{"id":19152,"date":"2011-12-08T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=19152"},"modified":"2020-05-21T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:24:34","slug":"student-overcomes-addiction-at-miami-rescue-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/student-overcomes-addiction-at-miami-rescue-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Overcomes Addiction At Miami Rescue Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight years ago, Anthony Blackman says, he overdosed on crack cocaine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Blackman, a 36-year-old student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/search\/?q=%22Carrie%20P.%20Meek%20Entrepreneurial%20Education%20Center%22&amp;_siq_page=1&amp;_siq_sort=relevance\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Carrie P<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0000ff;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center<\/span>, says he is a changed man.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat night I saw a piece of paper on the floor with the [Miami Rescue] Mission\u2019s number, so I decided to call,\u201d Blackman said. \u201cThe Mission helps the \u2018least, the last and the lost.\u2019 I was at a seventh grade education level before I went in. I did drugs for more than 20 years\u2014since I was 13. I\u2019m reborn now, it changed my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamirescuemission.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Miami Rescue Mission<\/span><\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 NW First Ave.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> partners with health clinics and education programs to provide free medical assistance and resources to addicts and the homeless in Downtown Miami.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College students also volunteer there, to help patients recover and achieve their goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adonis Batista, 38, a nursing student pursuing his bachelor\u2019s degree at the Medical Campus, assists doctors with patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI take their vital signs if they have any pain,\u201d Batista said. \u201cIf the patient is diabetic, after they have been seen by a doctor, we regulate a diet and things that will help them go better with their diagnosis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Rescue Mission, a Judeo-Christian-based program, also features prayer groups, individualized mentoring and gives people the chance to graduate from the program with a certificate after 12-18 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany people enter the program but don\u2019t stick with it,\u201d Blackman said. \u201cI graduated MRM in 2004 and was the first to earn my GED there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a 24\/7 open door policy, the program provides food, clothing, shelter, recovery programs and educational resources for those who want to change their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe currently have about 130 students enrolled in our education program,\u201d said Ken Palonsky, the Jeffrey A. Tew Education Center\u2019s supervisor, a partner with the Mission. \u201cWe focus on giving students positive reinforcement. These guys have had enough negative criticism in their lives. We try to change that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the students complete the educational program, they are expected to be on a tenth grade educational level, according to Palonsky. He says the program caters to each student individually, focusing on what the student wants to do in the workforce once they exit the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStudents receive help in areas such as forming a resume, cover letter, a follow up letter, and a thank you letter after an interview,\u201d Palonsky said. \u201cThey learn interviewing skills and have to do research before they meet with a potential employer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students from Ross University, Brown Mackie College, the University of Miami and Florida International University also volunteer at the clinic to gain experience in their fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gisela Bretones, an MDC student, coordinates the schedules of the doctors, students and patients at the clinic. She says more than 7,000 people a year are helped at MRM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Ugene Durden is one of those.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Mission has changed my life. I am clean and sober now, going on eight years, married with a family, fully employed with a lighting company,\u201d Durden said. \u201cI\u2019m a youth minister at my church, and I am the president of a non-profit organization. We help people in nursing homes and hospitals. We talk to people who are on the streets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Blackman\u2019s life faced major reconstruction, he recently got married and was among the finalists in an elevator pitch contest\u2014a forum where start-up business ideas are pitched\u2014 at the University of Miami this November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Blackman took charge of a green cleaning business, Squeaky Cleaning Services, LLC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is more than a company, he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSqueaky Cleaning Services is a second chance company,\u201d Blackman said. \u201cI want to expand my business because I want to give others a second chance at life, like I was fortunate to have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Staff writer <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jael Teme contributed to this story.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight years ago, Anthony Blackman says, he overdosed on crack cocaine.\u00a0\u00a0 Today, Blackman, a 36-year-old student at the Carrie P. 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