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At Shakti Rising, recovery has a slightly different definition! In our program, recovery is more than abstaining from a particular addiction, it is addressing the complex set of issues that each young woman faces, and assisting her to uncover, rediscover and reclaim her essential Self.

When this happens, her life energy restores itself and begins to rise up, allowing her to take creative action in the world. This is Shakti Rising.

Our recovery program is more than a social services intervention; it is an innovative empowerment program incorporating counseling, community activism, health education, life and career skills classes. Therefore, the participants in our program are more than our “clients;" they are the co-creators of their recovery journey. They are learning new ways to live their lives, ways that are self-sustaining, constructive and contributing to the greater good. Therefore, we consider our program to be an Apprenticeship Program, and participants, apprentices.

Shakti Rising is a grassroots organization that continually evolves in response to the needs of the women it serves. Shakti was founded by young women who could not find the help they needed elsewhere, so they worked with Executive Director, Shannon Thompson, to create an innovative, holistic and comprehensive approach that is woman-centered yet still inclusive of all types of people, weaving together knowledge and experience from various cultures, traditions and ways of life.