Voices of Recovery

About the Program

Category: Civic Education and Public Information (Best in Category)

Year: 2013

Voices of Recovery is a joint project between Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services (HAMHDS), a Community Services Board, and WRIR—LP, a local non-profit radio station. The project began in 2011 with the goal of providing education and public information about mental illness. Voices of Recovery is a radio show documenting the struggles and triumphs of individuals with mental illness. Each one-minute episode highlights a notable individual who has experienced mental illness and found a path to recovery. Recovery from mental illness is the process of moving beyond the limitations the illness may cause, and finding renewed purpose, meaning and satisfaction in life. There remains considerable stigma associated with having a mental illness. This show challenges those stigmas and celebrates individual triumph