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Faces and Voices announces the 2012 America Honors Recovery honorees for the the Joel Hernandez Award, the Vernon Johnson Award and the Lisa Mojer-Torres Award. The award ceremony will be held on June 27, 2012 in Washington DC.

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We are pleased to announce the 2012 America Honors Recovery honorees, saluting the legacies of three dynamic recovery trailblazers who dedicated their lives to removing barriers for individuals and families affected by addiction: Johnson Institute founder, Dr. Vernon E. Johnson and recovery advocates Joel Hernandez and Lisa Mojer-Torres. Congratulations to the 2012 America Honors Recovery honorees! They are: The Joel Hernandez Award Ӣ Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery, Boston, MA The Vernon Johnson Award Ӣ Rev. Dr. Robert McKinley Gilmore, Sr., Real Urban Ministry (Texas) Ӣ Walter Ginter, National Alliance for Medication-Assisted Recovery (New York) Ӣ Rosemary Tisch, Prevention Partnership International (California) The Lisa Mojer-Torres Award Ӣ Jeff Blodgett, for his tireless work in launching Faces & Voices of Recovery in 2001. (MInnesota) Join us on June 27th in Washington, DC to meet these recovery pioneers and celebrate 10 years of recovery advocacy. You can learn more about the extraordinary contributions of the country's most influential recovery community leaders. They are part of our nationwide effort to implement public and private policies to help individuals and families get the help they need to recover, including access to effective care including treatment, peer and other recovery support services and the reversal and removal of policies that discriminate against people in or seeking addiction recovery. About Joel Hernandez, Vernon Johnson, Lisa Mojer-Torres and past honorees Help Us Put a Face on Recovery Help us change public perceptions about recovery from addiction by contributing to our effort. Let's show the nation that recovery is a reality for over 23 million Americans! America Honors Recovery is the recovery community's annual awards event to recognize the over 23 million Americans in recovery and recovery community organizations. It is sponsored by Faces & Voices of Recovery and the Hazelden Foundation's Center for Public Advocacy.