2025 Annual Recovery Month Event - "An Evening of Recovery"

Join us for the 2025 Annual Recovery Month Event - "An Evening of Recovery"!

Labette Center is pleased to Celebrate Recovery Month with the community. This year's event will take place on September 9th from 6pm-8pm at the Carnegie Art Center located at 117 S. 17th St. Parsons KS. It will be an evening of celebrating local recovery stories and so much more!

Back by popular demand - the 2025 Recovery Month Speaker will be Jimmy McGill!

If you missed last year's Recovery Month event, or you would like to hear more from Jimmy McGill, join us in celebrating recovery on September 9th.

Jimmy McGill is a dynamic force in the realm of recovery and advocacy; he sits as the Executive Director at the National Peer Recovery Alliance. Formerly the Director of Peer and Recovery Services for the state of Arkansas (2018-2023), Jimmy's personal journey fuels his commitment to advancing recovery services nationwide.

A founding member of the SAMHSA Region 6 Peer Support Advisory Committee and inaugural Chairman of the National Association of Reentry Professionals, Jimmy leads pioneering efforts in peer support and reentry advocacy. Emerging triumphantly from a lifetime of incarceration and a twenty-three-year battle with addiction, Jimmy has transformed into an esteemed author and speaker, fueled by an unwavering purpose.
Despite a challenging past, Jimmy has graced stages alongside presidents, influenced drug and reentry policies, collaborated with Arkansas's supreme court on program development, and addressed audiences nationwide. Honored with the "Jimmy McGill Peer Leadership" Award in 2019, the 2021 Trail Blazer award from the Department of Human Services, and the 2023 Arkansas Peer Legacy Award, his transformative journey is a beacon reshaping reentry and recovery efforts across the nation. Featured in numerous articles, Jimmy's narrative is actively reshaping perceptions and driving change on a national scale.

You won't want to miss this amazing event!

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