What we do:
Public Information / Cooperation with the Professional Community in Alcoholics Anonymous means carrying the message of recovery to the still sick and suffering alcoholic by informing the general public and the professional communities about the AA program. We carry the message by getting in touch with and responding to: the media, schools, industry, civic organizations, churches, government agencies, social workers, educators, counselors, doctors, nurses, hospitals, those working with alcoholics in a professional position, AA members, and other organizations which can report on the nature and purpose of AA and what it can do for alcoholics.
How we do it:
Distribute meeting lists and other AA literature to appropriate public places like libraries, hospitals/clinics, schools, senior centers, medical professionals, first responders, law enforcement, etc. Keep literature racks filled and meeting lists up to date.
Distributing contact cards (along with literature and schedules). Cards can be used to provide a telephone number and/or website information.
Visit schools, local businesses, church and civic groups, adult care facilities, hospitals, professional organizations and give brief talks or show a conference approved movie.
Staff AA booths at health fairs.
Encourage AA members in local PI/CPC committees to carry the message of AA to those people in their own spheres, like their clergy, their doctors, their teachers, their places of work, their social organizations.
Submit appropriate articles to newspapers, organizational newsletters, professional organization newsletters and journals.
Take out ads in community publications or on billboards.
Provide Public Service Announcements to local cable television stations, local college radio stations, movie theaters.
Provide literature to hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts.
PI/CPC Links
Public Information Workbook
AA Guidelines on Public Information
AA Guidelines on Cooperation with the Professional Community
Contents of Public Information Kit List
AA Literature
AA on YouTube
The above information is reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.