Community

Recovery

Support

OUR STORY

    • In 2017 a homelessness summit was convened in Marquette, Michigan to review the current services and identify gaps and opportunities.

    • During that summit it was identified that Permanent Supportive Housing is the major missing piece of the puzzle in Marquette and that Recovery Residences are a necessary and important piece of the overall solution.

    • As a person in long-term recovery, who had worked with the community of people experiencing homelessness in the past, Ryan Redmond felt called to focus his advocacy work on this issue.

    • He convened a board made up of members of the local helping community who are uniquely familiar with the barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness in Marquette through current and former work.

    • On March 9, 2019 Superior Housing Solutions was granted 501c3 status, and set to work.

    • Superior Housing Solutions eventually became Superior Connections Recovery Community Organization.

OUR MISSION

Superior Connections Recovery Community Organization exists to assure that all individuals in recovery, including those who are homeless and/or near homeless, have access to supportive services that address social determinants of health while honoring all pathways to recovery in order to promote self-actualization in an inclusive and supportive community.

MANY PATHWAYS

Superior Connections recognizes there are many pathways to recovery. Your journey will be unique, and we support you whether or not you connect to professional treatment, attend meetings, take medications, abstain, moderate, rely on faith, rely on peer support, or any of the myriad other ways people go about making positive changes that improve their wellbeing.

WORKING DEFINITION OF RECOVERY

“A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.”
-SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

WE CAN HELP

Recognize and fulfill lifelong goals

Establish Meaningful Relationships

Participate fully in your community

Learn daily living skills that lead to self sufficiency

Help Support Our Cause

MAKE A DONATION

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

  • Americas Best Value Inn Marquette
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
  • Contrast Coffee
  • Eagle Mine
  • First Presbyterian Church – Marquette
  • Goodwill Industries of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
  • Leppanen +Anker Arquitectura
  • LoveMarq Church – Marquette
  • Messiah Lutheran Church – Marquette
  • Michigan Health Endowment Fund
  • NorthCare Network
  • Semco
  • St. John the Evangelist Church – Ishpeming
  • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church – Marquette
  • Superior Health Foundation
  • Tadych’s Marketplace Foods
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • West End Health Foundation

MEETING LINKS

AFFILIATE LINKS

Superior Connections Recovery Community Organization is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

We provide advocacy, education, and peer support services related to recovery from substance use disorders.

LANGUAGE RESOURCES

The language we use related to recovery and substance use makes a difference. Using terms that acknowledge, first and foremost, the personhood of the who we are referencing is one way to negate stigma. Here are some resources to help as we think more about what we say

Resource from Faces and Voices of Recovery

Article and “Recovery Dialiects” infographic on Liv’s Recovery Kitchen

Language Statement & Reference Guide from the International Network of People Who Use Drugs and Asian Network of People who use Drugs