Remote Communities Committee

Greetings, and welcome to the Remote Communities Committee page. Quite often the first question is “what exactly constitutes a remote community?” and “what does the remote communities committee actually do?”. These are both excellent questions so let me take a moment to answer them and then share some exciting ideas I have for the committee as a whole.

The definition of a “remote community” is any community where it is difficult to carry the AA message because of language, culture, geography, or life condition. As you can see that applies equally as well to communities in the most rural parts of the Area as it does to communities in the heart of Minneapolis who, for a range of reasons, are not getting AA’s message. Thus, the central mission of this committee is to go to any lengths necessary to carry AA’s message to all those who need it and is just one more link in the chain or responsibility in our effort to help the alcoholic to who still suffers.

At first glance it may seem that this committee reproduces some of the work of the PI or CPC committees. In reality, while the RC does work closely with these two committees, the RC serves a different need and helps fill the gap in our Area’s overall 12-step work by reaching out to various communities that might not fall under the responsibility of the other area committees.

I am very excited about the potential for this committee and am deeply committed to its mission to let no one who suffers miss the message of hope and recovery that AA has to offer. If you are interested in being a part of the committee or simply want to know more about what it has to offer, please contact me.