Ensuring that each person has what they need to be successful and thrive by promoting advocacy that advances human and civil rights; social justice; and access to preferred services and supports in settings of choice.
About Our Advocacy
We promote successful self, peer and systems advocacy strategies that support people to best advocate for themselves, for each other and for fundamental and transformational social and service policy reforms.
Key Principles
- Self-determination: voice and choice
- Self-defined health, recovery, and wellness goals
- A foundational belief that recovery is more than possible, it is the expectation for all
- Full access to quality rehabilitation and peer services delivered in the most integrated settings in communities of choice
- Community inclusion, integration, and immersion
- Full access to healing and health tools, including peer support, rehabilitation, clinical and medical treatment, culturally responsive and Trauma informed public policies and services
- Racial and gender diversity and equity
- Community over institutions
- Embrace an array of communities, including faith-based groups
- Policies that are based on promoting key elements of recovery: health, home, purpose and community
Take Action
We invite you to join us and take action and demand better mental health and substance use policy. Join our efforts by participating in one of our events, signing up for our newsletter, registering to vote or contacting your legislator.
Annual Legislative Day
Each year, the Alliance for Rights and Recovery hosts Annual Legislative Day, a moment for recovery-minded mental health activists and professionals to gather and discuss ways of enacting real, tangible change.
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1115 Waiver Community Connection Initiative
The Waiver Community Connection Initiative, a project of the Alliance for Rights and Recovery, is dedicated to supporting the goals of the New York Health Equity Reform 1115 Medicaid Waiver to reduce health disparities among New Yorkers and ensure eligible Medicaid Members have access to the new services available through the waiver.
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Register to Vote
Make your voice heard by voting. Complete your voter registration and be ready to cast a ballot.
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Contact Your Legislators
Advocate for your community by reaching out directly to your local and state legislator!
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