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This free annual event gathers people from the many paths of recovery to celebrate our common goal of freedom from addiction. We present a series of speakers with an optional $10 lunch, and additional information tables from recovery groups and organizations. We'll also be conducting a silent auction with proceeds benefiting Many Paths One Destination.
This year's speakers:
Matt Butler (New York) 🎸🎤🎵🎶
Matt Butler is a songwriter, poet and storyteller as well as the founder of Art That Serves, an organization dedicated to bringing the arts to the incarcerated. His solo show Reckless Son tells the story of how his concert at the Albany County Jail led to over 100 performances in jails and prisons across the country. Along with correctional facilities, he speaks and performs his solo show Reckless Son at universities, high schools, and retreat centers. Matt’s been featured on NPR Morning Edition, The Blue Grass Situation, and PBS with SPIN saying “Butler is doing something special for the American arts”.
Andy Short (Los Angeles) 🚣♂️🚴♀️🏋️♀️🤸♀️🏃♂️🤾♀️🤸♀️🚴♂️🧘💃🕺
Andy Short is a Senior Regional Manager at The Phoenix-an international sober active community. Through hundreds of weekly sober events and activities, they're creating safe spaces for individuals to connect, build friendships, find support, and have fun. Andy has scaled initiatives nationally and beyond including engagement with the LGBTQIA+ communities, volunteer leadership & development, and co-leads our new volunteer impact model project. Previously he led an innovative arts and recovery nonprofit for which he was recognized by the Massachusetts Legislature & Mass Nonprofit Network. Andy will also discuss their initiative with 1 Million Strong, creating safe spaces at music events for fans in recovery.
Mary Beth O’Connor 👩⚖️📕📖👭🚺
Mary Beth is a board member for LifeRing Secular Recovery and She Recovers Foundation and advocate for multiple paths to recovery. Mary Beth’s award-winning memoir, From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction chronicles her wild ride through the rock-bottom underbelly of addiction to the hallowed halls of justice where she rose to the pinnacle of success as a federal judge. Professionally, 6 years into recovery, Mary Beth attended Berkeley Law. She worked at a large firm in Silicon Valley, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014, Mary Beth was appointed a federal Administrative Law Judge, a position from which she retired in 2020.
Marty Lajoie 🧘♂️☯🙏💓🎤
Marty Lajoie is the Chief Psychologist at Duffy’s Napa Valley Rehab, and founder of Holistic Recovery. Marty will discuss his journey from San Francisco DJ & party promoter to finding a foundation in the 12 steps, and his development of a program in which integrative health meets evidence-based practices, allowing individuals to customize their recovery path.
Please join us for our 16th year presenting this event. All are welcome. More information at https://www.manypathsonedestination.org/mpod-2024/
Many Paths One Destination is a 501(c) non-profit organization based in San Jose, CA.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2700 Booksin Ave, San Jose, CA 95125, United States
