Late on November 19, a man wearing body armor entered Club Q – considered a safe haven for LGBTQIA+ folks – in Colorado Springs, Colorado and immediately began shooting. He […]
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Do Signs Telling People not to be Aggressive Help or Harm?
Signs warning that “aggressive behavior will not be tolerated” are popping up everywhere. According to Vice President of Operations and Chief Administrative Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Anthony Scibelli, at […]
DMH Guidelines for Implementation of Policy #21-01 — LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Policy
August, 2021 If guidelines are released, but no one knows about them, do they really exist? It’s a good question, and in many regards, the answer is probably “no!” That said, […]
SAMHSA’s National Recovery Summit, 2022
In August, 2022, people from across the country gathered both in person and virtually to attend the first recovery summit (or similar) to be held by the Substance Abuse and […]
Job Opportunities with Wildflower Alliance
The Wildflower Alliance is currently hiring for the following positions: Cross Disability Communities connector with the Wild Ivy Social Justice Network (20 hours per week with potential for more for […]
Open Letter to Holyoke Mayor
To Acting Mayor Terence Murphy, On May 25, 2020, Darnella Frazier documented the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis, Minnesota police, dramatically amplifying the need to end […]
Open Letter to the Mayor of Northampton
To Mayor David Narkewicz: We are writing this open letter to you from the Wildflower Alliance (formerly known as the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community or ‘RLC’) in regards to […]
“Assisted Outpatient Treatment” Arrives in Massachusetts Behind the Backs of Advocates
The BOAT has arrived. BOAT stands for the Boston Outpatient Assisted Treatment Program. (Apparently, they reversed the order of the second and third word from what is most commonly seen to […]
OurVoicesRaised.org Launched
OurVoicesRaised.org is a project supported by the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare’s Hearing Voices Research and Development Fund, partnered with voice hearers from the Western Mass RLC. The fund […]
Six Flags Update – Success!
At the end of September, we sent out an action alert letting everyone know that Six Flags was set to feature an extremely offensive Halloween exhibit called the ‘Psycho-path Haunted […]
Know Your Rights with the Police Workshop
Thursday, July 28, 5:00-7:00pm the RLC’s Springfield (Bowen) Center, 340 Main Street, Springfield Do you know when police are and are not allowed to search you? Do you know […]
Alternative Perspectives Series with Darby Penny
Alternative Perspectives Series: Trauma-Informed Approaches with Darby Penny Friday, July 15 1-4p, Shire City Sanctuary 40 Melville Street, Pittsfield Join Darby Penney for a brief introduction to the […]