Panelists will share their personal experience with navigating suicidal thoughts/attempts and how moving through them informs their work to create a more accepting world. Audience will have opportunity to ask questions and offer reflections through chat.Tokyo Baldwin (she/her) experienced suicidal thoughts becoming a norm for her after extreme trauma, including the death of her daughter’s father. […]
Work and Worth Panel and Discussion
Online & Panel Discussion Join Zoe Savage (Benefits Connector with the Wild Ivy Social Justice Network), Sean Donovan (Coordinator of Career Initiatives Grant Project) and a couple of special guests for a panel and discussion of work, worth & being on a fixed income. We’ll share personal experiences as well as opportunities through the Wildflower […]
Exploring the Intersection of Disability and Race
Friday, October 16 & Sunday, October 18, 1pm to 4pm Eastern This two day webinar + workshop explores the history of and links between racism, classism, ableism and other forms of systemic oppression. Histories of ableism shape how disability uniquely lives in the bodyminds of the present, but those histories are rarely unearthed. Webinar, Friday, […]
Understanding & Working with Voices: An On-line Conference
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 – 9:00AM – 5:00 PM Central (10am to 6pm Eastern)$75.00 per person Presented by the San Antonio State Hospital in partnership with Texas Department of State Health Services & Western Massachusetts RLC_ ~ Featuring Peter Bullimore, Kate Crawford & Shaun Hunt ~ Only 30 seats available! Participants will have the opportunity […]
Pretend Online Training
Pretend Training
At this training we will be learning important things
Maastricht Interview for Hearing Voices
Thursday & Friday, November 12 and 13, 9am to 4pm EasternAND Thursday & Friday, November 19 and 20, 9am to 1pm Eastern On-line With Peter Bullimore & Company ATTENDANCE AT ALL FOUR ON-LINE SESSIONS IS REQUIRED. The Maastricht Interview is a semi-structured questionnaire originally developed by science journalist, Sandra Escher, psychiatrist, Marius Romme and voice […]
Free Thanksgiving Meals hosted in Western Mass, 2020
The RLC will be having Fall Harvest Meals at our Bowen and Holyoke Centers:Bowen Center: Tuesday November 17, 2020 During Open Hours 9-2235 Chestnut Street, Springfield413-372-5652Holyoke Center: Thursday November 26, 2020 During Open Hours 12-4199 High St, HolyokeMeals will be served in to-go containers with all social distancing and sanitary requirements maintained at our centers.Exact […]
Panel Discussion: Understanding the Mental Health System: Section 12
Join us for a 90-minute discussion with Rachel Chunnha, public defender and fierce mental health advocate, and Martha Barbone, member of the Alternatives to Suicide training team, on a section 12 in MA. There will be an opportunity for Q&A in the panel and a post-discussion group available the next day. Our panelists will be […]
What Would a World Without Police Look Like?
PART 1 OF 2: A Brief History of Policing This two-part online event will draw on the knowledge of local activists and organizers to help us imagine a world beyond police. Facilitated by Kent Alexander, this webinar will explore the history of policing in the United States, its relationship to the current scene as well […]
The Wild Ivy Social Justice Network Presents: Close the Judge Rotenberg Center: End Violence Against Disabled People
Wed, December 9, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST A virtual panel with renowned disability justice advocates Shain Neumeier and Lydia X.Z. Brown as they share their wisdom and experiences organizing to end institutional violence against disabled people at the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC). Located in Canton, Massachusetts, the JRC has been widely condemned […]
Close the Judge Rotenberg Center: End Violence Against Disabled People
The Wild Ivy Social Justice Network presents: A virtual panel with renowned disability justice advocates Shain Neumeier and Lydia X.Z. Brown as they share their wisdom and experiences organizing to end institutional violence against disabled people at the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC). Located in Canton, Massachusetts, the JRC has been widely condemned as the only […]