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Freedom Center Organizers Meetings -- Twice Monthly

freedomcenterinfo — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:20:08 -0400

Freedom Center organizing meetings are at the Quaker Space 43 Center St., second floor, side entrance, Northampton -- twice monthly. Second and Fourth Tuesday at 7:30. Email Freedom Center for more info, freedomcenterinfo(at)gmail.com .

Healing Homes Film w/Daniel Mackler Premieres in March; Multiple Showings!

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:31:38 -0500

Healing Homes Film Premiere:
The Alternative Perspectives Film Series will kick off its Spring season with the world premiere of Daniel Macklers Healing Homes. The film chronicles the work of the Family Care Foundation in Gothenburg, Sweden. The organization, backed by over twenty years of experience, places people who have struggled within the traditional system with host families -- predominately farm families in the Swedish countryside -- as a start for a whole new life journey.

Abuse, Trauma & Madness with Jacqui Dillon: Tuesday, March 22nd, 730pm @ Mount Holyoke College

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:28:33 -0500

Download flyer here: http://www.freedom-center.org/files/JacquiDillonMarch2011.pdf

Alternatives to Suicide: Community Forums March 3+10

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:27:29 -0500

Alternatives to Suicide: Community Forums March 3+10

In 2010, the RLC piloted the Alternatives to Suicide group beginning in Northampton. Funded with the support of Tapestry Health, it is one of the first peer-lead support groups in the country to address the issue of suicide.

Based on the success of this first group (which has also presented at a statewide Suicide Prevention conference), we have been expanding including a group in Holyoke and soon to also include Greenfield.

To help the groups grow with the community, our Holyoke facilitators, Gretchen and Gineen will be hosting two community forums. Co-sponsored by the RLC and Freedom Center.

Starting Hearing Voices Groups Training at RLC

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:20:13 -0400

Recovery Learning Community is sponsoring a "Starting Hearing Voices Groups" training with Oryx Cohen, Gail Hornstein, Ron Coleman (UK Hearing Voices Network) and Paul Baker (UK Hearing Voices Network). This is a great opportunity to learn about how to create a hearing voices group in your area and become a hearing voices group facilitator.

Dates for the training are November 12th & 19th and December 3rd & 10th. Download the training application here. For more info, contact

Oryx Cohen

Recovery Learning Community

187 High St., Suite 303

Holyoke, MA 01040

Fax: 413-536-5466 (attn: Oryx)

Email: oryx@westernmassrlc.org

Freedom Center launches a new reading/writing group!

chaya — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:44:30 -0400

Freedom Center launches a new reading/writing group!

Every other Tuesday - please contact us for details.
7pm 43 Center St Northampton Ma (use side door)

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Facilitation Training Weds Aug 29 at RLC in Holyoke

admin — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:37:45 -0400

Date and time confirmed...

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Spa Night Fundraiser

lee — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:25:39 -0400

The Freedom Center along with Arise for Social Justice and Outnow of Springfield is co-sponsoring a SPA NIGHT!!

Come get massage, acupuncture, or reiki for the revolution!

Relax, rejuvinate and support revolutionaries!!
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Gail Hornstein At Holyoke Library May 20th

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:44:07 -0400

Gail Hornstein talks about her new book
Agnes's Jacket: A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness

next Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6.30pm at the
Holyoke Public Library Community Room, Holyoke, MA

Free and Open to the Public, all welcome

Parking behind library on Chestnut Street
Use entrance from Parking Lot & elevator to 2nd floor
For information: 413-532-2081

Listen to radio interviews with Gail here.

Hearing Voices Group Tuesdays 4:30 in Holyoke

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:17:45 -0400

Every Tuesday now, 4:30 to 6 PM at the Recovery Learning Center, 187 High St., Suite 303, Holyoke MA

Hearing Voices groups are popular and fairly widespread in Europe, specially England. Hearing Voices groups do not pathologize the experience of hearing voices or experiencing other altered states, instead they ask the voice hearer: What do the voices mean to you? Join us for the first Hearing Voices group east of Wisconsin and share and get support from others with similar experiences! *Co-sponsored by the Center for Human
Development, RLC and the Freedom Center.*

Find out more about the Hearing Voices movement:
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