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Articles

The RLC produces a newsletter each and every month that offers monthly calendars, announcements and articles. Although old newsletters are archived on the website, the articles - often on important advocacy-related issues - run the risk of being buried and difficult to find. In an attempt to make that information more accessible, we still also list RLC-published articles from the newsletter (and other relevant sources) here for your ease and perusal.

Survey Results: Do Aggressive Signs Reduce Aggression?

January 19, 2023

Over the last handful of months, we’ve been requesting that people fill out a survey on signage popping up in healthcare facilities warning people against “violence” and “aggression.” 75 people […]

Filed Under: Articles, Community Updates, Front Page

Club Q & Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate

November 22, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Community Happenings, Community Updates, Front Page, Latest

Checking In about COVID & Our Community

August 15, 2022

The COVID pandemic has presented a lot of change, chaos, uncertainty, and challenge within our communities and beyond. We’ve had to make a lot of difficult decisions along the way, […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page

Involuntary Outpatient Commitment & The Fight to Keep It Out of Massachusetts

June 22, 2022

On Wednesday, June 15, alarms were sounded across the state by disability rights groups when proposed amendments were published as a part of a response to  a House version of the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page, Uncategorized

Power, Control, & Bathrooms: A Local and National Issue

April 20, 2022

Sera Davidow, Wildflower Alliance Director An increasing number of schools have begun restricting bathroom access for kids in their care during the school day. This is a serious issue that […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page

A Certification Board for Peer Specialists is Coming To Massachusetts: What Will That Mean For Us?

April 20, 2022

In July, 2021, we raised alarms about proposed legislation to create a Certification Board for Peer Specialists. (You can see details of that alert here: http://tiny.cc/PSBOD) The legislation came as […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page

Solidarity with the family and community of Miguel Estrella

April 1, 2022

The Wildflower Alliance stands in solidarity and support of the family and community of Miguel Estrella, 22, who was killed by Pittsfield police on Friday.  Witnesses say that just before […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page

Jeffrey Lieberman, Psychiatry, Racism & The Tweet that was His Undoing

March 21, 2022

In 2015, Jeffrey Lieberman—infamous psychiatrist who briefly headed up the American Psychiatric Association (APA) — memorably called Robert Whitaker (investigative journalist and founder of Mad in America) a “menace to […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page

The Ukraine & Reflections on Racism  

March 21, 2022

We are living through some extraordinarily challenging times. The pandemic, police brutality, and now, the potential beginnings of another World War courtesy of the devastating Russian invasion of the Ukraine, are […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page

What We’re Still Getting Wrong About What Happened to Orlando Taylor III

February 11, 2022

By Sera Davidow, Wildflower Alliance Director On January 9th, 2022, Orlando Taylor III was shot and killed by police in Springfield, Massachusetts. When we first wrote about what happened, video had yet to […]

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page Tagged With: cheryl clapprood, dominic sarno, Orlando, orlando taylor, orlando taylor III, police shooting, springfield

An Open Letter to Domenic Sarno, Mayor of Springfield, and Cheryl Clapprood, Springfield Police Commissioner

January 14, 2022

An open letter to Mayor Domenic Sarno and Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood re: the Shooting Death of Orlando Taylor on January 9, 2022

Filed Under: Articles, Community Happenings, Community Updates, Front Page

An Ongoing Trend: Peer Supporters Left Out of Conversations on Peer Support Conversations on Peer Support

November 16, 2021

There is a growing trend in Massachusetts: Meetings and committees forming to regulate peer support roles where people who have substantive experience working in peer roles are either dramatically under […]

Filed Under: Articles, Community Happenings, Front Page

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