opportunity for coalitions to be formed and resources to be shared.
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Up next, it’s Monty Burks! He’s starting with his personal recovery story and the great work that’s being done in Tennessee.
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Burks: Definitions are important. Define addiction as a disease to unite to fight the common enemy.
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Burks: What do we ask our certified recovery congregations to do: Provide spiritual or pastoral support, view addiction as a treatable disease, embrace and support people in recovery, spread recovery info, host or refer people to recovery groups.
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Learn more on our website: https://www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/substance-abuse-services/faith-based-initiatives.html …
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Burks: Peers with lived experience of addiction are essential to the process. Certified peers in TN are employed across the state and are making a difference in the opioid crisis.
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Next it’s Greg Delaney from Ohio. He’s starting with his personal recovery story and the role faith played in getting him to where he is today.
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Delaney: We spend a ton of time on the language of recovery. Education creates an empathetic response.pic.twitter.com/I8OnNgKzTk
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Delaney is playing this profile of a group in Ohio: https://youtu.be/GgbP8igIS-A It started as a conversation, a connection to resources, and 2 years later, it’s helping people.
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Delaney’s parting words to city leaders organized by
@leagueofcities: Seek, Stir, and Support emerging leaders to take action.pic.twitter.com/GnM9Eb2bMT
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