News & Events

Events

Pedro Point Hike – Nov. 9th 

District 2 has a hike coming up on November 9th!  We’ll be doing these on the second Saturday of every month.  This month’s hike will get going at 10am from here the devil’s slide southern parking lot and we’ll be doing this trail: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/pedro-point-via-devils-slide-trail (4.7 miles, 770ft elevation gain).

Friends of MA Holiday Party

The Friends of MA Holiday Party is coming up December 7th.  It’ll be 7:00-9:30 at St. Alban’s Church.  We’ll be doing a potluck and a white-elephant gift exchange, so folks should bring some food and a present!

Recommended gift value: $25

St Alban’s:
1501 Washington Ave Albany, CA 94706 




More Fellowship Opportunities

Looking for more fellowship opportunities? Check out the World Services Event Page or explore other Districts. Please note, these links will take you to other Marijuana Anonymous websites.


Service Opportunities

Liaison to A New Leaf

The District Service Committee is looking for a volunteer to serve as liaison to A New Leaf Publications. Contact Cass B. if you’re interested or have questions. (You can get her contact information from your GSR.)

District 2 H&I Committee – Looking for volunteers

District 2’s H&I committee is looking for volunteers to speak at or co-secretary a new meeting at an inpatient recovery facility in Oakland. We hold our meeting there every other Saturday from 3:00-4:00 pm. Volunteers to speak must have 90 days clean and sober (from all mind-altering drugs including alcohol) and co-secretaries must have one year clean and sober. Please contact Kathy L. for more information or to volunteer.

Upcoming Local District Committee (DSC) Meeting:

Second Sunday of Each Month from 6:00 – 8:00 pm
(Unless Otherwise Noted)

Contact Cass B. for the link to attend the DSC meeting. For Cass’ contact information please connect with your GSR.

To be placed on the DSC mailing list to receive emails with agendas and zoom links please contact MA District 2.

Local Announcements

Outcomes from the 2024 MAWS Conference!
See here for a summary of the outcomes from the recent 2024 MA World Service Conference.
7th Tradition via Venmo! – See Updated “7th Tradition Page
Venmo is now available for members & meetings to use to make contributions to MA District 2.
 
  • Name: MA SF-EastBay
  • Username: @madistrict2
 
Link and QR code provided at: https://madistrict2.org/7th-tradition/

Meetings to Attend & Support

  • Monday 6pm – Oakland “Dopeless Hopers”
  • Thursday 8pm – Albany “More Than Just Step Study”
  • Friday 6pm –  Oakland “Newcomers”

World Announcements

ANLP Contributions

A New Leaf Newsletter needs stories, poems, etc. that are centered around recovery. Of particular need are 800-1500 word feature pieces. Typically, the submission deadline is the 10th of the month, but they are in dire need now, so please send something in as soon as possible. The key ask is that it focuses on what happened and what it is like now rather than what it was like. Please send submissions to stories@anewleafpublications.org.

Share Your Sobriety Birthday

Allow A New Leaf newsletter to publish your sobriety anniversary to celebrate! Visit the A New Leaf Birthday Submission Page.

MA Phone Meetings

Daily Marijuana Anonymous phone meetings are available. For more info check out ma-phone.org.