ADVISORY/Hazelden Sponsors Women Healing Conference, Minneapolis/St. Paul; Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 at the Doubletree Hotel, Mall of America, Bloomington.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday-Saturday (April 4-5) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Ellen Breyer, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Hazelden Foundation will give opening remarks at 9:00 a.m. Ellen Breyer, the first woman president of the Hazelden Foundation, welcomes hundreds of women from the upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. to Women Healing, a two-day conference and celebration of recovery for women in all stages of recovery from addictions and the professionals who help them, many of whom are also in recovery. Women Healing features internationally known clinicians, authors, spiritual leaders and creative therapists. Why Women Healing: Addiction addiction: see drug addiction and drug abuse. is very different and more devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. for women, who face severe societal so·ci·e·tal adj. Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society. so·ci  e·tal·ly adv.Adj. stigmas as obstacles to treatment, have suffered from upwards of 75% physical, often sexual abuse rates, and recover best with gender-specific treatment and support from other women. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
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