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Challenging Narratives: Understanding Alcohol Use from an Equity Lens
Challenging Narratives: Understanding Alcohol Use from an Equity Lens
Conventional narratives of the “opioid crisis” or “opioid epidemic” have often ignored the intimate connections between opioid use and alcohol use. One of the leading risk factors for opioid overdose is the mixture of opioids with other depressants, including alcohol. This three-hour training will explore the definition and impacts of alcohol use, recognizing the spectrum of use from abstinence to addiction. Specifically, we will examine the social determinants of alcohol use and seek to understand and challenge inequities (e.g. racial, gender-based, etc.) in treatment and recovery.
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DEA National Takeback Day
DEA National Takeback Day
The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.
FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU: https://www.dea.gov/takebackday#collection-locator
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Hope in Action: Supporting Youth and Young Adults
Hope in Action: Supporting Youth and Young Adults
During this interactive morning, we will share information with one another in large and small groups to better understand the needs of this community and the services and support we all provide. Through these conversations we hope to build connections to better serve youth and young adults with substance use disorders and other concerns and the providers that serve them.
Safe Havens: A Supportive Housing Model for Chronically Homeless Individuals with Substance Use and/or Behavioral Health Concerns
Safe Havens: A Supportive Housing Model for Chronically Homeless Individuals with Substance Use and/or Behavioral Health Concerns
Learn about the recently opened Safe Havens program in Greenfield serving residents of both Franklin and Hampshire counties, featuring:
*Dan Sontag, Greenfield Site Director, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
*Jennifer LaRoche, Vice-President, Acute & Day Programs, Clinic & Support Options (CSO)
*Kristin Smith, Greenfield Director of Crisis Services, Clinical & Support Options (CSO)
*Toni Diaz, Program Director, Safe Havens, Franklin County
Register for this free event, here.
According to the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, “Safe Havens are a “Housing First,” supportive housing model that provides an alternative to shelter placement. The program is designed to serve hard-to-reach individuals who are chronically unhoused and often have disabling mental health and substance use conditions. Safe Havens serve a population that is chronically homeless, often with significant behavioral health conditions. They’re among the highest users of emergency departments, hospital beds, and emergency medical services, and have high rates of involvement with police and the justice system. Many have not been well served by the shelter system, due to past histories of trauma and safety concerns.”
This session is co-hosted by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region and the North Quabbin Community Coalition.
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Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness 6th Annual Regional Gathering
Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness 6th Annual Regional Gathering
The pandemic- and this region's extraordinary response- has led to unprecedented resources to combat homelessness. Please join federal, state, and local officials, along with Network partners across our four western counties, as we examine homelessness and the opportunities to end it.
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MA Helpline Champion Workshop Session 1: Building relationships/Community mapping
MA Helpline Champion Workshop Session 1: Building relationships/Community mapping
Brief overview of the Helpline and the Champions program. We will share what motivates us to do this work and who has inspired us in our life.
Community mapping overview and why it is helpful. We will look at: What communities am I part of? Who do I know? Where are the spaces I connect with people?
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Secondary Trauma & Helping Professionals
Secondary Trauma & Helping Professionals
This non-clinical training module covers
secondary trauma and cumulative stress
with a specific focus on wellness and
safety for service providers working in
direct care with people who use drugs.
Training topics include resilience, PTSD,
compassion fatigue, and burnout.
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Virtual Statewide Alcohol and Other Drug Awareness Town Hall Meeting
Virtual Statewide Alcohol and Other Drug Awareness Town Hall Meeting
Save the date. Join us and speak up for prevention, treatment, recovery support services.
Email - [email protected] to register in advance!
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2022 Boston Bulldogs Run for Recovery 5K & Tribute
The Boston Bulldogs Run for Recovery 5K & Tribute was established 7 years ago to look back and honor those that we've lost, and to move forward as a community in support of wellness and recovery. Our 2022 event will feature a live and a virtual Festival of community resources, organizations and businesses supporting wellness in recovery and a Tribute honoring those who have been lost to addiction and their families.
Run or walk with us at Franklin Park on Sunday, May 15 or virtually on any route you choose. Results for virtual runners will be self-reported and will close at midnight on Sunday, May 15. Create a team of family and friends or set up your own fundraising page in support of the Boston Bulldogs Running Club (or both) when you register.
Boston Bull Dogs Run for Recovery 5k
Boston Bull Dogs Run for Recovery 5k
This event will feature a live and a virtual festival of community resources, organizations and businesses supporting wellness in recovery and a tribute honoring those who have been lost to addiction and their families.
SSPR will sponsor up to 4 individuals that are interested in running this 5k!
We are also looking for volunteers interested supporting our outreach table at this event.
Contact Mark Mulhern at 617 645 7101 for more info or to sign up to run.
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The Impact of Stigma on Substance Use Treatment: 2-Part Training Series
The Impact of Stigma on Substance Use Treatment: 2-Part Training Series
RIZE, the Harm Reduction Coalition, and the NASW MA chapter are partnering to offer a free training series on stigma and substance use treatment. Sign up for the 2nd session: https://www.naswma.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1597788&group=
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Cohasset Minds Matter: Mental Health Day
Cohasset Minds Matter: Mental Health Day
Cohasset Minds Matter is a free event that welcomes all community members of all ages to participate in activities, including yoga instruction and guided meditation, meant to raise awareness around coping strategies for mental health.
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MA Helpline Champion Workshop Session 2: Outreach approaches & strategies/Helpline overview/looking forward
MA Helpline Champion Workshop Session 2: Outreach approaches & strategies/Helpline overview/looking forward
Hear from current Champions about how they outreach for the Helpline. We will examine: What are and where are the needs in my community? What is my outreach style? How can I integrate it into my day-to-day life? Where will I begin?
Meet our Screening and Information Specialists! Learn more and feel confident sharing about Helpline values, services, staff, and website navigation. We will think through how we want to stay connected moving forward.
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Best Supervisory Practices: Working Through Incidents & Crises
Best Supervisory Practices: Working Through Incidents & Crises
This non-clinical supervision training is designed to educate and build skills around best supervisory practices for people who are working in direct human services and social services fields, including substance use and harm reduction. We rarely receive trainings on how to be effective supervisors, but holding and knowing the roles and responsibilities of a supervisor, in addition to being aware of the effects of secondary trauma in our staff, is vital in providing a supporting a nurturing environment; many fields may subject employees and supervisees to primary or secondary trauma. Effectively mitigating the effects of these traumas is also vital as a supervisor.
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