“As media companies and as content creators and as documentary
filmmakers, we have more than a responsibility and more than an
opportunity. We have a privilege. A privilege to tell these stories. To meet
these peoples, and to see inside their souls and learn about them.”
—Shabnam Mogharabi, executive producer of “Life Continued:
Defeating Depression”
“In a world of stigma, poverty, loneliness, and injustice, our voices continue
to illuminate the value of peer support, creativity, empowerment, wellbeing, and the promise of the recovery of lives of liberty and happiness.”
—Jean Campbell, Ph.D., Lifetime Achievement Award winner
“All of us feel so fortunate to be able to tell these stories that portray
recovery as a place where people can change, families can be healed, and
where there is an abundance of hope.”
—Gemma Baker, writer, producer, and co-creator of “Mom”
“On my darkest days, I had no hope. Hope was the medicine that I needed.”
—Matt Canuteson, Consumer/Peer Leadership Award winner
“I’m not crying because I got an award. I’m not, I swear. I’m furious that
it takes a celebrity’s death to make people care about addiction, about
depression.”
—Kristen Johnston, SAMHSA Special Recognition Award winner
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