PI/CPC Committee
PUBLIC INFORMATION (PI)
The purpose of P.I. service is to provide accurate A.A. information to the public when requested. P.I. committees visit schools, businesses and community meetings for this purpose. They also serve as resources for our friends in the local media, emphasizing our Traditions of anonymity, singleness of purpose, and non-affiliation, as well as offering A.A. public service announcements to radio and television stations.
Public information focus
- Giving presentations about A.A to schools and organizations.
- Providing information about A.A. through digital and print materials.
- Insuring local media have accurate information about A.A. through PSAs, anonymity-protected interviews and press
service ideas
- Place PSAs with online, radio and TV stations
- Email local high schools to let them know that P.I. "Young People" presentations are available along with PowerPoint and other digital media.
- Place P.I. ads in local media publications about open meetings, especially during the holiday season.
- Send email of introduction to local media offering to be a resource for information about A.A. and anonymity-protected interviews.
- Help members become more informed about A.A.'s Public Information Policy.
COOPERATION WITH THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY (CPC)
Members of C.P.C. committees provide information about A.A. to those who have contact with alcoholics through their profession. This group includes health care professionals, educators, members of the clergy, lawyers, social workers, union leaders, and industrial managers, government officials, as well as those working in the field of alcoholism. Information is provided about where we are, what we are, what we can do, and what we cannot do.
CPC focus
- Establishing better communication with professionals working with alcoholics
- Finding simple, effective ways of cooperating without affiliating
- Explaining clearly what A.A. does and doesn’t do
service ideas
- Hold workshops for members who want to learn about C.P.C. Twelfth Step service and how to share information about Alcoholics Anonymous with professionals they may come in contact with in their daily lives.
- Contact local professional schools that train future health care, legal/correctional or human resources/employment professionals and offer to do A.A. presentations.
- Invite local professionals to a breakfast or luncheon with a presentation explaining how A.A. can be a resource.
- Contact local court professionals and offer A.A. presentations.
- Contact a military base or VA facility in your area to offer a presentation or meeting.
- Contact local physicians, hospitals and clinics and arrange for A.A. literature to be available in their waiting rooms, and develop a plan for how to keep the literature stocked.
- Utilize the About A.A. newsletter in your C.P.C. contacts with professionals.
- Invite professionals and professional students to attend an open meeting.
- Contact local professional organizations and offer A.A. presentations and/or investigate opportunities to have an A.A. table/exhibit at their meetings or conferences.
- Create a display for use at professional meetings and conferences.
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Use this form to upload flyers for posting on website. Contact the PI/CPC Representative directly: [email protected] |
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