An addiction recovery support coalition and the state’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization are co-sponsoring a recovery conference focused on marginalized groups.
The New Jersey Coalition for Addiction Recovery Support (NJ-CARS) and Garden State Equality (GSE) will host the WEAVE Recovery Conference, scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 9 at Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, in Holmdel, Monmouth County.
“This conference centers peer recovery specialists, people with lived experience, and recovery community leaders, while also welcoming practitioners, clinicians, students, and partners committed to culturally responsive recovery support,” Aisling MacDonald, GSE project manager for trans resiliency, said in an email.
WEAVE — which stands for “Wholeness Empowered through Action, Vision, and Equity” — is the state’s first recovery conference centering LGBTQ+, BIPOC, disabled, and “justice-impacted” voices, according to the email.
Continuing education units will be available for various Addiction Professionals Certification Board credentials and for all Division of Consumer Affairs and Marriage and Family Board licenses, according to organizers, who added that the conference is free.
For more information, visit GSE’s website or the NJ-CARS site.
