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The October 6 Open-House-Coffee-House event by Tuerk House and the New Day Campaign was a huge success! Thank you to all the participants, artists, and partners who made it happen and especially to our host partner, Tuerk House.
Above: Spoken word artist Kondwani Fidel performs at the October 6 event at Tuerk House.
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Updates from the Fundraising Front
In the past month, our organizational ecosystem has rallied in support of the New Day Campaign, expanding the size and reach of our Founders' Circle in meaningful ways through unprecedented surge in the number of Founding Partner organizations. Founding Partners are organizations and institutions that have made financial contributions to support the New Day Campaign and its goal of becoming a permanent organization into the future. Nine new Founding Partners joined us last month, bringing the total to twenty-two!
The New Day Campaign's Founding Partners come from a diverse range of sectors and communities; all share the belief that the work of the New Day Campaign is valuable, unique, and much-needed and must continue. Taking the lead in the arts and culture sector are the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. In the sector that works to ensure access to quality behavioral health prevention and treatment services in Baltimore, we have secured major support from two major players: Behavioral Health System Baltimore (BHSB) and Open Society Institute-Baltimore (OSI-Baltimore). Their support adds to the increasing wave of buy-in from the behavioral health sector overall. We are cultivating more Founding Partners through our growing connections with faith-based organizations, schools and universities, integrative health and healing organizations, and community-based organizations.
If your organization wants to jump on board our growing list of 2016 Founding Partners, now is the time. For information on how your organization can become a New Day Campaign Founding Partner, email us or call 443-952-1459.
Individual donations matter, too! Click the happy blue "Donate" button below to make yours before the end of 2016. Remember: Every donation, any size secures your permanent spot in our Founders' Circle.
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Founding Partners are organizations and institutions that have made financial contributions to support the New Day Campaign and its goal of becoming a permanent organization into the future. We are proud to announce these nine organizations have expanded this dedicated circle to a total of 22 Founding Partner organizations.
- Behavioral Health System Baltimore - Behavioral Health System Baltimore (BHSB) is a nonprofit organization responsible for managing Baltimore City’s public behavioral health system—the system of care that addresses emotional health and well-being and provides services for individuals with substance use and mental health disorders. As such, BHSB serves as the local behavioral health authority (LBHA) for Baltimore City and works to increase access to a full range of quality behavioral health services and advocate for innovative approaches to prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery to help build healthier individuals, stronger families and safer communities.
- B'more Clubhouse – B'more Clubhouse invites individuals living with mental illness into a community engaged in building meaningful lives, bridging the gap between patient-hood and person-hood. Much more than simply a program or a social service, a Clubhouse is most importantly a community of people who are working together toward a common goal. A Clubhouse is intentionally organized to support individuals living with the effects of mental illness. Through participation in a Clubhouse, people are given the opportunities to rejoin the worlds of friendships, family, important work, employment, education, and access to the services and supports they may individually need. A Clubhouse is a restorative environment for people who have had their lives drastically disrupted, and need the support of others who believe that recovery from mental illness is possible for all.
- Center for Addiction Medicine - Since 1992, the Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM) has been located in the heart of the Baltimore community it serves. CAM understands that addiction is a family disease and treatment is a family process. CAM offers a full range of individualized programs and uses the most modern and comprehensive care available to empower patients in the fight against chemical and alcohol dependency. The CAM staff provides confidential, courteous, and professional services seven days a week including detoxification, opioid treatment, and intensive outpatient counseling (IOP).
- Enoch Pratt Free Library - The Enoch Pratt Free Library is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. The Pratt Library serves the residents of Baltimore with locations throughout the city, and the residents of Maryland as the State Library Resource Center. The Enoch Pratt Free Library’s mission is "to provide equal access to information and services that empower, enrich, and enhance the quality of life for all."
- Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance - The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) is a membership and service organization that nurtures and promotes a vibrant, diverse, and sustainable arts and cultural community essential to the region’s economic success and quality of life. Created by cultural leaders and artists in 2001 to work toward common goals, the GBCA convenes the sector around critical issues of strategic importance. Programming includes grants and awards for artists, as well as advocacy, professional development, tools for marketing, capacity building, while ensuring that the creative economy thrives and is recognized for its many contributions to the region’s economic success and vitality. Membership includes arts, culture, history, heritage, humanities organizations, attractions and artists in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties in Maryland.
- On Our Own of Maryland - On Our Own of Maryland, Inc. is a nonprofit and consumer operated mental health and substance use advocacy organization that offers trainings, outreach, and education on topics surrounding behavioral health, wellness, advocacy, stigma and other related topics. On Our Own also offers technical assistance to 24 wellness and recovery centers throughout Maryland. These centers provide various supports to individuals living with behavioral health challenges and are operated entirely by fellow peers also living with behavioral health issues.
- Open Society Institute - Baltimore - Open Society Institute - Baltimore is a public charity and the sole field office of the Open Society Foundations' U.S. Programs. OSI-Baltimore focuses on the root causes of three intertwined problems in Baltimore and Maryland: drug addiction, an over-reliance on incarceration, and obstacles that impede youth in succeeding inside and out of the classroom. OSI-Baltimore believes that discussion and debate are critical to making positive, lasting changes.
- Peter G. Dodge Foundation - The Peter G. Dodge Foundation (PGDF) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to helping people lead lives free from the effects of alcohol addiction. Established by Hanover Research Founder Peter G. Dodge, PGDF supports the advancement of new treatments and the dissemination of up-to-date information about alcohol-use disorder (AUD). PGDF maintains an online treatment guide where those who suffer from AUD can learn about treatment options and how to access them. PGDF's Mission Grant program provides funds to exemplary non-profit organizations whose work aligns with our primary mission of helping people lead lives free from the effects of alcohol addiction.
- Yama Yoga Collective - Yama Yoga Collective is a community of peaceful people dedicated to helping everyone find their life's purpose (dharma). Its primary mission is to train people to teach yoga in Baltimore, Maryland. Through its Yoga Alliance Certified 200- and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) Programs, Yama Yoga Collective helps individuals deepen their daily presence as they prepare to share the gift of yoga with others. Yama instructors adopt the attitude of positive human awareness and the belief that using and teaching the tools of yoga - postures, meditation, and breath expansion – can create healing and change with all populations in the Baltimore community.
For information on how your organization can become a New Day Campaign Founding Partner, email us or call 443-952-1459.
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In this section we feature upcoming community events related to mental illness and substance use prevention, education, treatment, and support.
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Maryland Coalition of Families – Free Support and Peer Navigation Help for Family & Caregivers of Youth and Young Adults with Substance Use Issues
Maryland Coalition of Families (MCF) has two new sources of help and support for family members and caregivers of youth and young adults with substance use issues. Support groups are available for parents and other caregivers who want to gain awareness of the recovery process to support youth, students and young adults with substance use issues. Get more information here.
Maryland Coalition of Families also recently announced FREE family peer support and services navigation assistance to parents and caregivers of youth and young adults in Maryland with substance use issues. Families in every jurisdiction of Maryland can now receive one-to-one support and assistance from a MCF Family Peer Support Specialist who has personal experience caring for a young person with substance use challenges. Get help with how to get substance use and mental health services, understanding insurance coverage, knowing your rights in your role, what is available through the judicial system, and more. Go here to find the help available in your area or call MCF at 410-730-8267.
Save the Date: December 10
The Baltimore Solutions Summit – Jobs, Justice, Behavioral Health Help Shape the City’s Future!
Presented by Open Society Institute-Baltimore.
Learn More & Register (free)
Get ready for "Create for Recovery" 2017
Mosaic Community Services has started planning for Create for Recovery 2017. For more information on how to get involved, visit createforrecovery.org.
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Here we share information about new resources and recent developments related to mental illness and substance use, to help the New Day Campaign community get informed and stay connected.
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Comic Chris Gethard Talks about his Depression and Recovery on "Fresh Air"
Comic Chris Gethard who has a new off-Broadway show called "Career Suicide," spoke candidly with Terry Gross on October 24 about living with mania and depression, and more recently, living with treatment and recovery. Said Gethard "My career did not start until I was medicated, and then I can track the years I was off medication. Things dipped and the years I went back on medication is when things started to get good for me. And career-wise it is 100 percent in my case undeniable that being medicated helped my creativity." Listen to or read the full interview.
Operation Prevention: A New Opioid Education Initiative for Middle and High Schoolers
In response to the national opioid and heroin epidemic and the increased use of these highly-addictive and lethal substances among 18-25 year olds, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Discovery Education recently announced a joint nationwide education initiative called Operation Prevention. Operation Prevention is designed to teach middle and high school students about the risks of opioid and heroin use and to help parents and educators prevent the deadly impact of their use among youth and young adults. The program uses a science-based approach to informing students about the risks of drug addiction and its impact, and offers free resources that help initiate lifesaving conversations in the home and classroom including digital lesson plans and a parent toolkit on the warning signs of substance misuse disorder and a guide to prevention and intervention. In December, a student video challenge will also launch. Visit the Operation Prevention website for more information.
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