Dianova Italy, Dianova International and the Department of Special Needs Education
(University of Ghent-Belgium)
The Therapeutic Community Model: a Tool for Empowerment
22nd/23rd September 2016 – Rome Italy
This year’s EWODOR symposium will be dedicated to acquiring a better understanding of the empowerment process that takes place in the therapeutic community (TC) model of treatment for addictive disorders.
The concept of empowerment is embedded in the TC model of treatment, based on reciprocal respect and grounded on the idea that people empower themselves, while professionals and peers are there to assist them in doing so.
Naya Arbiter gives her presentation, “The Medicine Wheel of Empowerment: Teaching Community in the Therapeutic Community” on Sept. 22nd.
Rod Mullen presents, “Can TCs survive big pharma and integrated health care?” Read More
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Remembering Hiroshima ~ Nagasaki ~Fukushima
Tucson’s Women’s International League of Peace & Freedom hosts a Memorial Program & Vigil to mark the anniversaries of atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki and the Fukushima nuclear melt-down.
Saturday, August 6, 2016, 6:30 pm
at
St Mark’s Church, 3809 E 3rd Street, Tucson, AZ
Featuring
Dr. Rick Graap, representative from Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa, co-founders of Nuclear Resisters.
Russell Lowes, director for SafeEnergyAnalyst.com and lead author of “Energy Options for the Southwest, Nuclear and Coal Power.”
* Songs by Tucson Raging Grannies * Refreshments will be served *
* Candlelight vigil will follow the event so bring signs, flashlights & candles *
Co-Sponsors
Alliance for Global Justice
Amity Foundation
Arizona Peace Council
Church Women United in Tucson
Coalicion de Derechos Humanos
The Nuclear Resister
Occupy Tucson
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Sacred Space
Sierra Club Rincon Group
Sustainable Tucson
Tucson Peace Center
Tucson Raging Grannies
Veterans for Peace
Women (& Men) In Black
Harvard Magazine’s Article on Michael Porter’s Social Progress Index.
by Laura Lewis
Harvard Magazine Article