Monday, February 12th, 9 to 5pm @ RLC’s Bowen Center, 235 Chestnut Street, Springfield This training on trauma explores a non-clinical definition of trauma created by a survivor of extreme […]
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Pushing Back After Charlottesville
The Western Mass RLC is at its heart, dedicated to civil and human rights. We are committed to fighting oppression of every kind, including discrimination, racism, homophobia, transphobia, poverty, power […]
What’s Going on at SAMHSA (And Why You Should Care)
On Friday, April 21st, Trump’s nominee for the ‘Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use in the Department of Health and Human Services’ was announced: Elinore McCance-Katz. The position […]
Survivor Theater Presents: A Beautiful Anger
ROAAARRR! A Beautiful Anger Thursday, May 18, 2017 @ 6:30pm Holyoke City Hall CLICK HERE FOR A FLYER On Thursday, May 18th, 2017 at 6:30pm at Holyoke City Hall, Womanshelter/Compañeras and Survivor […]
The Boston Globe’s Mental Health Series: A Pulitzer At Our Expense
In April the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Award winners were announced. Fortunately, the Boston Globe was not among them. However, sadly, they were a finalist for their Spotlight Team’s ‘The Desperate […]
Save the Date: Exploring Psychiatric Drugs: Harm Reduction, Withdrawal, and Mutual Support
Join us for three days of exploring our relationship to psychiatric drugs as individuals and as a community, leading up to the development of an ongoing peer support group on […]
Workshops with Jacqui Dillon
Advanced Hearing Voices Facilitator Training Wednesday, June 7 & Thursday, June 8, 10am to 4:30pm, Holyoke area, location TBD This workshop is intended for those who have already […]
SPECIAL EVENT: Open Dialogue with Mia Kurtti
Thursday, March 16, 7pm to 9pm @ Holyoke Community College, Kittredge Center 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke We are pleased to share this opportunity to join as a community to learn […]
Murphy Bill Overview – Senate Version
Just one day after Senator Chris Murphy’s birthday, on Tuesday, August 4th, he and Bill Cassidy put out a press release about their new bill, the ‘Mental Health Reform Act of […]
Who is Chris Murphy?
Full name: Christopher Scott Murphy Born: August 3, 1973 Residency: Born in New York, Lives in Connecticut Current Position: US Senate, Connecticut’s 16th District (since 2004) Background: Murphy graduated from […]
New ‘STOP THE MURPHY BILL’ Website Page
The RLC now offers a new ‘STOP THE MURPHY BILL’ website page including: An overview of the Murphy Bill Ways you can take action to STOP the Murphy Bill A […]
Take Action to STOP THE MURPHY BILL
Please note: At this time, this section focuses on actions related to the House Muprhy Bill (HR 2646). It will be updated in the near future to reflect actions that […]