Announcements (Long Form)

Share Your Voice, Strengthen Our Unity

NorCal CMA is committed to fostering safe, inclusive spaces for all recovering crystal meth addicts, regardless of age, race, physical appearance, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, background, disability, or other personal identifiers, while engaging our fellowship around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in their local meetings. 

NorCal CMA Retreat 2025 — Events & Meetings

After the successful 2024 retreat, the NorCal CMA Retreat Planning Committee is gearing up to begin planning the 2025 retreat. The committee will meet on the first Saturday of every month leading up to the retreat in April 2025.

NorCal CMA Retreat Planning Committee — 1st Saturdays

10:30 am to 11:30 pm PT
Online — Members of the Committee, and all members wishing to get involved

Join Meeting Remotely: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85020516835
Meeting ID: 850 2051 6835
Passcode: RT2024

For any additional questions, please email the Retreat Chair at: retreatchair@norcalcma.org. 

NorCal CMA Monthly Intergroup Meeting

The Northern California district of Crystal Meth Anonymous meets on the second Saturday of every month at the Castro Community Meeting Room in San Francisco from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. All members of the fellowship, GSRs, and Board members are invited to attend. This is where we meet to share updates from our individual meetings, and events and other information from across our fellowship.

NorCal CMA Intergroup — September 14, 2024

11:00 am to 12:30 pm PT
Online — NorCal CMA Board Members, Committee Chairs, GRSs, and members of the fellowship

Castro Community Meeting Room
511 Castro Street (Above Bank of America)
San Francisco, CA 94114

This meeting is wheelchair accessible.

Join Meeting Remotely: https://zoom.us/j/97432901845
Meeting ID: 974 3290 1845
Passcode: 839860

All NorCal CMA Members are invited to attend the monthly meeting of the NorCal CMA District/Intergroup. All Group Service Representatives (GSRs) and Board Members are strongly encouraged to attend so that their groups are well represented. 

Help New York CMA Translate their 12 Steps for Crystal Meth Addicts

NYCMA is working on a Spanish translation of their 12 Steps black book. Any Spanish-speaking members of CMA are invited to join this zoom meeting to assist with the reading & verification of the translation of the 12 steps for crystal meth addicts. 

Los Doce Pasos para Adictos a la Metanfetamina — June 11, 2024

5:15 pm to 6:15 pm PT
Online

Join Meeting Remotely: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87670608796?pwd=eIEVCiaekhZEgby3y2lAzQ8UCcbAA8.1
Meeting ID: 876 7060 8796
Passcode: 368556

Each meeting will be devoted to reading each chapter of the Spanish translation of The 12 Steps for Crystal Meth Addicts and gather feedback before sending the final version to print. Todos son bienvenidos!

Want to request a new announcement or  update?

In an effort to keep our GSR Announcements quick and easy-to-understand, we have a few requests when making an announcement request. 

• • • Email your announcement requests to vicechair@norcalcma.org with the subject, "Announcement Request."

    • Please submit your announcement in clear, easy-to-understand language.

    • If your announcement is about a specific CMA-related event in Northern California and you would like us to add a graphic or event to our Facebook pages, please attach that to the email. (We will coordinate with the relevant committee, and they may reach out for more information if needed.)

    • Please indicate it's period of relevancy, (i.e. how long your announcement should be available.) — Typically, announcements stay on the gSR Quick Script for one week, and on this Announcements page for one month.

Note: ALL announcements will be copy edited to clarity and concision. We may reach out to you for additional clarification before posting the update. 

If you are requesting a change or update to any page of our website, please email the Vice Chair and include a link to the page accompanied by a detailed request. 

To Request and Announcement or a Website Update, please email:
vicechair@norcalcma.org

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee

NorCal CMA is committed to fostering safe, inclusive spaces for all recovering crystal meth addicts, regardless of age, race, physical appearance, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, background, disability, or other personal identifiers, while engaging our Fellowship around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in their local meetings.

As a new committee, we are just beginning to meet, gather information, and listen to our fellowship to find ways of ensuring that we are carrying the message of recovery to all. If you are interested in joining our committee, or would like more information on how the DEI Committee serves the community, please email our chair at dei@norcalcma.org. 

In the coming weeks and months, the DEI committee will be conducting an inventory of the NorCalCMA fellowship that will help us to identify ways in which our groups have navigated challenges around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. In addition to this important survey, we will also be conducting a fellowship listening session in April. More details to come. 

Inclusivity Statements

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee of NorCAL CMA has collected these inclusivity statements from across the fellowship of Crystal Meth Anonymous. These statements are being used in meetings all over the world and are wonderfully diverse, yet focused on the same goal: to increase the feeling of inclusivity in CMA meetings.

We’d like to offer this as a resource for your meeting in case you would like to add one of these to your meeting script. Feel free to use these statements as is, or adapt to the needs and group conscience of your meeting.

If you would like to announce it at your meeting, here is a potential script:

The Norcal CMA DEI Committee has added an inclusivity statement resource that our group might want to implement. If you think this would be a nice addition to our meeting and would like to hear more about it, please come to the next business meeting or talk to me after the meeting.

>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF <<

Hospitals & Institutions

The NorCal CMA H&I committee has been flooded with requests from facilities to host CMA meetings in their facilities. We have a waiting list for locations in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, and Santa Cruz but we need a minimum of four volunteers per facility before we can add a new facility to the schedule.  

Many times, an H&I meeting is the first introduction to Crystal Meth Anonymous that many inmates, clients, or patients receive. Therefore, it is important that the message of recovery through the Twelve Steps be informative, clear, concise, positive, and solution oriented. 

H&I Committee Meeting — 4th Saturdays 

10:30 am to 11:15 am PT
Next Meetings: 6/22/2024, 7/27/2024, 8/24/2024
Online via Zoom — CMA H&I Committee Meeting

Join Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/84737139750
Meeting ID: 847 3713 9750
Passcode: H&I2023

If you are interested in learning more about H&I or how you can get connected with service to a facility, please join us on the 4th Saturday of Every month on Zoom, or email hospitalschair@norcalcma.org. 

Phone Line Service

The PI&O Committee is looking for volunteers to take calls from addicts in need of support, and those who may have questions about the CMA program. Phone Line Volunteers are remote positions, and we have openings with some shifts as short as 1-hour-per-week. 

The minimum requirements are 1 year of continuous clean time AND completion of all 12 steps with a sponsor. Please see the Standing Committees page for information on our Hybrid monthly PI&O Committee meetings. 

For more information email the PI&O Chair:
publicinfochair@norcalcma.org