Events & Resources September
Youth Suicide Prevention Webinar
Families for Depression Awareness is presenting a free webinar — Preventing Suicides: Supporting the Teens in Your Life — on Thursday, September 15, 2022, from 7 to 8:30 pm ET. In this webinar, Dr. Kiara Alvarez will share how parents and caring adults can identify warning signs of mental health crisis and suicide, communicate with teens about suicide prevention, and encourage teens to seek help. Register to join for a live webinar discussion or watch on demand after it airs: https://www.familyaware.org/webinar/preventing-suicides-supporting-the-teens-in-your-life/
Acton Boxborough United Way Community Resilience Project
Acton-Boxborough United Way is actively working to address the mental health needs of our community and has recently launched the Community Resilience Project. The purpose of this project is to assess and promote mental health resilience in our community. As part of our commitment to improving mental health we are collecting stories from residents who have faced mental health challenges. We see this as an opportunity to educate people about mental health, address stigma (negative attitudes) and ultimately empower our community with coping skills to build resilience. We invite you to participate.
Interested? Fill out this interest form and we'll be in touch soon about next steps: https://www.abuw.org/our-purpose/mental-health
NERLC September Highlights
The Certified Peer Specialists at the Northeast Recovery Learning Community (NERLC) offer free supports and activities. Here are a few options for this month. Learn more about the organization on their website: https://www.nilp.org/nerlc/.
Peer Recovery Specialist Meet and Greet, Thursday, September 22, 2022, from 12 noon - 2pm. Come join us for a Meet and Greet Luncheon in person for Peer Recovery Specialist. RSVP is required by Friday, September 16 at 5 pm. RSVP with Lisa at lrivard@nilp.org or 978-245-8430.
Live Groups at the Lowell location with Dave:
Tuesdays: Game Group 11am -12 noon
Thursdays: Three Stooges 10 -11 am/ Walk on Riverwalk 11 am -12 noon/ Jam Group 12 noon -1pm
Family-to-Family Courses Starting Soon
Sponsored by NAMI Central Middlesex Fall 2022
Tuesdays via Zoom, from 6:30 pm - 9 pm, starting October 25th
Register for this class here: RegistrationOctober2022 Phyllis&Sara
Questions? Contact the course teachers: Sara at (339) 223-3146, doddsara25@gmail.com or Phyllis at (978) 973-3995, phyllis.terrey100@gmail.comMondays via Zoom, from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm, starting October 17th
Register for this class here: Registration October2022 Patti&Lindsay
Questions? Contact the course teachers: Lindsay at (781) 864-7003, linzbfar@gmail.com or Patti at (978) 621-1065, pjsardella56@gmail.comThe NAMI Massachusetts website offers additional information about the course and lists Family-to-Family class options as they are scheduled. Individuals are encouraged to register for a course based in their area.