Get Involved
Interested in volunteering, taking a training, or other wise participating? Contact us and inquire about our activities.
Massachusetts Leadership Academy (MLA)
- A 3 Day Retreat 4 times/year to learn leadership and advocacy skills
- Network and choose your role in one of the 3 branches of our movement: peer support, paid peer roles, or grass roots activism
- Increase participation on policy Boards & Committees
- Statewide peer-run support meetings inside hospitals
- Share our “lived experiences” – share our recovery journey
Certified Peer Specialist Training (CPS)
- Peers play a unique role in recovery
- Prepare for certified, paid positions in mental health treatment
- 8 days of training, then a month of study groups and a certification exam
Consumers of Color Peer Networking Project (CCPNP)
- St. Botolph Street support, advocacy, and exercise groups
- African American Writers Collective - emerging
MassWRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)
- There are many Wellness Recovery Action Plan classes in the Boston area
- We offer a 5 day WRAP Facilitator Training by certified WRAP Trainers, followed by an internship as a WRAP Trainer
Provider Trainings on Recovery
- Spread the word that recovery is probable
- Problem solve about how providers can best offer help
- Make connections among allies
Statewide Youth Advisory Council (SYAC)
- Train & support young adults to work with peer groups
- Support youth involvement in mental health advocacy
- Eliminating Restraint & Seclusion
- Housing, employment and addictions recovery support
- Access to services for all cultural and ethnic groups
- Medicaid and other funds for Peer Specialists and other Peer Support workers
- Consumer-driven research driving program implementation
- Ending "Stigma" and discrimination
- Rights for Fresh Air in hospitals & respectful treatment in Emergency Rooms
Recovery Learning Communities (RLC) Development
- Bring resources & people together in regional Recovery Learning Communities
- Create community connections for people in mental health and addictions recovery
- Build more support, education and wellness opportunities across the region
- DMH funds RLCs in Western MA, Central MA, and Metro Suburban MA
- Guiding Councils for RLCs in all regions of Massachusetts
Networking Communications
- Provide information.
- Information & Referral, responding to a growing number of calls for help.
- Periodic Statewide Consumer Operated Programs & Activities (COPA) meetings in Worcester (all peers invited!).
- Voices for CHANGE newsletter.