The Centenary College Counseling Center and In Awe Foundation, Inc., are sponsoring a movie screening of The Anonymous People at 7:30 p.m. April 29, 2014, at Bow Tie Cinemas in Mansfield. Tickets cost $12.50 and members of the community are invited to attend.

The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the more than 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum has been filled with sensational mass media depictions of people with addictions that perpetuate a lurid fascination with the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition. Just like with women with breast cancer, or people with HIV/AIDS, a grass-roots social justice movement is emerging.
Courageous addiction recovery advocates have come out of the shadows and are organizing to end discrimination and move toward recovery-based solutions.

This opportunity was spearheaded by Centenary student Melissa O’Mara, who also has developed a weekly Addiction Recovery Series at the campus under the direction of Lorna Farmer, Director of the Counseling Center at Centenary College.

“Melissa’s dedication to providing support and information on this sensitive subject to her peers and beyond is incredible,” says Farmer. “She aspires to change lives through the dissemination of information on this subject. We are lucky to know her and work with her in this capacity.”

For more information, call Melissa O’Mara at (803)-81-InAwe or (908) 892-5096. If people would like to donate tickets to the local Police Departments or Probation Offices.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Please utilize the following link to reserve your tickets: http://gathr.us/screening/7410.

Founded in 1867 by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church, Centenary
College is an independent, coeducational liberal arts and career studies college distinguished by an accomplished faculty, small class size and diverse student body. Centenary is the only baccalaureate and master’s degree granting institution in northwest
New Jersey.

Centenary College’s main campus is located in Hackettstown, N.J., with its equestrian facility in Washington Township (Morris County). The Centenary College School of Professional Studies offers degree programs in two locations: Parsippany and Edison, and at corporate sites throughout New Jersey. The School of International Programs recruits international students for study at Centenary and Centenary students for study abroad.

For more information about In Awe Foundation, visit www.inawefoundation.org.
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  April 29, 2014 at 7:30 pm

  April 29, 2014 07:30
• Mansfield Cinema 14
  Route 57, Hackettstown, NJ

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