We're pleased to announce that bestselling author & public advocacy consultant to Caron Treatment Centers, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, will receive LICADD's 2010 Humanitarian Award at our 23rd Annual Angel Ball on May 4th at the Garden City Hotel.
Christopher Kennedy Lawford has spent his life in Hollywood and Washington, navigating two worlds as an actor, writer, lawyer, activist and public speaker. Before his successes, however, Lawford battled drug and alcohol addiction for much of his early life. In recovery for more than 24 years, he now shares his experience, strength and hope to make a difference in people's lives. For the past five years he has worked with a number of partners in private industry, the non-profit sector, state and federal governments and patient advocacy groups to effect change and raise awareness about addiction and its health consequences.
Mr. Lawford's political resume includes executive staff positions with The Democratic National Committee, The Community Action for Legal Services Agency and in the Washington office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. He has also held staff positions on numerous national, state and local political campaigns.
Mr. Lawford spent twenty years in the film and television business as an actor, lawyer, executive, and producer. His acting credits include roles with Anthony Hopkins in Slipstream and the World's Fastest Indian, The Sixth Day and Terminator 3 with Arnold Schwarzenegger, 13 Days with Kevin Costner, Russia House with Sean Connery and Ben Kingsley and Oliver Stone's The Doors. Additionally, Lawford spent three years on All My Children, and produced weekly segments for Extra and CNN focusing on political and social awareness within the entertainment community.
As an author, Mr. Lawford has published three critically acclaimed books. In his bestselling 2005 memoir,
Symptoms of Withdrawal, Lawford illuminates his extraordinary life offering a cohesive message of survival, hope, and inspiration. In 2009, Lawford followed with
The New York Times Bestseller
Moments of Clarity: Voices From the Front Lines of Addiction and Recovery and
Healing Hepatitis C. Mr. Lawford holds a BA from Tufts University, a JD from Boston College Law School and a Masters Certification in Clinical Psychology from Cambridge City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, where he is a Lecturer on Psychiatry.
Christopher will receive LICADD's 2010 Humanitarian Award and LICADD Board Member and Baum-Essex Manufacturing CEO Bill Baum will receive the Founder's Award for his dedicated service. Bill has been a steady force in LICADD's ongoing development and key to our most recent successes.
We hope you'll join us for what promises to be an inspirational evening and one of the year's premier charitable events. Tickets are just $500 and all event details are available via this
link.
The Angel Ball Journal closes on Friday; click
here to reserve your ad and show your support for addiction services today.
For more information about this or other LICADD events, please call Rosanne Slattery at 516.747.2606.
