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JEANNIE VILLARREAL
Jeannie Villarreal
has worked in several capacities at the Vallejo Fighting Back Partnership
including development specialist and recovery coordinator. At present,
she is a project coordinator there.
“If a community
wants to admit there’s a problem with substance abuse, it becomes
a very scary thing if they don’t have the tools to address
the problem. At the state level it’s too impersonal, and at
the personal level it’s too difficult. At the community level,
it’s personal enough because people see the direct results.
They can do so much more together than they could individually.
What we’ve done here in Vallejo is we’ve let people realize
that they can be part of the solution.
Fighting Back is unique. It brings everyone
to the table. Not just professionals who work on one aspect of the
problem, but addicts are brought to the table, parolees come to
the table, prostitutes. I work with RAFT, Recovering Advocates for
Treatment. By coming together as an organization, we lend support
to each other, we’re much more credible. People don’t
think that people have long-term recovery. By changing public perceptions,
people will be more invested in supporting treatment.”
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