Submit a Nomination for RecoveryPeople's Annual Awards Step 1 of 3 33% Award Categories(Required)Choose your nomination category? Change Maker of the Year Peer of the Year Media Award of the Year Change Maker Award is awarded to an individual who may or may not be in recovery themselves and who has: 1) made significant and positive change to substance use and related mental health recovery research, rights, access, policy or the ecosystem AND 2) demonstrate accomplishments that reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision, and values.Peer of the Year is awarded to an individual or affected family member that has promoted or directly supported others in recovery from substance use and related mental health challenges using their lived experience and/or recovery support training. The award recipient must: 1) publicly self identify as a person in recovery from substance use or co-occurring issues and/or an affected family member in recovery; 2) be, at the time of the nomination, a recovery advocate, a direct recovery service provider (e.g. Peer Specialist or Recovery House Manager), and/or a recovery workforce instructor or supervisor; AND 3) demonstrate accomplishments that reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision, and values.Media Award of the Year honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions in print, radio, podcasts, video, television, social media and/or online publications that provided information to the general public about substance use and related mental health challenges. The award recipient must: 1) demonstrate leadership in their respective media area by accurately portraying individuals and/or affected family members in recovery from substance use and/or co occurring mental health challenges; 2) responsibly use persons and/or affected family members as resources; 3) decreased stigma, increased understanding or awareness, spread hope of recovery and/or effectively communicate the impact of policy decisions; AND 4) demonstrate accomplishments that reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision and values. NominationTell us about the person you are nominating for this award, and why they should be recognized as the award recipient.Nominee's Name(Required)Name of the person you are nominating First Last OrganizationIf applicable, what organization or agency are they with? RoleIf applicable, What is their title? What role do they work or volunteer in? Nominee's AddressWhat is the address of the person you are nominating? Street Address Address Line 2 City State AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahU.S. Virgin IslandsVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingArmed Forces AmericasArmed Forces EuropeArmed Forces Pacific ZIP Code Nominee's Email(Required)What is the email address of the person you are nominating? Nominee's Phone(Required)What is the phone number of the person you are nominating?Lived experience eligibility(Required)Do they publicly self identify as a person in recovery from substance use or co-occurring issues and/or an affected family member in recovery? Yes No Change Maker achievementsHow have they made a significant and positive change to substance use and related mental health recovery research, rights, access, policy or the ecosystem?Peer of the Year: Direct SupportWhat achievements have they made in providing direct recovery support (e.g. peer specialist or recovery housing manager)?Peer of the Year: Workforce DevelopmentWhat achievements have they made as a recovery training instructor or workforce development supervisor?Peer of the Year: AdvocacyWhat achievements have they made as a peer or recovery advocate?Media Award: LeadershipHow have they demonstrated leadership in their respective media area by accurately portraying individuals and/or affected family members in recovery from substance use and/or co occurring mental health challenges?Media Award: Peer and Family VoiceHow did they responsibly use persons and/or affected family members as resources?Mission, vision and values alignmentHow well did their accomplishments reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision and values?Video Nomination OptionDo you feel more comfortable speaking that writing? Then feel free to submit a video nomination. You can record the video from your Smartphone, tablet or computer. The easiest way to share a video is by sharing a link to the video in "the Cloud" such as Google Photo, DropBox or social media (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram). Your InformationTell us about you, as the person submitting the nomination.Your Relation to Nominee(Required)How do you know the person you are nominating? What is your relation to this person? Your Relation to RecoveryPeople(Required) Volunteer Donor, funder or sponsor Customer or client Contractor e.g. instructor, training entity or supervisor Advocacy partner Received a scholarship or stipend Attended an event or training Received guidance, technical assistance or resources Linked to a certified recovery home or affiliate E-newsletter or social media connection Other relationship or connection No relation or connection Your Name(Required) First Last Your OrganizationIf applicable, what organization or agency do your represent? Your RoleIf applicable, what is your role or title at the organization or agency that your represent? Address Street Address Address Line 2 City State AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahU.S. Virgin IslandsVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingArmed Forces AmericasArmed Forces EuropeArmed Forces Pacific ZIP Code Email(Required) Phone(Required)
