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, especially 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 to get support from others with similar experiences! Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Development, RLC and the Freedom Center.

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.

A statement written for the Statwide Harm Reduction Coalition on why mandated treatment is not consistent with Harm Reduction philosophy, developed by Caty Simon and Will Hall.

Hello everyone! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to be the new support group facilitator.

The Western Mass Recovery Learning Community (RLC) supports individuals in finding their own paths to recovery within the communities of their choice by offering trauma-informed peer supports and through the development of a regional peer network.

Check it out! www.westernmassrlc.org

PUBLIC FORUM ON PCA ISSUES: please come advocate for mental health personal care attendants: Wednesday, June 2 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Courtyard Marriott Hotel 275 Tremont Street, Boston

June 24th 3-6pm (note new time) in Northampton the Recovery Learning Center and Freedom Center are offering a 3-hour Facilitation Training led by Freedom Center organizer and Icarus Project staff Will Hall. Donations appreciated but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

A collection of handouts from the recent Freedom Center June '07 facilitation training, co-sponsored by the Recovery Learning Center. Download here.

Jobs are opening up for survivors at the Recovery Learning Center, the new peer-run services agency in Western MA. Apply now!