As we strive to embody unconditional love, welcoming individuals traumatized by homelessness, addiction, mental health challenges, racism, and other assaults on dignity, we become light houses shining in the darkness of our time. Embodying “the way of love” for our surrounding communities to witness is one significant way of confronting systemic racism. Our larger culture […]
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By Dana Bainbridge Andre Ellison was the kind of guy who could light up a room with his joy and enthusiasm for friends, music, and art. Andre always wore a crisp, stylish suit and often had a guitar in his hands. His contribution to Recovery Café San Jose was beyond measure, as a friend, a […]
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As we approach the beginning of our third year in the pandemic, the Recovery Café Network hosted an All Network Conversation: Surviving and Thriving in a Pandemic, on Feb. 16, to highlight what different Cafés have learned in the COVID-19 era, the challenges we share, and the opportunities ahead of us. The panel included Café […]
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One of the things I love to do is watch great movies. So, I was delighted to see that Fareed Zakaria, in his most recent book, refers to the movie, “Lawrence of Arabia.” As some of you may recall, Lawrence of Arabia won Best Picture and six other Academy awards in 1962. The movie tells […]
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From Church Soup Kitchen to Healing Community How Recovery Café San Jose Came to Be by Dana Bainbridge Pastor of Urban Sanctuary (formerly First Christian Church San Jose) and Co-Founder Recovery Café San Jose On this particular Sunday, it is already hot at ten in the morning in downtown San Jose. So, the Adult […]
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RCN Emerging Member, Reclaiming Lives is working to bring Recovery Cafe to Medford. Read more…
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RCN Emerging Member, Recovery Café Spokane helps community members suffering from addiction, mental illness, and homelessness. Read more…
Read the full post >>Recovery Café Network Launches Third Cohort to Address Addiction Epidemic Washington D.C., North Carolina, Washington, and Oregon groups to start Recovery Cafés to respond to the addiction crisis damaging their local communities. Seattle, WA: This April, the Recovery Café Network will be adding its third cohort of member organizations opening Recovery Cafés in […]
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CNS Productions came to Recovery Café in Seattle to capture our story. Below is a preview of what will be a larger documentary on recovery. RC Final from CNS Productions on Vimeo.
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A reflection by Killian Noe Communities across America are struggling with the growing and catastrophic impact of the opioid addiction epidemic. Take Dayton, Ohio, for example, a city in a state where in 2016 alone, drug overdoses claimed the lives of over 4,000 Ohioans; and more recently, fentanyl flooded the community causing over 200 accidental ingestions and intoxications in […]
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