events

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 .

Spa Night Friday January 21st 2001

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:41:49 -0500

Join us for a tantalizing Spa Night! On Friday January 21st from 530-830pm
at the Quaker Friends Meeting House on 43 Center St. in Northampton is an
opportunity for you to come relax while also supporting social justice
work.

Spa night is an opportunity for YOU to get a relaxing and affordable
massage, acupuncture treatment, craniosacral treatment, shamanic reading,
and more! Tickets start at just $5 and an unlimited pass to get as many
treatments as you want cost %50.

100% of the proceeds will be going to help the Freedom Center, a
peer-led, support and activism community run by and for people labeled

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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Freedom Center and USNUSP collaborate on "Human Rights for ALL" Tour

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:13:22 -0400

I'm Leah Harris, co-coordinator of the U.S. Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (USNUSP), a newly-formed network seeking to use the language, framework, and principles of international human rights to end violations against users and survivors of psychiatry and to promote voluntary and compassionate alternatives to the traditional mental health system.
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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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Join The Community Power Kickoff - DATE CHANGE March 28th

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:34:50 -0500

Freedom Center organizer Caty Simon is attending the Community Activation Network's Community Power Kickoff to represent us and would like other Freedom Center members & people interested in the mad movement to join her. The event is on DATE CHANGE March 28th at Hampshire College. 12-6PM--you'll be
directed by signs as soon as you get there showing you specifically where to go.

Here's a quick summary of the event.
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Get Involved With Our Spring Speakout w/ Leah Harris!

caty — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:38:56 -0500

Freedom Center is organizing a spring Speak Out and we want your help! Join slam poet and mental health activist Leah Harris from DC, Caty Simon, Lee Hurter and others. We need speakers and volunteers for this upcoming event -- get in touch with caty(at)freedom-center(dot)org.
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