District 04 MSCA 09

General Service - Alcoholics Anonymous

Public Information (PI) Committee, Panel 76

Public Information (PI) Committee, Panel 76

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Public Information Committee

Panel 76 Chair: John B.

PI Committee Members:

  • Jessica
  • Ted

Email: PI@LongBeachAA.org

Public Information Workbook

Public Information Kit


District 4 Public Information activates have fallen into four categories:

  1. Distributing contact cards and AA pamphlets (A Brief Guide to AA and Introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous) to help prospective members find AA meetings. This seems to have been our most effective activity. We have delivered more than 600 copies of the contact cards to places where they are most likely to fall into the hands of alcoholics in need of help. The places where we dropped off our literature are listed below.
  2. Visiting and writing letters to school nurses and to the student health departments of several Long Beach schools. This effort has proven to be a waste of our time. For whatever reason, schools seem reluctant to address the problem of alcoholism among their student populations.
  3. Writing articles on the subject of alcoholism for submission to such publications as Good Housekeeping, the AARP magazine, and other publications. To date, none of our articles have been accepted.
  4. Setting up an Alcoholics Anonymous table at the Bixby Knolls First Friday event on May 1, 2026. Our table had a six-foot banner reading ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS and a fully stocked literature rack. Our exhibit attracted only three individuals even though hundreds of people passed by us. We think that some people who may be wondering if AA could be of help to them might also be reluctant to be seen talking to AA representatives for fear that others might assume they had a drinking problem. Furthermore, the First Fridays event is mostly about visiting art galleries, shopping, eating, and drinking. AA may seem like an unwelcome intruder in this fun-time environment, a conclusion we came to after setting up our display and experiencing the event first-hand.

We delivered contact cards and AA literature to the following institutions:

October 2024

  • CSULB Student Health Services
  • LB City College Student Health Services
  • Mental Health Department, LB VA Hospital

February 2025

  • UCI Los Alamitos Hospital
  • Long Beach Rescue Mission
  • Long Beach High Gain Drunk Driving School
  • Long Beach Behavioral Health Urgent Care
  • Long Beach Rescue Mission which operates the Samaritan shelter for men and the Lydia shelter for women and children.

April 29, 2026

Distributed approximately 250 copies of the contact card and 50 copies of the AA pamphlet A Brief Guide to AA to the following institutions:

  • Community Hospital Behavioral Health
    1720 Termino LB
  • ABC Drunk Driving
    12100 Carson, Hawaiian Gardens
  • AKUA Mental Health and Addiction
    5255 E. Carson, LB
  • Long Beach Senior Center
    1150 E. 4th St. LB
  • Long Beach LGBTQ Community Center
    2017 E 4th St. LB

John, Jessica and Ted.

The primary purpose of members involved in Public Information Service work is to carry the AA message to the still suffering alcoholic.

Public Information conveys AA information to the general public through activities such as providing AA resources and literature to schools, colleges and libraries.

Also, Public Information Committee members may give AA informational talks to civic and city organizations as well as schools and public service departments.

Insuring local media have accurate information and providing them with the latest AA public service announcements are also ways the Public Information Committee can be useful.

While there is some overlap between PI and CPC, Public Information serves the community at large, in the hope that doing so, will ultimately help the alcoholic.

District 04 is here to answer any of your PI questions and to help facilitate your Public Information Committee goals (excerpts taken from the Public Information Workbook 1994)

1. Attend all (no less than 6) Area Public Information Committee meetings and report to the District on Pl activities.

2. Form and maintain a District Public Information Committee made up of GSRs and other interested members.

3. Develop District-approved and -funded PI projects (e.g., those found in the “Public Information Workbook”). Report on their status at District meetings.

4. Provide the DCMC a monthly written report on the status of all Public Information projects that District 4 ls involved with.