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Get ready for RAD 2025!

Learn our legislative priorities and support items. 

 

Empower your advocacy by understanding the RAD priorities and support items before February 6.


Being informed makes you a more effective advocate, strengthens our movement, and ensures your voice is heard loud and clear.

RAD Legislative Priorities

RAD Priorities are the key legislative and funding policy changes that attendees will advocate for with their state lawmakers at RAD 2025.

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RAD Support Items

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Support Items are additional policy changes the WRA endorses and encourages our community to advocate for during the upcoming legislative session.

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These priorities are essential to advancing recovery-friendly policies across Washington State. You can view our full lists of RAD priorities and support item priorities in the attached documents.

Be a part of this movement and make your voice heard. Community members will have the opportunity to advocate for these priorities directly with their legislators.

 

Join us on February 6 for RAD 2025!

Join Us For an Event

  • Fri, Dec 13
    Virtual Event
    Dec 13, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Virtual Event
    Dec 13, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Virtual Event
    The WRA and King County Recovery Coalition are partnering to host a 2-hour virtual version of our Elevate Recovery Advocacy Training on Friday, December 13, at 12 pm.
  • Multiple Dates
    Mon, Jan 27
    Virtual Event
    Jan 27, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Virtual Event
    Jan 27, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Virtual Event
    Join fellow recovery community organizers from across the state to advance our shared mission
  • Thu, Feb 06
    United Churches of Olympia
    Feb 06, 2025, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501, USA
    Feb 06, 2025, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501, USA
    RAD is the Washington Recovery Alliance's annual citizen action event, where we bring together hundreds of people in the recovery community from across the state to engage their lawmakers in conversations about legislative changes that would improve our behavioral health system.

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

By tapping into a statewide network of individuals, groups, organizations, businesses and government agencies, we make connections, build programs and advocate for issues impacting those suffering from substance use disorder and mental health challenges. Learn more about how you can join the movement.

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WE ARE ADVOCATES

We advance mental health and substance use recovery by changing public understanding and shaping pro-recovery public policy.

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WE ARE COMMUNITY

We support coalitions, groups and individuals across the state to educate, engage and connect community members in recovery.

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WE ARE RECOVERY

We mobilize communities to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and be out and proud in recovery. We fight stigma by exposing people to the truth — recovery is possible for all!

#RECOVERYSTYLE

WRA MERCH STORE NOW OPEN

WASHINGTON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
COMMUNITY NEEDS SURVEY

We are conducting a survey to see what issues and solutions around recovery from substance use,

mental health, and co-occurring challenges are most pressing in your community here in Washington state. 

 

We want to hear from YOU.

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Learn more and fill out the survey below.

STATEWIDE RECOVERY HAPPENS
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS

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