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SUMMARY:The Consortium's Community Fair
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Consortium’s Community Fair! Join us at Veterans’ Memorial Park as we celebrate 50 years of strengthening communities through voice\, choice\, and inclusion. Enjoy a day filled with fun activities and opportunities to connect with local organizations. This event is all about bringing the community together and fostering meaningful relationships. Whether you’re looking to volunteer\, learn about local resources\, or simply enjoy a day out\, this fair has something for everyone. Come and be a part of this exciting event that celebrates community spirit and engagement. Learn more about community resources and businesses that create equitable access and support.
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/the-consortiums-community-fair/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T090000
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SUMMARY:2025 Annual West Region Self Advocacy Conference
DESCRIPTION:Massachusetts West Region Self Advocacy is elated to invite you to celebrate and reflect with us at our2025 Annual West Region Self Advocacy Conference! The event will be held Saturday\, May 31\, 2025 at the Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel in Springfield\, MA.\n\nSelf advocacy is an international civil rights movement started by and for people with disabilities. For over 40 years in Western Massachusetts\, self advocates have added to the richness of our community by recognizing a need for change and calling for action. The Annual West Region Self Advocacy Conference was created to further these meaningful pursuits by facilitating collaboration and community. For two decades self advocates from across New England have come together at the conference to share knowledge\, stories\, collaborate to create change\, and recognize one another’s efforts and accomplishments.\n\nThis year is especially meaningful for our community as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Massachusetts West Region Self Advocacy! This is a powerful opportunity to celebrate and reflect on our victories over the past three decades. Every year we select a theme based on the ideals of our movement; this year we are proud to highlight The Legacy of Self Advocacy: Past\, Present\, and Future. Every day we build on the accomplishments of our past and move forward towards an inclusive and equitable world for everyone.\nWe must acknowledge that even on the brink of this milestone anniversary\, self advocates are actively facing new challenges in today’s world. The conference remains an important time to come together and harness the collective energy\, wisdom\, and passion of our community. We know that when people work together\, revolutionary things happen.
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/2025-annual-west-region-self-advocacy-conference/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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SUMMARY:The Support Network's Annual Children's Mental Health Awareness Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Come join the Support Network for a fun-filled evening at Hamel’s Summit View for our annual children’s mental health dinner. This year’s dinner will recognize the 30 years of valuable work that the Support Network has done to support families and children to navigate systems and create change! Enjoy delicious food\, an exciting game of BINGO\, and great company while raising awareness for this important cause. Don’t miss out on the chance to celebrate wellness\, resilience\, action and purpose; and win amazing prizes. Let’s come together and show our support for children’s mental health!
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/the-support-networks-annual-childrens-mental-health-awareness-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T063000
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SUMMARY:Funny Raising Comedy Show
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URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/funny-raising-comedy-show/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T183000
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SUMMARY:Regional Screening and Q & A Panel for "Recovery City"
DESCRIPTION:Join Hampshire HOPE\, Northampton Recovery Center\, DART\, and Northampton Department of Health & Human Services for a FREE regional screening of Recovery City\, a documentary that follows four women’s journeys of recovery set in Worcester\, MA\, followed by a panel Q&A featuring the filmmaker and three of the film participants.This is a FREE event open to all community members on Thursday\, March 27 with doors opening at 6 PM and film beginning at 6:30 PM at the Academy of Music 274 Main Street\, Northampton\, MA. Attendees are encouraged to reserve their spot using the Eventbrite page here: http://tinyurl.com/RCfilm2025. Resource tables highlighting harm reduction\, recovery\, and treatment services will be available before and after the film for attendees to learn about and access resources.Questions? Email hampshirehope@northamptonma.gov\nFilm Synopsis:A raw exploration of what it means to be in recovery as seen through the eyes of four women whose lives share a common thread: addiction. In the working class city of Worcester\, Massachusetts\, Christine fights to regain custody of her young children while grappling with a traumatic past\, and battling stigma from the very systems that are designed to help her. Bridget\, who found recovery while in prison\, now facilitates peer-led support meetings for women. On the frontlines\, recovery coaches Janis and Rebecca navigate the city’s toughest corners offering support and trying to save lives. In this portrait of resilience\, grit\, and camaraderie\, the women use their lived experience to lift up those still struggling while refusing to give up hope.
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/regional-screening-and-q-a-panel-for-recovery-city/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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SUMMARY:Black History Month Film Screenings
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Black History Month this February at the Northampton Recovery Center. We will be screening three films: Slavery by Another Name (2/5) Freedom Riders (2/12) and Dark Girls (2/26). These events are open to the public and free.
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/black-history-month-film-screenings/2025-02-26/
LOCATION:Northampton Recovery Center\, 25 Armory Street\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Understanding Disability History & Culture
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URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/understanding-disability-history-culture/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240318T090000
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SUMMARY:Voices\, Visions & Unusual Beliefs: Innovative Support Strategies
DESCRIPTION:March 18 to March 20\, 2024\, 9am to 5pm\n@ Holyoke Community College\, Holyoke\, MA \nIn current Western medical paradigms\, hearing voices is often a deeply marginalized experience. Those who hear voices and/or see visions are typically given a poor prognosis. Suggested coping strategies tend to be limited to distraction techniques or heavy neuroleptics. Clinicians\, voice-hearers\, and family members have often felt frustrated by the limitations of this model. \nAnother world is possible. This training is for anyone who is interested in learning the current research\, strategies and supports that are being developed by people with lived experience of voice-hearing world-wide. \nWe will explore: \n▪ How trauma\, culture and social factors influence voice-hearing\n▪ Common myths about voices & visions and how to shift these paradigms\n▪ A new dialogue framework to discuss non-consensus reality states in a supportive way\n▪ Dozens of real-life strategies that are used by voice-hearers to cope with a distressing experience \n\n\n\n▪\nHow trauma\, culture and social factors influence voice-hearing\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n▪\nCommon myths about voices & visions and how to shift these paradigms\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n▪\nA new dialogue framework to discuss non-consensus reality states in a supportive way\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n▪\nDozens of real-life strategies that are used by voice-hearers to cope with a distressing experience\n\n\n\nThis event will be co-facilitated by Cindy Marty Hadge and Caroline Mazel-Carlton\, both of whom have extensive personal experience with voices\, visions\, and navigating the psychiatric system. Both have well over a decade of professional experience supporting other voice-hearers in community settings\, clinical environments and online. Caroline and Cindy have had the privilege of both learning from and supporting system change in the international community\, from the Netherlands to Brazil to Israel to Australia. Their work has been featured in mainstream media outlets\, academic articles\, and books\, including the most recent work from NYT best-selling author Daniel Bergner\, “The Mind and the Moon”. \nContinuing Education information: This program has been approved for 18.5 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure\, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approving Program\, Authorization Number D 91991. This program has been approved by MaMHCA/MCEAP for 18.5 CEs for LMHC. Please contact us at info@wildfloweralliance.org for questions regarding CE accreditation.
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/voices-visions-unusual-beliefs-innovative-support-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T180000
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SUMMARY:As Prescribed: Film Screening & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:‘As Prescribed’ is an award winning film by Holly Hardman about the damage being done to so many people across the globe without informed consent.\nFrom the film’s website: Xanax\, Klonopin\, Valium\, Ativan – all belong to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines (benzos). News and entertainment media portray them in terms of addiction and abuse or as innocuous medications that relax nerves. \nAs Prescribed documents a strikingly different narrative\, following eye-opening stories of invisible illness and disability. Boston-based survivor Geraldine Burns leads a grassroots army of “good patients” that help other victims and advocate tirelessly for benzodiazepine harm awareness. But resistance is strong. Geraldine and her cohorts are opposed by powerful forces that include pharmaceutical giants and a medical culture that has denied the problem for decades. \nOnline: Wednesday\, February 21\n6pm Eastern—Watch the film (95 minutes) \n8pm Eastern—Panel discussion featuring: \n▪ Sonja Styblo\n▪ Geraldine Burns\n▪ Zoe Savage \n\n\n\n▪\nSonja Styblo\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n▪\nGeraldine Burns\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n▪\nZoe Savage\n\n\n\nModerated by Cindy Hadge \nRegister and have the option to watch on your own or as a group on the 21st! Free event. Donations encouraged! \nWildflower Alliance
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/as-prescribed-film-screening-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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