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Job Opportunities with Wildflower Alliance

January 20, 2022

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 […]

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Open Letter to Holyoke Mayor

May 28, 2021

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 […]

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Open Letter to the Mayor of Northampton

May 19, 2021

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 […]

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“Assisted Outpatient Treatment” Arrives in Massachusetts Behind the Backs of Advocates

February 16, 2021

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 […]

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OurVoicesRaised.org Launched

December 30, 2016

OurVoicesRaised survey flyer

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 […]

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Six Flags Update – Success!

October 24, 2016

Six Flags Fright Fest

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 […]

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Know Your Rights with the Police Workshop

June 27, 2016

Knowledge is Power Chalkboard

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 […]

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Alternative Perspectives Series with Darby Penny

June 8, 2016

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 […]

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Electroshock in the News

March 30, 2016

At present, the Food and Drug Administration is considering downgrading the Electroshock device used in Electroconvulsive Treatment (ECT) from Class III to Class II. Below is an excerpt from an […]

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Public Talks on Voice Dialoguing

March 30, 2016

rufus and elisabeth

with Rufus May and Elisabeth Svedholmer Tuesday, May 24, 7pm to 9pm @ Holyoke Community College, 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke, MA Thursday, May 26, 1pm to 4pm @ Shire City […]

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Psychiatry Under the Influence, with Robert Whitaker

February 19, 2016

Friday, March 25, 1 to 4pm(Program runs 1 to 3pm, reception to follow) Shire City Sanctuary 40 Melville Street Pittsfield, MA Free and open to the public.   Sign-up helpful […]

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Some Words From Afiya’s Dani and Micah

February 16, 2016

Micah Child

There’s been a change of leadership at Afiya – Dani, our much-loved Director of Afiya for years, will be shifting her position mainly to our Pittsfield and Greenfield spaces, and […]

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