Recovery Advocacy for the Next Generation
#MentalHealthMonday Recovery Education Session

With Alexandra Nyman

Recovery Advocacy for the Next Generation | #MentalHealthMonday Recovery Education Session

This special edition of #MentalHealthMonday is in honor of International Youth Day and the SHE RECOVERS Next Generation Youth Action Committee.

The future is now, and young women in recovery know what they want and are doing their best to advocate for it.

Are you interested in recovery advocacy but don’t know where or how to start? In this session of Mental Health Monday, Alexandra Nyman will show us how to become effective proponents for the recovery community. She’ll break down the basics of recovery advocacy and explain how and why it is such a powerful and important tool. Alexandra will share tips on building strong relationships and creating effective communication strategies to inspire action from local businesses to members of Congress! She will explain the need for advocacy in the field of recovery and tell you exactly how you can get involved. Whether you’re aiming to make waves at the federal, state, or local level, these tactics will have you advocating with confidence in no time!

During this session of #MentalHealthMonday, on International Youth Day, Alexandra will:

• Introduce recovery advocacy, and explain its concepts and approaches
• Show us how to select advocacy priorities
• Demonstrate the application of key elements of advocacy strategy design
• Share how we can expand and learn from existing advocacy, influential experiences, and established expertise

Join us LIVE for a Q & A session following the presentation.

ABOUT ALEXANDRA NYMAN

A member of the SHE RECOVERS Next Generation Youth Action Committee, Alexandra Nyman is a fierce advocate for mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders recovery. She serves as a volunteer for NAMI (the National Association for Mental Illnesses) and uses her platform to raise awareness on how society addresses mental health, co-occurring disorders, disordered eating, and substance use. Alexandra serves on the Parity Coalition through the Legal Action Network, is a member of the National Family Caucus, is a co-chair for NAMI’s co-occurring illnesses subcommittee, a facilitator for SMART Recovery Support Groups, a member of the TYSA Coalition, and a SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle facilitator. She is a CARC (certified addiction recovery coach), CRPA (certified recovery peer advocate), and recently a SRCD (SHE RECOVERS Coach Designate).

Alexandra is the founder of the Break Free Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for those living with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders. Break Free offers scholarships for individuals living with a substance use disorder to attend an inpatient and outpatient facility at low to no cost to them.

CONNECT WITH ALEXANDRA NYMAN

Website
IG, FB, X, Threads, LI, and YouTube @wewillbreakfree

This session is proudly funded by the Alkermes Inspiration Grants® Program.

We believe that when women heal, families heal, and communities do too.

The SHE RECOVERS Foundation Weekly #MentalHealthMonday Educational Series is composed of hour-long, live, recovery-focused educational sessions featuring today’s leaders in women’s wellness, mental health, and addiction recovery.

All #MentalHealthMonday sessions are broadcasted on Facebook and added to our Youtube Channel for future viewing.