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SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Michael Siena
DESCRIPTION:Biography – Michael Siena\n \nI grew up in Connecticut and moved to the Boston area in 1994 to go to school at Tufts University. I left Tufts during my junior year in 1996 due to experiencing emotional distress and extreme states. I returned and graduated in 2004 with a degree in philosophy. \nDue to a lot of work on my recovery that continues on a daily basis\, I have a full and satisfying life today. I continue to experience emotional distress and extreme states at times but they are less frequent\, less intense and last for less time. I also continue to experience personal growth through my recovery\, as well. \nI enjoy many pursuits including skateboarding\, snowboarding\, hiking\, reading\, writing\, connecting with friends and family and watching basketball. I have been working as a peer specialist for about ten years and feel grateful to have a challenging and fulfilling job. I am also pursuing a recovery coach certification. \nLife can still be difficult and painful at times. I seek to overcome the challenges of life as I reach out for support\, use coping skills\, engage in prayer\, meditation\, spiritual reading and practicing spiritual principles. Maybe most importantly\, I try to put one foot in front of the other\, doing the next right thing regardless of how I feel. As I continue to try to do my best each day\, I see life working out and becoming more beautiful. \nAbout the presentation \nMy talk will start with my recovery story followed by an in-depth description of my work within the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community (MBRLC) over the last ten plus years. I will cover working on the Peer Support Line as well as working at the Boston Resource Center\, giving details of the tools\, resources and challenges involved with working in both settings. At the end of the talk\, I will go over some things I have learned over the years working in the MBRLC and as a person in recovery. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-michael-siena/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241004
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240912T194936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T195022Z
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SUMMARY:**Announcement: No Zooming Speaker Series in October due to holiday**
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/announcement-no-zooming-speaker-series-in-october-due-to-holiday/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240802T194035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T194115Z
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SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Priestess Ziona
DESCRIPTION:Biography\nPriestess Ziona is the CEO of AMRON International Organization and current Outreach Coordinator for Brockton RCC of South East Recovery Learning Community. She is considered a peer in the Mental Health Recovery community and volunteers throughout the peer recovery movement in various organizations. Ziona holds the Howard Trachtman Award\, an Honorary Doctorate\, amongst other accolades. She used her creative writing talent to express her trauma experiences and became a self-published author. She has shared her story and taught suicide prevention in over 30 schools in Massachusetts. For Ziona\, this is the beginning of her making big strides for her career in the recovery field. \nAbout the presentation\nIn her presentation\, she will share part of her story of surviving trauma\, surviving multiple suicide attempts\, and her road to recovery. Ziona will share information about her project\, “Dating With a Diagnosis” ©  which was started to break the stigma on recovery and relationships. DWAD is about better advocating for our needs and building healthy relationships around us with our spouses/partners\, friends\, and family. The series merges various recovery-based tools and skills to accomplish the effort of having healthier social connections. Ziona will talk about her chapter in the America Psychiatric Association textbook of Hospital Psychiatry\, “From within: A consumer perspective of Psychiatric Hospitals”. She looks forward to answering any questions that may arise during the presentation. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-priestess-ziona/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240718T203703Z
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SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Mary Phillips
DESCRIPTION:[Click on PSAN Recovery Speaker Series – Mary Phillips for details and Zoom info] \nAbout\nMy name is Mary Phillips and I currently work at the BMC as a peer specialist.  We have support groups that people can come in person or join on zoom.  I am trained in three NAMI programs; NAMI IOOV\, NAMI connections and NAMI peer to peer.  I began my journey to become a peer specialist about ten years ago.  I started volunteering at the NAMI office in the Schraftt building. This led to me sharing my recovery story at NAMI’s advocacy day at the statehouse. \nI currently attend a NAMI support group for myself called NAMIpsan for my own support and to seek out wisdom from its leader.  The BMC where I currently work is staffed by people in recovery from mental health struggles as well as addictions.  We work together to support members in the community who struggle in these areas.  I help facilitate a NAMI connections group there.  It is a very positive community and I am really enjoying my work there. \nMy talk will share who I am\, what happened in my mental health journey\, what helps me and what’s next for me. \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-mary-phillips/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240618
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240617T194628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240617T194628Z
UID:946-1718582400-1718668799@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:**Announcement: No Zooming Speaker Series in July due to holiday**
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/announcement-no-zooming-speaker-series-in-july-due-to-holiday/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240326T160410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T033959Z
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SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Laura Kaponer
DESCRIPTION:About\nLaura Kaponer is originally from New York State. She relocated to South Carolina for the second time in 2015 after a difficult bout of depression.\nWalking into her first NAMI Connections meeting was truly a turning point in her recovery. For the next three years\, her involvement waxed and waned based on where she was in her\nrecovery. \nIn 2018 she was inspired at the NAMI SC State Conference to\npursue public advocacy. She began writing monthly articles for two publications local to her\, the online publication Thought Catalog\, participated in podcast series with PSYCHU\, became a Certified Peer Support Specialist\, and established her own social media presence. \nAt the 2019 NAMI SC State Conference she was one of the recipients of the “Stigma Buster of the Year” award. In August 2021 she was appointed the NAMI SC PLC Rep\, officially elected into the position at the end of\n2022. For her state\, she has helped reestablish the NAMI SC Peer Leadership Council with the generous support of the SC state affiliates.\nOn the national level she was appointed the NAMI PLC Advocacy Subcommittee Chair. \nShe is a trained connections facilitator\, In Our Own Voice Presenter\, and three-time NAMI Walks Team Captain. \nAdvocacy is truly what keeps her heart pumping. Her main passion is to help expand access to mental health services for her peers from healthcare to conferences. \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-laura-kaponer/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240329T140115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T140329Z
UID:936-1712255400-1712259000@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - MJ Griego
DESCRIPTION:About\n \nMJ Griego is a certified peer specialist and director of The Hope Center recovery learning center in Boston\, which offers mental health recovery and community groups online and in person\, as well as 1 on 1 support.  They have been interested in mental health and human connection from a young age\, as well as the arts.  They went to school for Sociology and Chinese and then had experience working at a Boston shelter\, as well as community experience with offering peer support\, mediation\, and event organization.  During COVID lockdown they focused on digital community building\, and in 2021 they started at The Hope Center as a peer group facilitator\, then taking over to direct the program in 2022.  Since then the program has added new training and more groups than before COVID\, offering both online and in-person groups and activities as well as starting 1 on 1 support offerings. \nOutside of peer support\, MJ has a passion for painting\, having vended their art many times and having hundreds of paintings as well as over 40 filled sketchbooks of work.  They also love gardening\, and live with their chosen family of 7 in a big communal house.  They are invested in mutual aid\, subversive crisis care\, and using trauma recovery as a tool to support people’s ability to work towards our collective healing and liberation. \nTalk \nI have struggled with mental health since a young age\, one of my first memories being of concerning intrusive thoughts that led to my family getting me therapy at age 8.  My experience with clinical therapists and psychiatrists has been mostly negative\, and unfortunately my first therapy was exploiting my mental health issues for money without providing me support.  After this experience my family didn’t try to get me a different therapist\, so I went untreated for the rest of my youth.  I felt like an alien\, being judged for being quiet and not smiling enough.  I had a few angry outbursts in elementary school towards others\, but quickly learned to turn that anger towards myself and keep my emotional outbursts for when I was alone where no one could see.  I kept to myself and made art my passion\, and continued to struggle with painful intrusive thoughts and depression as well as fatigue.   \nI never had the experience of being a child full of energy\, I would sit with the adults at parties listening to their conversation or drawing. I craved human connection but struggled finding people who understood me.  Unfortunately my mom struggled with untreated mental illness also\, going from idolizing me to angry outbursts and then later acting as if nothing had happened and offered no apology or promise for change.  I also was pressured heavily by my family to go to college and become a financial provider for them\, as we struggled with finances consistently.  At one point I broke a tooth and my dental care was expensive so my mom didn’t try to get me help\, and I was in pain every day for years.   \nIn senior year I had the opportunity to get a full scholarship to study in Shanghai china.  I loved learning Mandarin and being there but unfortunately the program isolated us from the rest of the students\, and being on my own away from home gave me the opportunity to see how hard my home life was back in Vermont. When I returned\, I could no longer keep my emotional meltdowns and depression hidden away.  I found myself anxious and sad almost constantly.  Through all this I was still able to apply to college and scholarship programs\, and was offered a full ride to Tufts University in boston. \nWhen I started college I continued to struggle severely with mental health.  My whole life I experienced violent self loathing thoughts and thoughts of suicide and self harm.  What was especially hard were the violent thoughts towards others\, which are very stigmatized.  Violent thoughts towards ourselves seem to be more socially acceptable to talk about\, but it’s rare to hear people validate that violent intrusive thoughts towards others doesn’t mean we will act on them.  Anyone who knows me will attest that I am a compassionate person who is able to deal with conflict well and treat people with kindness.  Yet every day even crossing the street or being crowded at the grocery store\, I would have very upsetting thoughts that took over my life and made me feel unsafe. \nI couldn’t hide or pretend I was okay any longer\, and my grades suffered enough that I was at risk of losing my scholarship.  For this reason\, I ended up taking a year off of school to focus on my health.  During that time I got a job and my own housing\, because I knew living with my family would make me unable to truly heal.  I raised my own money to finally get my damaged tooth removed\, and get a therapist.  That year was incredibly important and I’m very proud that I prioritized my health.   \nReturning to school I still struggled due to mental illness and chronic pain and fatigue\, but I was able to make it through classes.  This was when I got gender affirming top surgery\, as well as medication that was helpful for my mental health.  I really learned to advocate for myself\, and unfortunately when I tried to do so with my mom she didn’t validate or believe my mental health problems.  I tried to stand up for myself and get her to take some responsibility for her own anger challenges\, and she decided to disown me as she picked me up from my surgery and was supposed to be there helping me recover.  She simply left and went back to our home state. \nThis experience destroyed my sense of self which I had built around being a good child to her\, and eventually a financial provider.  Family was everything to me\, and suddenly I didn’t have that.  I was forced to be distanced from my brother for years due to this estrangement\, and I had PTSD from the experience with chronic nightmares and severe safety concerns for myself. \nThat was 7 years ago\, and it has taken so much time to recover.  Now\, I have found my own chosen family who respects and loves me\, reconnected with my brother\, and I almost never have intrusive negative thoughts.  I never thought I could feel this good being alive\, but it is possible.  Perhaps the most important piece of my recovery journey was not just getting therapy and medication and learning about self-help\, but taking a lot of time for myself and self acceptance.  I had a lot of time where I specifically didn’t say yes to any responsibilities or projects that weren’t necessary\, and focused on joy and seeing my life as good enough as is.  I was so fixated on helping others that I was putting myself last\, and so obsessed with “fixing” myself that I was actually feeling like I would always be broken because of it.  Peer support as a framework was especially helpful in focusing on my autonomy and not trying to “fix” anyone\, including myself.  It also empowered me to value my experience and expertise in my own life.  Me and my perspective have value even if we are not helping others or being “productive” to the world.  I hope you all get to feel that self love and self value no matter if you still have symptoms sometimes\, or if you can’t always be productive or helping others.  We are allowed to prioritize ourselves sometimes\, especially if we have to make up for love we didn’t get from our childhoods. \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-mj-griego/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240205T143034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T143034Z
UID:930-1709836200-1709839800@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Major General Gregg F. Martin\, PhD\, US Army (Ret.)
DESCRIPTION:About\nMajor General Gregg F. Martin\, PhD\, US Army (Ret.)\, aka the BIPOLAR GENERAL\, is a 36-year Army combat veteran\, bipolar survivor\, thriver\, and warrior\, and a retired two-star general. He commanded an engineer company and battalion\, and the 130th Engineer Brigade during the first year of the Iraq War. A former president of the National Defense University\, commandant of the Army War College\, and commander of Fort Leonard Wood\, he is a qualified Airborne-Ranger-Engineer and strategist\, who holds degrees from West Point\, MIT (two master’s and a PhD)\, and both the Army and Naval war colleges.    He unknowingly lived most of his life on the bipolar spectrum\, which largely enhanced his performance as a leader\, until it went too high and ended his career\, threw him into crisis\, and led to his hospitalization. Now in his eighth year of bipolar recovery\, he is an author\, speaker\, and ardent mental health advocate\, who lives with his wife in Cocoa Beach\, Florida. He has three sons\, two of whom live with bipolar disorder – an artist and a poet/Special Forces veteran – while the third son is an Army Special Forces officer. Gregg’s life mission now is sharing his bipolar story to help stop the stigma\, promote recovery\, and save lives. His new book\, “Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness”\, is available on Amazon\, and co-published by the Naval Institute Press (Jack Clancy’s first publisher)\, and the Association of the US Army. For more information\, visit www.bipolargeneral.com . \n \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-major-general-gregg-f-martin-phd-us-army-ret/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20240129T182638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T182933Z
UID:926-1706812200-1706815800@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Sabine Mautner
DESCRIPTION:“Peer Support in Clinical versus Peer Led Settings”\nWhat are the strengths and challenges of both? \nPeer Support has become an acknowledged and valued addition to traditional mental health services. On the other handF\npeer-led programs (like Recover Learning Communities) have been around for almost 20 years now and offer peer support\nwithout the add-on of traditional clinical services. How do those two settings compare\, what are their strengths and their challenges. \nAbout Sabine Mautner \nSabine Mautner is Service Director of Recovery and Clubhouse Services at Bay Cove Human Services.  She has been sharing her lived experience for the past 20 years.  Sabine is a WRAP trainer\, COAPS trainer\, and Alternatives to Suicide trainer. She is trained in Intention Peer Support and has been supervising peer specialists since 2016 and recovery coaches since 2018.   At Bay Cove\, Sabine supervises Adult Clinical Community Services Peer Specialist\, as well as managing the Peer Support Network\, part of the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community. and the Recovery Education and Learning (REAL) program that prepares people for the Certified Peer Specialist Training. \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-sabine-mautner/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20231127T053610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T202455Z
UID:918-1705516200-1705521600@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:Spanish Support Group for Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:Caregivers can send an email to latinx@namiboston.org or call 781-819-3282 for them to leave a message.
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/spanish-support-group-for-caregivers-2/
CATEGORIES:Latinx Meetings,Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231226T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231226T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T201523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201523Z
UID:856-1703588400-1703594700@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-28/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20231127T053455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T202407Z
UID:915-1703097000-1703102400@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:Spanish Support Group for Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:Caregivers can send an email to latinx@namiboston.org or call 781-819-3282 for them to leave a message.
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/spanish-support-group-for-caregivers/
CATEGORIES:Latinx Meetings,Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T163823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T163823Z
UID:668-1703097000-1703102400@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:Latinx SAN - Grupo de Apoyo Familiar
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/latinx-san-grupo-de-apoyo-familiar-9/
CATEGORIES:Latinx Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T204500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T202322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T202322Z
UID:878-1703012400-1703018700@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-39/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231215T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231215T180000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T162621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T162621Z
UID:624-1702627200-1702663200@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:DMR Bi-Monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/dmr-bi-monthly-meeting-5/
CATEGORIES:DMR Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231212T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T201507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201507Z
UID:853-1702378800-1702385100@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-27/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T162850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T162850Z
UID:632-1701972000-1701977400@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:DMR SAN Family Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/dmr-san-family-support-group-9/
CATEGORIES:DMR Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="DMR SAN":MAILTO:dmr@namiboston.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T204500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T202301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T202301Z
UID:876-1701802800-1701809100@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-38/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231128T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231128T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T201439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201439Z
UID:852-1701169200-1701175500@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-26/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231121T204500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T202237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T202237Z
UID:874-1700593200-1700599500@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-37/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20231031T152009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T152050Z
UID:912-1700159400-1700163000@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Clarence Jordan
DESCRIPTION:Clarence Jordan’s talk presentation is designed to level set our understanding of stigma. The Evidence of Stigma Change examines stigma and its many forms and suggests appropriate strategies to minimize each. \nAbout Clarence Jordan\n\nClarence Jordan is Vice President of Wellness & Recovery for Beacon Health Options.  In this role\, he provides strategic direction and leadership for the company’s national Wellness & Recovery program.  He is responsible for various initiatives to operationalize Beacon Health Options’ commitment to recovery-based principles in the delivery of behavioral health services. \nJordan is a former naval officer and his recovery journey is chronicled in National Council Magazine’s “50 Years\, 50 Stories of Recovery” special issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Community Mental Health Act. \nClarence Jordan has deep roots in the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and has served multiple terms on its National Board of Directors. Prior to that\, as the NAMI Tennessee state office Director of Multicultural Outreach Initiative\, he developed and wrote “A Family Guide to Mental Health: What You Need to Know.”   \nClarence Jordan received the Consumer Leadership Award at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) 2010 National Voice Awards\, as well as its 2012 VOICE Awards Fellowship.  In 2014\, the National Council for Behavioral Health named him its Peer Specialist of the Year. \nIn 2015 Clarence was selected to serve on the Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms\, Board on Behavioral\, Cognitive\, and Sensory Sciences Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Academies of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine.  The findings of the Committee were released in a 2017 report “Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders\, The Evidence for Stigma Change.”  \nIn 2022\, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) selected Clarence as a member of the Subject Matter Expert Panel.  The Panel was put in place to advise SAMHSA on the development of National Standard Guidance for the certification of Peer Specialist.  In 2023\, the National Practice Guidelines was released to all stakeholders and the public on peer specialist certification.       \nTalk Description\n\nWould you be surprised to know that “stigma\,” as we know it is unique to this country.  For the lack of a better description\, stigma or better yet the recovery movement is an outgrowth of the civil rights movement. Why this is important to understand is that many of the remedies to minimize the negative effects have followed the strategies to affect other issues of prejudice and discrimination.  The remedies have for the most part been directed toward individuals’ rights\, equality in the treatment of individuals with mental illness to those with physical health conditions for example.  This presentation was designed to level set our understanding of stigma.  The Evidence of Stigma Change examines stigma and its many forms and suggest appropriate strategies to minimize each.\n \n\n— \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345 \nMeeting ID: 969 8487 4345\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,96984874345# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,96984874345# US (Germantown) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-recovery-speaker-series-clarence-jordan/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings,Speaker Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T163803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T163803Z
UID:666-1700073000-1700078400@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:Latinx SAN - Grupo de Apoyo Familiar
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/latinx-san-grupo-de-apoyo-familiar-8/
CATEGORIES:Latinx Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T201339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201339Z
UID:850-1699959600-1699965900@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-25/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231107T204500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T202215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T202215Z
UID:872-1699383600-1699389900@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-36/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T162826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T162826Z
UID:630-1698861600-1698867000@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:DMR SAN Family Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/dmr-san-family-support-group-8/
CATEGORIES:DMR Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="DMR SAN":MAILTO:dmr@namiboston.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T163419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T163419Z
UID:650-1698775200-1698784200@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:DMR SAN Family-to-Family Class #8
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/dmr-san-family-to-family-class-8/
CATEGORIES:DMR Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T201259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201259Z
UID:848-1698750000-1698756300@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-24/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T163400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T163400Z
UID:648-1698170400-1698179400@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:DMR SAN Family-to-Family Class #7
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/dmr-san-family-to-family-class-7/
CATEGORIES:DMR Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230510T201228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201228Z
UID:846-1698145200-1698151500@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:PSAN Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/psan-peer-support-group-23/
CATEGORIES:Peer Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T180000
DTSTAMP:20260418T233813
CREATED:20230330T162605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T162605Z
UID:622-1697788800-1697824800@namiboston.org
SUMMARY:DMR Bi-Monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://namiboston.org/event/dmr-bi-monthly-meeting-4/
CATEGORIES:DMR Meetings
END:VEVENT
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