OOOBaltimoreAnnualMeetingRegionalForecasting
Introduction/Definition/etc
OOOBaltimoreAnnualMeetingRegionalForecasting
Saturday June 25, 27, 2009 in the afternoon, OnOurOwnBaltimore had
an open house for the Dundalk Center and annual meeting. Seems
like maybe what RRWG could become, as OOOMD has been around
since, well, they started it... 27 28 years or so ago... Check the announcement
that I'll paste in the title link page above, and get into [my experience with] it more...
20090703 10.24 am Jerry
20090719 12.05 pm Jerry correcting wrong numbers, date and years, with strikes...
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ON OUR OWN, INC.
WELLNESS AND RECOVERY NETWORK
PRESENTS OUR
2009 ANNUAL MEETING
& DUNDALK CENTER
OPEN HOUSE
"THE POWER OF RESILIENCY"
SATURDAY JUNE 27TH 1 TO 6 P.M.
63 SHIPPING PLACE AT COMMERCE STREET
SUITE #227
DUNDALK, MD 21222
ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
CONTACT TONY WRIGHT AT 410 444 4500 OR 443-977-8127 FOR MORE INFORMATION
TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED TO AND FROM ALL CENTER LOCATIONS
Tony Wright / Executive Director
On Our Own, Inc.
Wellness and Recovery Network
6301 Harford Road
Baltimore, MD 21214
(410)444-4500
(443)977-8127
Fax:(419)444-0239
tonyw21214@aol.com
www.onourownbaltimore.org
[Tech Note: font issues with cut and paste from email jerry's issue, not original. also graphic missing in middle]
Conclusion
Summary of Jerry's experience or similar:
On Our Own of Baltimore has about 5 centers (ADDENDUM: 6 w/ young adult) in the Baltimore metro area,
not unlike RRWG people starting or funding now 5 centers in the Washington
Metro Area, not counting DC nor Maryland side of the Potomac, though
IdaMaeCambell.org may be a distant cousin (whom I forgot to mention
in my last blog like entry on the ArlingtonCommunityForum :-/ )
Anyway, greeting was nice, first open room on the left going up elevator
in a mostly empty wing of a newly renovated office like building,
(which someone told me used to be apartments ADD still some upstairs), there were some people
and chairs setting up, a banner of the Annual Meeting, so I plunked
my stuff in the back Networking room and was escorted to sign in in the
regular center down the hall on the right. Use the right column for new people,
and I signed in my disoriented transportation assistance also anonymously...
Back to the setup area, after noticing the chairs were door store
like treatment facility type chairs... An odd observation, but
I was trying to avoid eating too much, as had just eaten
and went elsewhere for most of the time...
Fast forward, past meeting the paid staff women working on setting
up and resetting up the raffle prizes (OOOMD has a tradition of
giving raffle gifts to participants, and this was no exception,
a good idea to do at the end, and people stay through the businessy meeting
when not down at the comic shop and coffee bar in the think urban renovation
Shirlington like area in South East Baltimore City/ County dock warehouse like (ADD: mainly RESIDENTIAL)
area complete with parks, churches, senior community centers and other
interesting things I didn't have time to explore...
So talking with people as they setup, I was almost on time at 1 pm,
but we were on consumer time, waiting for vans and people
transported from centers. Who am I? Some crazy (ADD: Baggy) guy
who biked to OOOMD conference (a later board member
remembered, and a few others from a food retreat event
organized by SilverSpringDropInCenter,
though not sure if it was that biking or the
trauma of 2 CWC [ADD: CWC OOOMD Conf Pictures, On Our Own of Maryland, CWC]
people going in the hospital on something I didn't really have control over, though
seemed to be responsible, somehow...)
Anyway, young lady organizing and reorganizing
is a young mom (I am name impaired, and could look it up
but will try not to embarass myself nor others),
and we talk while Tony and others wander in and out of the room,
some losing phones, pre-presenting gitters, or whatever,
I won't get diagnostically challenged at the moment...
So speakers/ program coordinators (not sure the exact titles)
we call them Presidents/ Board Members, Exec Directors,
but in Maryland they are like franchises off of one central organization
that reports better relations with funders... In Martyland, CSA
is CSB (Community Service Board) like, Core Service Agency,
or some such...
I've very loosely followed Maryland activities when possible.
SilverSpringDropInCenter.BlogSpot.com has been a personal refuge
at times, a home away from home, center of (ADD among] centers but I have some issues
with it being more of a provider based system, besides a few personalities,
it's about as old as CWC and the early centers in NoVA, but is still working
on creating the independent consumer board, afaict, as an offshoot of
ASante group, a provider MH center, and runs afterschoolish,
like OOOFC starts out of PRS day program/ old name Social
Center/ Fountain House model business....
Having talked with someone starting/growing in Richmond
at the VOCALNetworkConf2008, it occured to me that we
are all separate 501c3 or at least wannabees, or in process,
but both Maryland and CSPNJ, our founding template models have stronger
state [ADD Regional] organizations (and been around a lot longer, decades to years)
and drop in centers, or self help centers or empowerment
centers, are branches of those orgs, instead of separate
legal entities? Not sure the exact specifics but comparative
[ANALOGY religions] organizations/ philosophies are worth noting
as we swing and argue over money recently. Maybe the
pendulum swings back toward reunification even though
providers meet without us and seem to be trying to kill
the regional focus that started this RRWG and other
stuff like centers, hopefully branching into housing.
peer run and peer run transportation, but might hear more
judgement stuff today...
Anyway, each center [ADD: Program Coordinators] gave a report, with special note
that they run a youth group as well. One of the centers/
locations is targetted at 18-25 year olds. What an IDEA! [ADD: !!!!]
So people were friendly, if not curious about what I was
doing there from Virginia, and I said we learn from you guys/
gals, as starting centers, went to visit OOO Montgomery County,
in Germantown/ Gaithersburg (I always confuse the G's)
and to be truly [ADD: truely?] regional, can't ignore DC and MD...
as funding is different streams but c/s/x are dealing with similar
issues across the borders... Poverty, marginalization,
empowerment, advocacy, etc [ADD: bureaucracy?], but maybe people were [ADD: mainly] partying,
but I didn't notice the fighting type stuff we have too much of
in NoVA at that event, maybe what helps them survive and cooperate
as we hope to do?
I volunteered to / assumed the traditional role of taking pictures,
my usual niche role, but my photos were not very good,
from the back of the room and not flashing with an old hobbyist's
camera but I sent 2x CDRs of 70+MB of photos including the
posed group shots [to Dunnaway (or similar, I really am name impaired)]
I suggested creating group shots at the end,
and it may make it in their newsletter,
and hope to catch up with people when possible.
It's been a couple of years since
the OOOMD state conference in Cumberland/
Rocky Gap, MD, so getting the longitudinal sampling view,
but good for trends and to see people again plus meet new
c/s/x across the borders/ Baltimore Bay
draw bridges/ tunnels (I confuse those too), etc...
Maybe with Peer Transit NoVA groups can
go visit and we create something friendly
competition/ social activities?
CSPNJ is a longer ways away, but I've seen
the new Ph.D Doc [ADD Consumer] leader is / was presenting recenly
elsewhere too and we should have invited NJ and MD
to our openings and events, just as for
ECNV and other contributors to the formation
of Drop In Centers in NOVA...
.
Thanks for the help and hope some feedback
is useful... NoVA didn't follow everything
suggested, but we have build off of the
shoulders of giants...
Discussion
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Page History
20090719 Jerry
- ADD comments, after
- correcting dates,
- 5->6 Centers, one open and 18-25 yol oriented...
20090703 Jerry
- Jerry created this page to describe an out of area event others might not have heard about...
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