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Faces of Recovery involved Malden High School students interviewing and documenting people on their road to staying clean and sober

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  YWCA Teen Advocates Sharing Knowledge (TASK) alongside Malden Overcoming Addiction (MOA) hosted a Faces of Recovery opening exhibit at Wilcox Hall last Thursday night. The TASK program was awarded a grant from the Greater Boston Council on Alcoholism. The focus of the grant was to address substance use disorder among youths. The YWCA partnered with MOA. Faces of Recovery used a youth-led platform and interview techniques to have those who have strived to overcome their substance use disorder tell their stories. MOA provided the interviewees for the TASK girls to interview extensively and document their stories through text and photographs about their road to recovery.

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Pictured from left to right: addiction survivors Recovery Coach “PJ Bell,” Recovery Coach Susan Jeselonis and Peer Support Specialist Kerri Loftus.
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YWCA Teen Coordinator Chris Murphy with The Bridge Recovery Center Peer Support Specialist Kerri Loftus
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Teen advocates said recovery affects everyone.
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Mayor Gary Christenson (center) took a photograph with event attendees.
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Recovery Coach Susan Jeselonis and TASK members are shown during last Thursday night’s Faces of Recovery opening exhibit at Wilcox Hall.
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City of Malden Addiction Recovery Resource Specialist/Malden Overcoming Addiction President Paul Hammersley welcomed guests.
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Mayor Gary Christenson took a photo with teen advocates.
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Mayor Gary Christenson congratulated everyone on becoming clean and sober.
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Tristen O’Neil and The Bridge Recovery Center Peer Support Specialist Kerri Loftus
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In recovery, pictured from left to right: Joy Bailey, Jodie Perkins, Donnell Bailey, Althea Harvey and Janice Avant.
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MOA President Paul Hammersley and his wife, Lisa, and daughter, Bella, were in attendance.
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Everett residents David and Tina Oliveri shared their stories.

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