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Wildflower Alliance Update – May 2026
We know some community members may have questions, curiosity, uncertainty, or differing perspectives about Wildflower Alliance’s relationship with Roots Up, and we wanted to offer some clarity. First, we want to acknowledge something plainly: our relative quiet around some of these questions over the past year may have left room for confusion, assumptions, frustration, curiosity,…
Updating the 6 Fundamental Rights
Recently, we let everyone know that we are part of a group that is working on some new legislation to update the 6 Fundamental Rights. The Six (6) Fundamental Rights is a part of Section 23 of Chapter 123 of MA General Law. The first five rights were enacted in 1997, with the sixth following…
Wildflower Alliance & the New York Times
The first time a Wildflower team member appeared in the New York Times (NYT) was in March, 2013 in the form of a Letter to the Editor by Wildflower Director, Sera Davidow, in response to a piece (“Sunday Dialogue: Defining Mental Illness”) by psychiatrist, Ronald Pies. This spawned a couple of blogs by Sera on…
The Wildflower Alliance offers peer to peer supports based in Western Massachusetts and online. These include:
- Open Center Hours
- Hearing Voices Groups
- Alternatives to Suicide Groups
- Community Bridging in Hospitals and Jails
- Afiya Peer Run Respite
- Housing Supports
- Career Initiatives Grants
Our trainers travel the globe to share our stories and approaches to offering support.
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- Hearing Voices Trainings
- Alternatives to Suicide Trainings
- Anti-Oppression Trainings
- And more
We host a variety of free healing practices that can be difficult to access for those with limited resources.
These include:
- Community Acupuncture
- Mindfulness
- Kickboxing
- Fitness
See our Calendar page for more info
The Wildflower Alliance advocates broadly for the transformation of systems to increase choice, voice, power, and respect of human rights.
- This work also occurs on an individual level, by attending appointments, filling out paperwork, and strategizing alongside members of our community
- The Wild Ivy Social Justice Network seeks to increase collective power for marginalized people.
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