2014
CHANGING
THE NARRATIVE
“My voice was given to me, and a loud one at that. So I will use this voice
with dignity, pride, and integrity. Receiving this award today validates
my recovery that I’m pressing forward triumphantly, dealing with life’s
challenges one at a time.”
—Toni Jordan, Consumer/Peer Leadership Award winner
“Communication is what opens the door for healing and, you know, we’re
all storytellers. We’re artists. And I think collectively, as a family, we can all
agree that creativity is a great pathway to opening communication.”
—Asher Goldstein, producer of “Short Term 12”
“It’s a show that, because of the genre we’re in, requires big plot twists and
surprises. And in the midst of that, we are also dealing with addiction and
recovery and mental health issues. And it is so important to us. We strive
with every episode to handle those issues respectfully and authentically
and show the real life and the everyday of it.”
—Bob Goodman, writer and supervising producer of “Elementary”
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