 An update from the Transition Team:
REGISTER TO VOTE for your Recovery Dharma Board of Directors!Everyone who considers themselves a member of Recovery Dharma is eligible to vote for the Board. Just go to https://mailchi.mp/recoverydharma/register and submit your email to be added to the voter rolls (note - you will receive an email verification; please check your Spam folder if it does not arrive in your Inbox). This list will be maintained separately from the Recovery Dharma mailing list—it is not for email contact, just voter registration. Voting will be online from January 15 through January 31, 2020. The permanent Recovery Dharma Board of Directors will be seated in mid-February. Each voter can choose up to four candidates on their ballot. The candidates with the highest number of votes will be elected to the nine open Board seats, with terms structured so there is overlap: the four top vote getters will have three-year terms, the next four will have two-year terms, and the next (along with the transitional board members who will stay on the Board for continuity) will have a one-year term. Please spread the word about registering to vote in our meetings. Happy New Year!
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 This Thursday's meeting falls on Thanksgiving and is cancelled with a return to the regular schedule Thursday, December 5th. In the meantime, if you haven't already, come check out our weekly meetings on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday nights or our Sunday morning meeting!
MONDAYS 7:00 – 7:20 PM – Newcomer Orientation 7:30 – 8:45 PM Meeting: Sitting meditation followed by reading, discussion, and sharing. Creative Living Fellowship 6530 N 7th St Phoenix, AZ 85014 TUESDAYS 7:30 - 8:45 PM Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion, & sharing. Fellowship Capstone [Private Office] 1620 N 82nd Place [Just North of McDowell] Scottsdale, AZ 85257 [Parking Behind Building] THURSDAYS 7:30 - 8:45 PM Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion, & sharing. Fellowship Valley Hope Tempe Rio Sureno Medical Plaza 2103 E Southern Ave Tempe, AZ 85282 SATURDAYS 6:00 PM Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion & sharing. Fellowship. Studio 164 13627 N 32nd St Phoenix AZ 85032 SUNDAYS 9:00 AM Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion & sharing. Fellowship The River Source 2325 W Guadalupe Rd Gilbert AZ 85233  Hey Boo-dhists,
Heads Up - due to Halloween this Thursday night, October 31, the Thursday Night Recovery Dharma meeting will just...disappear mysteriously. No fear, though. It will be back the following week, Thursday, November 7 at 7:30 pm.* Hope to see you then, ghosts and goblins. * Same Bat-time, Same Bat-Channel: 7:30 - 8:45 PM Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion, & sharing. Fellowship Valley Hope Tempe Rio Sureno Medical Plaza 2103 E Southern Ave Tempe, AZ 85282  Recovery Dharma Sangha welcomes a new weekly meeting - starting tonight, September 17th, and every Tuesday night from 7:30 - 8:45 pm at 1620 N 82nd Place, Scottsdale AZ 85257. This is in an office building on 82nd Place just north of McDowell Road with parking available behind the building.
Look forward to seeing you there!  The Phoenix-Rising Recovery Dharma Sangha welcomes a new weekly meeting - starting September 17th, every Tuesday night from 7:30 - 8:45 pm at 1620 N 82nd Place, Scottsdale AZ 85257. This is in an office building on 82nd Place just north of McDowell Road with parking available behind the building.
Look forward to seeing you there!  Hello Phoenix - Rising Sangha! If you would like to be on the email list for Recovery Dharma to receive periodic newsletters and important news, here's the link to sign up.
 There's been a lot of talk lately, maybe too much talk... nah, here's a round up of the last month or so of Refuge Recovery and Recovery Dharma coverage.
From Trike Daily at The Tricycle: Buddha Buzz Weekly: Refuge Recovery Splits By Karen Jensen and Matthew Abrahams JUL 13, 2019 From Los Angeles Magazine: Noah Levine Blames the #MeToo Movement for the Demise of His Punk Rock Buddhism Empire By Sean Elder -July 10, 2019 At The Fix: Ben Affleck Clarifies Support For Refuge Recovery's Noah Levine Amid Misconduct Allegations By Victoria Kim 07/10/19 From TMZ: Exclusive: BEN AFFLECK - MY RECOVERY GURU SAVED MY LIFE 6/28/2019 3:49 PM PT Remember, links to the RefCon5 State of the State video, the Recovery Dharma [RD] statement, the first complete draft of The Recovery of Dharma - the RD book, and a proposed RD meeting format are all posted in Resources. See ya in the funny papers...  Today, the administrator for the Facebook group, Refuge Recovery Group Resources was sent a C&D [Cease and Desist] from the attorney representing Noah Levine and Refuge Recovery World Services [RRWS] that read in part:
Your use of the Refuge Recovery Group Resources page to promote RD amounts to trademark infringement in relation to the name, "Refuge Recovery." You need to do one of the following right away: (1) stop promoting RD on that page and delete any such promotions or references to RD, or (2) turn over the page to RRWS, or (3) take down the page. Otherwise we'll start the process of litigation to get an injunction and recovery attorney's fees and statutory damages and costs from you. RR the non-profit has a license until August 1 to use the RR name, but my understanding is that your page is not owned by the non-profit and will not be turned over to RRWS on Thursday like all of the official RR pages. Please correct me if I am wrong. As that attorney is working pro bono and apparently has unlimited time and resources, which I do not, I think I have no choice but to immediately rename this informational website from Refuge Recovery Phoenix to Recovery Dharma - Phoenix Rising. Within the next week, I'll be removing any and all material trademarked to RRWS. I will also, by August 1st, be removing listings of any RRWS affiliated meeting. Those meetings will continued to be listed on the national website and, of course, IF you have their permission, you can create your own website for them. I say IF because my impression is that the entire infrastructure for RRWS will be very hierarchical with orders, etc. coming from the top down. Please note: my changes to this website do not change the names or affiliations of any individual meeting here in Phoenix or Arizona. Each meeting will need to decide its affiliation for itself. I will be happy to list any Recovery Dharma meeting in Phoenix - or the state of Arizona here; just let me know. -Catherine Rezza  Message from Jean Tuller, Executive Director of Refuge Recovery
Hi sangha!! Here's the updated info for the online Recovery Dharma Town Hall this Thursday. Please use the below info to join and share your ideas and hopes. Thanks and look forward to seeing you this Thursday!!! Topic: Recovery Dharma Town Hall Meeting Time: Jul 18, 2019 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/285773275 One tap mobile +16699006833,,285773275# US (San Jose) +16465588656,,285773275# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) Meeting ID: 285 773 275 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad74FQYypl As decided in the recent settlement between Refuge Recovery and Noah Levine, et al, Refuge Recovery, the non-profit organization, will undergo dissolution at the end of this month. A new non-profit called Recovery Dharma [RD] has been created to support the Refuge Recovery groups who wish to no longer be associated with Noah Levine and his private businesses. Another organization led by Noah Levine called Refuge Recovery World Services [RRWS] will soon take control of Refuge Recovery's website, meeting and mailing lists, official Facebook pages and groups. This will not include any website's - such as this one- or FB groups created by private individuals, existing individual meetings or intersanghas, etc.  Meetings such as those of ours in the Phoenix metro area will each decide what to do next - whether that be joining the Noah Levine led RRWS, or the non-profit collective, Recovery Dharma, or declaring independence, or dissolution, etc. To that end, I strongly encourage you to:
All listed above is also available on this website's Resources page. More will soon follow including meeting formats, and worksheets for Noble Truth and Eightfold Path Inquiry work. Living in impermanence, we see death and rebirth. Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. 
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