Colleagues you will remember that we met our two newest colleagues, josefowitz and wan. And i remember when i was new to the commission and wanting to get to know everybody quickly and wanting the folks to get to know me and not having that chance last time, this was just a brief item just to meet our newest commissioners and when we have our retreat we will learn more about each other. But if we could just learn quickly a little bit about josefowitz, and welcome to the commission. And then commissioner wan. Thank you, so much. President , arce. And i am thrilled to be here and the background and i have developed and built the solar power plants and some of the expertise that i hope to bring to the commission and to the department and to the city. I think that we have tremendous assets, as a city, that we earn ourself and within the city that can be exploited to greener, Energy Supply and to reduce our electricity and fuel usage and i hope to bring some of my expertise and add to these
Its important to me because helping you helps me. Helping someone else makes me feel good, and its part of my recovery. To help someone else keeps me right where i need to be cause i learn from your experiences, and you learn from mine. Leah, im coming back to you with the question of where does one house a peertoPeer Services . What organizational settings are appropriate for peertopeer . Its so diverse, i mean it can, there are peer support groups actually in public State Hospitals. Thats one location. They are sometimes their own peerrun organizations, and the National Empowerment center really highlights the work of these peerrun organizations that are creating their own services through a mixture of, they might receive some federal funding, some state funding, but operate relatively independently. So, you might find those. You have a very Exciting Development called the peer crisis respite, which is almost like a homelike setting. Its a small, tastefully decorated house where peop
I own i own i own my recovery from addiction and depression. Join the voices for recovery. Its worth it. For information on mental and Substance Use disorders, including prevention and treatment referral, call 1800662help. Brought to you by the u. S. Department of health and human services. [music] the mission of the Penn North Recovery Center is to improve the quality of life, wellbeing of individuals and communities struggling to overcome substance abuse, poverty, homelessness, and crime, as well as health inequalities. After 20 years, we see on average 400 people a day come into the building to partake in some form of service, whether thats our housing program, our ged program, our job readiness program, treatment, peer support, or 12 step meetings. Penn north happens to be in the center of baltimore city. Theres a lot of history because im a native baltimorean, and what it means to me is, i have the opportunity to come in one of the most historic communities and help it get better,
They go through, and its ok. Its ok to feel bad. Its ok for you to wake up that day and not feel as good as you did the day before. And thats ok, and ill be there for you. And in turn, they do the same for me. When im going through tough times, the clients know that, and theyll call me, how you doin . You know, you teach them that its ok to feel. Its ok. And the only way that you can do that is to show them that you feel, too. Now that im in school, to get my ged, i eventually want to go to school and be in some kind of peer support like you do. Ok. Now that ive come through the pain and the anguish on the other side, ive grown because of it. Now its like its important to me to help someone else. Its important to me because helping you helps me. Helping someone else makes me feel good, and its part of my recovery. To help someone else keeps me right where i need to be cause i learn from your experiences, and you learn from mine. Leah, im coming back to you with the question of where do
And thats ok, and ill be there for you. And in turn, they do the same for me. When im going through tough times, the clients know that, and theyll call me, how you doin . You know, you teach them that its ok to feel. Its ok. And the only way that you can do that is to show them that you feel, too. Now that im in school, to get my ged, i eventually want to go to school and be in some kind of peer support like you do. Ok. Now that ive come through the pain and the anguish on the other side, ive grown because of it. Now its like its important to me to help someone else. Its important to me because helping you helps me. Helping someone else makes me feel good, and its part of my recovery. To help someone else keeps me right where i need to be cause i learn from your experiences, and you learn from mine. Leah, im coming back to you with the question of where does one house a peertoPeer Services . What organizational settings are appropriate for peertopeer . Its so diverse, i mean it can, th