tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701740492831669092011-12-14T10:52:55.857-08:00A writing course designed to help men and women in recovery from substance abuse use writing as a tool for healing and release!The TAKE ACTION! Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01305363435849957238noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70174049283166909.post-86628577043754381832010-07-28T11:10:00.000-07:002010-12-24T16:10:57.871-08:00Join <a href="http://www.takeactionpublishing.com">TAKE ACTION! Publishing</a> and <a href="http://www.takeastepforward.org">A Step Forward, Inc.</a> for a weekend of activities during National Recovery Month to raise awareness about substance abuse and recovery!<br /><br /><ul><li><b>Friday, September 24th -</b> Open House at A Step Forward, Inc.(ASF) located 800 N. Fulton Avenue (21217). Meet and greet ASF staff and clients and sign-up to volunteer with the program.</li><li><b>Saturday, September 25th from Noon to 8 p.m</b>. - Meet ASF in the Author's Tent at the 2010 Baltimore Book Festival. ASF's anthology, <a href="http://writingourwaytorecovery.blogspot.com"><b>TAKING A STEP FORWARD: Writing Our Way to Recovery</b></a> is one of the featured books. Meet ASF staff and contributing writers who are graduates of ASF.</li></ul>For more details, contact Lela Campbell, Executive Director of A Step Forward, Inc. (ASF) at 410-462-6001!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/70174049283166909-8662857704375438183?l=lifelessonswritingforapurpose.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The TAKE ACTION! Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01305363435849957238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70174049283166909.post-20469410762768556742008-11-08T15:45:00.000-08:002008-11-09T11:04:52.968-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GM2mxyTYriw/SRYl3geiIeI/AAAAAAAAAzk/-do5qNh8RsU/s1600-h/j0424418.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266438449797407202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GM2mxyTYriw/SRYl3geiIeI/AAAAAAAAAzk/-do5qNh8RsU/s400/j0424418.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Life <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lessons</span>: Writing for A Purpose 10-Week Workshop Series</strong></div><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><div align="left">TAKE ACTION! Publishing piloted a 10-week writing workshop series with adults in recovery from substance abuse at A Step Forward, Inc. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ASF</span>) in Baltimore, MD. The workshops ran from August 2008 - October 2008 and were held on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">TAKE ACTION! Publishing worked in partnership with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Soulcial</span> Solutions (<a href="http://www.soulcialsolutions.com/">http://www.soulcialsolutions.com/</a>), A Step Forward, Inc. (<a href="http://www.takeastepforward.org/">http://www.takeastepforward.org/</a>), and local writers to conduct the workshops. TAKE ACTION! donated its staff time pro <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bono</span> to facilitate the workshops. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Soulcial</span> Solutions purchased the selected text for the workshop. Local authors gave of their time and talent pro <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">bono</span> to share writing tips and techniques. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">Throughout the 10-week course, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ASF</span> participants had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">opportunities</span> to (1) use writing as a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">therapeutic</span> tool in their recovery; and (2) share their life stories. In addition to meeting local authors, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ASF</span> participants learned a variety of writing skills, including techniques for writing poetry and creative essays. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">I am in the process of compiling all of their writings into an anthology for sale as a fundraiser for the organization, (<a href="http://www.takeastepforward.org/">http://www.takeastepforward.org/</a>). If you would like to make a financial contribution to help cover the costs of editing and printing the anthology, please call 443-257-6752.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/70174049283166909-2046941076276855674?l=lifelessonswritingforapurpose.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The TAKE ACTION! Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01305363435849957238noreply@blogger.com0