Grab n’ Go Meal
Swing by the Community Center to join in our first contact free meal. No masks and rsvps required! Meals will be just outside the Community Center for pick-up. Menu: Grilled cheese with avacado, tomato and pesto!
Trauma Informed Approaches (Virtual)
Dates: Tuesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 31, 12:30pm-4:30pm (each day) This two-day participatory workshop is intended to support participants to practice trauma-informed approaches in their work and community relationships. We will: Reflect on Trauma’s impact on: 1) How we view the world, 2) Our mind and body, and 3) How we interact Rethink “symptoms” as survival adaptations […]
Mad Movement Histories Training (virtual)
April 26th and 28th 12:00pm – 4:00pm (each session) When it comes to understanding how we got to where we are and thinking about where we are headed, history is sometimes our best teacher. Come explore mad* movement histories through themes of resistance to oppression and building alternative supports, and through lenses of racial, disability, economic, and gender justice. We will look […]
A Harm Reduction Approach to Psychiatric Drugs
As peer support workers, we are sometimes discouraged from having conversations about psych drugs and are encouraged to leave it to the medical professionals. While we cannot give medical advice or replace the role of doctors, we can offer supportive conversations that explore others’—and our own—relationship to psych drugs. We might also be in a […]
Game Night
We'll be bringing out all the stops, Nintendo Switch, Magic Cards, and tons of board games. Feel free to bring your own as well! Snacks provided, masks required. For questions, more info about the event, or to be added to weekly event updates reach out to [email protected].
Community Meal
This month we will be serving a Pasta Bar with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free pasta options for folks to engage! Salad and garlic bread as well. We will be asking that folks wear a mask while up from their seats, or while not eating/drinking. We look forward to joining you for another warm meal!
Trauma-Informed Approaches
Date: Thursday May 26th, 12:30pm-4:30pm This participatory workshop is intended to support participants to practice trauma-informed approaches in their work and community relationships. We will: ● Reflect on Trauma’s impact on: ○ How we view the world ○ Our mind and body ○ How we interact ● Rethink “symptoms” as survival adaptations ● Practice basic […]
Statewide Intentional Peer Support Core Training (In Person – Location & Times TBD)
June 2022 – (dates and times to be determined). Please email [email protected] to be pre-registered. Description: From the IPS Website “Intentional Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative […]
Conversations About Suicide (in-person Burlington, VT)
As peer support workers, we will sometimes support folks who are thinking of dying by suicide. This participatory workshop is intended to support ourselves, fellow staff, and service recipients to […]
Intentional Peer Support Core Training (Online)
Training Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays for ten half days : 8/2, 8/4, 8/9, 8/11, 8/16, 8/18, 8/23, 8/25, 8/30, and 9/1, 12:30pm - 4:30pm EST each day Training facilitators: Rad […]