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- Exceptional News: Lisbeth Riis Cooper honoree for local award: Asheville YWCA Women of Influence
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Exceptional News: Lisbeth Riis-Cooper honoree at the 20th Annual Tribute to Women of Influence Event.
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The YWCA's Tribute to Women of Influence (TWIN) event honors women who have made significant contributions to their fields, and recognizes those organizations that support such achievements. 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of TWIN. Leading up to this year's September 15th event, TWIN is highlighting each of our 25 incredible TWIN Honorees. If you would like more information about the TWIN event, or would like to reserve a ticket, please visit www.ywcaofasheville.org.
To read the blog postthat highlights Lisbeth: TWIN Honoree Spotlight
Lisbeth Riis Cooper: A Woman of Influence
CooperRiis is a Mental Health Recovery Program centered on two main campuses -- a farm on Mill Spring, NC and a 3-acre campus in Asheville. Individuals with mental illness arrive at CooperRiis' doorstep, often dis-empowered, dis-engaged, dis-eased and stuck. As Co-Founder of CooperRiis, Lisbeth has played a leading role in empowering over 500 individuals over the last 8 years, since CooperRiis opened. She has led the building of an entire organization that empowers individuals whom most of society would have relegated to a state of hopelessness rather than empowerment. Renowned author Oliver Sacks wrote about CooperRiis saying that it has helped to revive the (nearly) lost virtues of community and compassionate care for the field of mental health care.
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